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DIMM v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

No. 2012 CA 1879.

186 So.3d 680 (2013)

Alice DIMM, Lynn Lewis, Arminthe Brigalia, Peggy Wunstell, Cheryl Crochet, Loretta Lewis, and Sadie Hood v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY; Nabisco, Inc.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Batus, Inc.; Batus Holdings, Inc.; the American Tobacco Company, Inc.; American Brands, Inc.; Philip Morris, Inc.; Philip Morris Companies, Inc.; Liggett Group, Inc.; Quaglino Tobacco and Candy Company, Inc.; Imperial Trading Company, Inc.; and George W. Groetsch, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

September 13, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica W. Hayes , Stephen B. Murry , Charles J. Brown, Jr. , Nicole A. Ieyoub , Arthur M. Murray , New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants, Alice Dimm, Lynn Lewis, Arminthe Brigalia, Peggy Wunstell, Cheryl Crochet, Loretta, Lewis, and Sadie Hood.

Phillip A. Wittmann , Dorothy H. Wimberly , Carmelite M. Bertaut , New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Vance A. Gibbs , Mark A. Marionneaux , Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants-Appellees, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., as successor by merger to The American Tobacco Co.

Thomas P. Anzelmo , Lynda A. Tafaro , Metairie, LA, for Defendants-Appellees, Quaglino Tobacco and Candy Co., Inc., Imperial Trading Co., Inc., and George W. Groetsch, Inc.

Madeleine Fischer , Ryan E. Johnson , New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee, Liggett Group, L.L.C.

Before KUHN, HIGGINBOTHAM, and THERIOT, JJ.

The trial court dismissed the plaintiffs' lawsuit as abandoned due to the failure of the parties to take any step in the lawsuit's prosecution or defense for over three years. For the following reasons, we amend the trial court's judgment to reflect that the plaintiffs' lawsuit is dismissed "without prejudice," and as amended, we...

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