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CLEARY v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.

Case No. 09 C 1596.

683 F.Supp.2d 730 (2010)

Brian CLEARY and Rita Burke, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

January 13, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claire Eileen Gorman, Michael H. Moirano, Nisen & Elliott, Jennifer Lynne Doherty, Arthur W. Aufmann, Edward T. Joyce, Eileen Anne Maastricht, Edward T. Joyce & Associates P.C., Dana Marie Pesha, William J. Harte, William J. Harte, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Dan K. Webb, George Carter Lombardi, Jeffrey Mark Wagner, Kevin Anthony Banasik, Thomas James Frederick, Winston & Strawn LLP, Andrea L. Caron, Jones Day (CH), James A. Morsch, John S. Ganz, Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP, Blake T. Hannafan, Kurt D. Hadley, Michael T. Hannafan, Hannafan & Hannafan Ltd., Paul Alexis Del Aguila, Ruth A. Bahe-Jachna, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago, IL, Gregory K. Wu, Holly Pauling Smith, John K. Sherk, III, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, MO, Joseph G. Falcone, New York, NY, Larry E. Hepler, Edwardsville, IL, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MATTHEW F. KENNELLY, District Judge:

Brian Cleary and Rita Burke, representing a putative class, have sued several tobacco companies and tobacco-related entities. They filed the case in state court in 1998. Defendant Lorillard Tobacco Co. removed it to this Court after plaintiffs filed a third amended complaint on March 3, 2009.

In their third amended complaint, plaintiffs made several claims against the defendants...

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