STIPULATION for Substitution of Counsel by Liggett Group, LLC, Vector Group, Ltd., Inc. (Luther, Kelly) Modified text/filers on 8/14/2009 (DH). (Entered: 08/13/2009)
ORDER directing the Clerk to sever all of the cases listed, with each severed case naming one plaintiff and the defendants, and to create a new, separate Engel docket. Judge Adams, Judge Corrigan and Judge Howard should each be randomly assigned one-third of the Engle docket cases. The parties are also ordered to show cause why a filing fee should not be paid for each severed case. Show Cause Response due by 6/15/2009. See order for further details. Signed by Judge Henry Lee Adams, Jr., Judge Timothy J. Corrigan and Judge Marcia Morales Howard on 5/13/2009. (LRB) (Entered: 05/14/2009)
ORDER granting Joint Motion to Stay Pending Final Resolution of Interlocutory Appeals. Parties shall advise the court as noted in the order; Parties to file a status report no later than 2/2/09. Signed by Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger, Judge Henry Lee Adams, Jr., and Judge Timothy J. Corrigan on 10/29/2008. (SMS) (Entered: 10/30/2008)
ORDER re case status; position briefs due 9/30/2008. Signed by Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger, Judge Henry Lee Adams, Jr., and Judge Timothy J. Corrigan on 8/29/2008. (DH) (Entered: 08/29/2008)
CERTIFICATE of interested persons and corporate disclosure statement by Lorillard Tobacco Company identifying Corporate Parent Lorillard, Inc. for Lorillard Tobacco Company.. (Brown, Joshua) (Entered: 07/21/2008)
ORDER reassigning all cases to the Honorable Howard T. Snyder as Magistrate Judge. Signed by Judge Henry Lee Adams, Jr., Judge Timothy J. Corrigan and Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger on 5/7/2008. (SMS) (Entered: 05/09/2008)
MOTION Defendants' Rule 16(C) Motion to Determine the Preclusive Effect of the ENGLE Phase I Findings and Incorporated Memorandum of Law in Support by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. (Prichard, Joseph) (Entered: 05/02/2008)
ORDER on pending motions and case status, see order for details. Signed by Judge Henry Lee Adams, Jr., Judge Timothy J. Corrigan and Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger on 4/9/2008. (SMS) (Entered: 04/10/2008)
TRANSCRIPT of Status Conference held on 4/4/2008 before Senior Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger, Judge Henry Lee Adams, Jr., and Judge Timothy J. Corrigan. Court Reporter: Shannon M. Bishop. (transcript filed in Case No. 3:07-cv-760-J-25HTS) (PWD) (Entered: 04/08/2008)
CERTIFICATE of interested persons and corporate disclosure statement by Lorillard Tobacco Company identifying Corporate Parent Lorillard, Inc., Other Affiliate CNA Financial Corporation, Other Affiliate Loews Corporation, Other Affiliate Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., Other Affiliate Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP, Other Affiliate Boardwalk Pipelines, LP, Other Affiliate Texas Gas Transmission, L.L.C., Other Affiliate Carolina Group for Lorillard Tobacco Company.. (Brown, Joshua) (Entered: 04/07/2008)
Minute Entry. Proceedings held before Judge Adams, Judge Corrigan and Judge Schlesinger, Status Conference held on 4/4/2008; terminating Oral Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages and terminating Oral Motion for leave to file reply to Plaintiffs' Response to Rule 16(c) Motions as counsel was advised to file written motions. Court Reporter: Shannon Bishop. (SMS) (Entered: 04/04/2008)
ORDER: Vector Group Ltd.'s and Liggett Group LLC's Amended Agreed Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Complaint 23 is GRANTED and they shall have up to and including April 21, 2008, to do so. Signed by Magistrate Judge Howard T. Snyder on 4/1/2008. (LAU) (Entered: 04/01/2008)
ANSWER and affirmative defenses to 2 Complaint, with Jury Demand and Addendum to Complaint by Lorillard Tobacco Company.(Brown, Joshua) (Entered: 03/31/2008)
RESPONSE in opposition re 16 MOTION to remand and Memorandum filed by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Philip Morris USA, Inc.. (Murphy, James) (Entered: 03/31/2008)
