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PRICE v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC.

No. 117687.

43 N.E.3d 53 (2015)

397 Ill. Dec. 726

2015 IL 117687

Sharon PRICE et al., Appellees, v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 4, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Thompson , George C. Lombardi , and Matthew R. Carter , Winston & Strawn LLP, Michele Odorizzi , Mayer Brown LLP, and Kevin M. Forde and Joanne R. Driscoll , Forde Law Offices LLP, Chicago, Larry Hepler and Beth Bauer , HeplerBroom LLC, Edwardsville and Lisa S. Blatt and Sarah M. Harris , Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Joseph A. Power, Jr. , and Todd A. Smith , of Power Rogers & Smith, Chicago, and George A. Zeles , Maximillian C. Gibbons and Matthew C. Davies , Chicago, and Stephen M. Tillery , Robert L. King and Aaron M. Zigler , St. Louis, Missouri, Korein Tillery, Michael J. Brickman and Nina Fields Britt , Richardson, Patrick Westbrook & Brickman, Charleston, South Carolina, and David C. Frederick and Joshua D. Branson , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Michael Resis and Britta Sahlstrom , SmithAmundsen, LLC, Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.

Stephanie A. Scharf , Sarah R. Marmor and George D. Sax , Scharf Banks Marmor LLC, Chicago ( Hugh F. Young, Jr. , Reston, Virginia, of counsel) for amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Patricia C. Bobb , Chicago, for amicus curiae Economic Scholars.

Joel J. Africk and Todd D. Fraley , Chicago, for amici curiae Public Health Associations et al.

Bruce Robert Pfaff , Pfaff, Gill & Ports, Ltd., Chicago, for amicus curiae Cooney & Conway.

John B. Kralovec , Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz, Chicago, for amici curiae Law Professors of Civil Procedure.

OPINION

¶ 1 The plaintiffs, Sharon Price and Michael Fruth, as individuals and on behalf of a class of similarly situated individuals, filed a petition in the circuit court of Madison County seeking relief from judgment pursuant...

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