IN RE LIGHT CIGARETTES MARKETING SALES PRACTICES LIT.

MDL. No. 1-09-MD-2068.

751 F.Supp.2d 196 (2010)

In re LIGHT CIGARETTES MARKETING SALES PRACTICES LITIGATION.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

September 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold M. Hewell , Hewell Law Firm, Alan M. Mansfield , Consumer Law Group, San Diego, CA, Joe R. Whatley, Jr. , Whatley Drake Kallas , Michael A. London , Douglas & London, P.C., Stuart E. Nahas , Zraick, Nahas & Rich, New York, NY, Nicholas B. Roth , Eyster, Key, Tubb, Roth, Middleton & Adams, LLP, Decatur, AL, Howard Weil Rubinstein , Law Office of Howard Weil Rubinstein, Aspen, CO, Samuel W. Lanham, Jr. , Lanham Blackwell, P.A., Bangor, ME, Sara D. Avila , Wayne S. Kreger , Milstein Adelman & Kreger LLP, Santa Monica, CA, Ben Barnow , Blake A. Strautins , Erich P. Schork , Sharon Harris , Barnow & Associates, P.C., James R. Rowe , Larry D. Drury , Larry D. Drury, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Andres F. Alonso , David Bruce Krangle , Jerrold S. Parker , Parker Waichman & Alonso, LLP, Great Neck, NY, Scott W. Weinstein , Morgan & Morgan, P.A., Fort Meyers, FL, Peter J. Cambs , Parker Waichman Alonso LLP, Bonita Springs, FL, Gerard V. Mantese , Mark C. Rossman , Mantese and Associates, P.C., Troy, MI, John Eddie Williams , Williams, Kherkher, Hart, Boundas, LLP, Grant Kaiser , Kaiser Firm LLP, Houston, TX, Thomas P. Thrash , Thrash Law Firm, Little Rock, AR, Walter Umphrey , Provost Umphrey Law Firm, LLP, Beaumont, TX, John W. Barrett , Don Barrett, P.A., Brian Kelly Herrington , Barrett Law Group PA, Lexington, MS, William S. Ferguson , Deena B. Beard , Will Ferguson & Associates, Albuquerque, NM, Elizabeth J. Cabraser , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Karen J. Marcus , Stan M. Doerrer , Karen J. Marcus , Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Washington, DC, Dianne M. Nast , Roda Nast, P.C., Lancaster, PA, Leonard V. Fodera , Michael P. Lalli , Lverman & Fodera, Philadelphia, PA, Reed Gillmor Bowman , Morris Bart LLC, New Orleans, LA, A. Russell Smith , Law Office of A. Russell Smith, Akron, OH, R. Bryan Nace , Law Office of R. Bryan Nace, Fairlawn, OH, for Plaintiff.

Angel L. Tang , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, David E. Kouba , James M. Rosenthal , Judith Bernstein-Gaeta , Michael S. Tye , Arnold & Porter, LLP, John H. Beisner , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC, David Friederich Maron , Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., Jackson, MS, George Carter Lombardi , Kevin Anthony Banasik , Winston & Strawn, LLP, Chicago, IL, John F. Lambert, Jr. , H. Peter Del Bianco, Jr. , John F. Lambert, Jr. , Lambert Coffin , Portland, ME, Kenneth J. Parsigian , Goodwin Proctor LLP, Nancy Gordon Milburn , Philip H. Curtis , Arnold & Porter LLP, Frances E. Bivens , Guy Miller Struve , Ross B. Galin , Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, Rick T. Beard , Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, PLLC, Little Rock, AR, Robert Dale Grimes , Bass Berry Sims PLC, Nashville, TN, Steven B. Weisburd , Dechert LLP, Austin, TX, Will W. Sachse , Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, David C. King , Rudman & Winchell, Bangor, ME, David J. Noonan , Kirby Noonan Lance and Hoge LLP, San Diego, CA, Richard E. Olson , Stuart D. Shanor , Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin, LLP, Roswell, NM, for Defendant.


ORDER ON PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON PLAINTIFFS' CLAIMS FOR LACK OF CAUSATION

JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.

In this multi-district litigation, Philip Morris USA, Inc. (PM) moves for summary judgment against six plaintiffs on the ground that because they continued to purchase light cigarettes after learning the truth about their health risks, as a matter of law, they cannot show that PM's misrepresentations caused them to...

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