Amended MOTION for extension of time to file answer or otherwise plead re 2 Complaint, (Unopposed) by Liggett Group, LLC, Vector Group, Ltd. Inc.. (Luther, Kelly) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Howard T. Snyder. (Entered: 03/31/2008)
Unopposed MOTION for extension of time to file answer or otherwise plead re 2 Complaint, by Liggett Group, LLC, Vector Group, Ltd. Inc.. (Luther, Kelly) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Howard T. Snyder. (Entered: 03/29/2008)
RETURN of service executed on 03/10/2008 by William Dubeck, Janice Callahan, Amy Moore, Cheryl Duke, Robert Dunlap, Jr, Kenneth Davis, Janice Leonardo, Rosalind Ebanks, Darrell Jones, Melanie Deogracia, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Audrey Allen,deceased), Dorothy Altmore(as PR of Caeviro Altmore,deceased), Dorothy Altmore(as PR of Thomas Altmore,deceased), William P. Anderson, Shawn E. Anderson, Mary Anderson, Stephen Swain, Joan Arnowitz, Amber Jones, Charles Kinard, Fay Askew-Carr, Martha Athans, Renee Paciello, Thelma Aycock, Ronald Bruce Ayers, Beverly G. Babbitt, Barbara Rainey, Yvonne Banks, Anna L. Banyacski, Kelly Abbuhl, Shoshana Baradon, Jane Barefoot, Joni Bright, Patricia Barton, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Yvonne Base,deceased), Donald Bastin, Lakysha Jackson-Mincey, Charles Beasy, Betty Askin, Stanley Schoolcraft, Penny Marks, Anthony Bell, Starlett Woolfolk, Starlett L. Woolfolk, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Lloyd Bell,deceased), Diana Wade, Nancy Benckowsky, Nanci Benckowsky, Muriel Benedict, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of John Bennett,deceased), David Bennett, Nobel Bennett, William Berini, Isabel Anderson, Nancy Quin, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Alvin Best,deceased), Cindy Bianco, Joan Bickford, Caryol Bierman, Edward R. Billings, Sherry Blackburn, Janis Roberts, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Mary Jane Boerner,deceased), Lola Bond, Jean Boone, Crystal Bouknight, Katherine Boulos, Judy Bounds, Ben Bowden, Reginald Bowen, Linda Bozeman, Reese Bradley, Eula Bradwell, Valerie Schlaudecker, Betty Wofford, Marilyn Broderick, Susan Bronstein-Hodos, Helana Brown, Reuben Brown, Mary Ann Brown, Haywood West, Betty Chavis Brown, Ruben A. Brown, Paula Brown, Arlene M. Little, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Horace Brown, deceased), LaRae Hays, Pat Worth, Robert Bruno, Jacqueline Holt, Samuel Bass, Horace Burch, Rhonda Rosa, Rose Burgess, Maryann Burgess, Lela Burton, Anita Pagan, Lorrie Bustion, Vera Atwater, Marilyn Calamanco, Charlie Farah, Barbara Schroeder, Elsie Campanella, William Campbell, Terrie Campbell, Barbara- Blum, Michelle Carmiciano, Esq, Theresa A. Carper, Myrtle Carroll Lewis, Tim Elias, Julie Rae Carter, Theresa Carter, Herbert E. Carter, Sr, Gerald Abelson, Andrea Daughter Webb, Corrado Marino, Patrick Castlen, Gregory Castro, Myrtice Chauncey, Blanche Chiappa, Markesha Collins, Johnnie Ridgely, Betty Clark, Evelyn Clark, Fay Abraham, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Frankie Clayton, deceased), Bonnie Noe, Joan Clemente, Milton Clements, Scott Clements, Frank Ross, Judith Coen, Jane Coggin, Richard Watrall, Mary Kay(as PR of John Cole, deceased), Eileen Adams, Jason Collier, Beverly Combs, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Stanley Comer, deceased), Elizabeth Connell, Bob Connor, Pat Riker, Leo Cordero, Derrick Cothron, Kathleen Cotter, Doris Cotton, Adam Adams, Martha Coulton, Don Coverdale, Rex Coward, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Nancy Coxwell, deceased), Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of William Coyne, deceased), Alma Trick, Joann Crawford, Brenda Crenshaw, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of James Crews, deceased), Bobbie Crocker, Kim Williams, Dorothy Cuddihee, Christina Lombardi, Linda Dabney, Julie Parver, William Dahlbeck, Carolyn Johnson, Ruth Daniels, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Sharon Darby, deceased), Martha M. Davis, Steven Davis, Barbara Afflrebach, Bonnie Davis, Elaine Meeks, Mary Kay(as PR of Mary Veronica Davis, deceased), Debbie Field, Deborah DeSotto, Roberta Miller, Annie Mae Deal, Elsie Dean, Edward Bell, Jeannine Colletti, Andria Brinson, Theodore Denner, Ubaldo Dennes, Jr, Dale Dennis, Frances Derzekos, Catherine Crist, Carol Williams, Chris DiGiegorio, Loretta Townsend, Carmen Centeno, Annette Cheely, Beverly Dillard, Connie Urso, Betris Augusta, Carol Dorsey, Linda Witcombe, Sam Drake, Jr, Joyce Driggers, Margaret Dubas as to Liggett Group, LLC. (Hartley, Stephanie) (Entered: 03/19/2008)
RETURN of service executed on 03/10/2008 by William Dubeck, Janice Callahan, Amy Moore, Cheryl Duke, Robert Dunlap, Jr, Kenneth Davis, Janice Leonardo, Rosalind Ebanks, Darrell Jones, Melanie Deogracia, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Audrey Allen,deceased), Dorothy Altmore(as PR of Caeviro Altmore,deceased), Dorothy Altmore(as PR of Thomas Altmore,deceased), William P. Anderson, Shawn E. Anderson, Mary Anderson, Stephen Swain, Joan Arnowitz, Amber Jones, Charles Kinard, Fay Askew-Carr, Martha Athans, Renee Paciello, Thelma Aycock, Ronald Bruce Ayers, Beverly G. Babbitt, Barbara Rainey, Yvonne Banks, Anna L. Banyacski, Kelly Abbuhl, Shoshana Baradon, Jane Barefoot, Joni Bright, Patricia Barton, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Yvonne Base,deceased), Donald Bastin, Lakysha Jackson-Mincey, Charles Beasy, Betty Askin, Stanley Schoolcraft, Penny Marks, Anthony Bell, Starlett Woolfolk, Starlett L. Woolfolk, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Lloyd Bell,deceased), Diana Wade, Nancy Benckowsky, Nanci Benckowsky, Muriel Benedict, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of John Bennett,deceased), David Bennett, Nobel Bennett, William Berini, Isabel Anderson, Nancy Quin, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Alvin Best,deceased), Cindy Bianco, Joan Bickford, Caryol Bierman, Edward R. Billings, Sherry Blackburn, Janis Roberts, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Mary Jane Boerner,deceased), Lola Bond, Jean Boone, Crystal Bouknight, Katherine Boulos, Judy Bounds, Ben Bowden, Reginald Bowen, Linda Bozeman, Reese Bradley, Eula Bradwell, Valerie Schlaudecker, Betty Wofford, Marilyn Broderick, Susan Bronstein-Hodos, Helana Brown, Reuben Brown, Mary Ann Brown, Haywood West, Betty Chavis Brown, Ruben A. Brown, Paula Brown, Arlene M. Little, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Horace Brown, deceased), LaRae Hays, Pat Worth, Robert Bruno, Jacqueline Holt, Samuel Bass, Horace Burch, Rhonda Rosa, Rose Burgess, Maryann Burgess, Lela Burton, Anita Pagan, Lorrie Bustion, Vera Atwater, Marilyn Calamanco, Charlie Farah, Barbara Schroeder, Elsie Campanella, William Campbell, Terrie Campbell, Barbara- Blum, Michelle Carmiciano, Esq, Theresa A. Carper, Myrtle Carroll Lewis, Tim Elias, Julie Rae Carter, Theresa Carter, Herbert E. Carter, Sr, Gerald Abelson, Andrea Daughter Webb, Corrado Marino, Patrick Castlen, Gregory Castro, Myrtice Chauncey, Blanche Chiappa, Markesha Collins, Johnnie Ridgely, Betty Clark, Evelyn Clark, Fay Abraham, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Frankie Clayton, deceased), Bonnie Noe, Joan Clemente, Milton Clements, Scott Clements, Frank Ross, Judith Coen, Jane Coggin, Richard Watrall, Mary Kay(as PR of John Cole, deceased), Eileen Adams, Jason Collier, Beverly Combs, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Stanley Comer, deceased), Elizabeth Connell, Bob Connor, Pat Riker, Leo Cordero, Derrick Cothron, Kathleen Cotter, Doris Cotton, Adam Adams, Martha Coulton, Don Coverdale, Rex Coward, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Nancy Coxwell, deceased), Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of William Coyne, deceased), Alma Trick, Joann Crawford, Brenda Crenshaw, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of James Crews, deceased), Bobbie Crocker, Kim Williams, Dorothy Cuddihee, Christina Lombardi, Linda Dabney, Julie Parver, William Dahlbeck, Carolyn Johnson, Ruth Daniels, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Sharon Darby, deceased), Martha M. Davis, Steven Davis, Barbara Afflrebach, Bonnie Davis, Elaine Meeks, Mary Kay(as PR of Mary Veronica Davis, deceased), Debbie Field, Deborah DeSotto, Roberta Miller, Annie Mae Deal, Elsie Dean, Edward Bell, Jeannine Colletti, Andria Brinson, Theodore Denner, Ubaldo Dennes, Jr, Dale Dennis, Frances Derzekos, Catherine Crist, Carol Williams, Chris DiGiegorio, Loretta Townsend, Carmen Centeno, Annette Cheely, Beverly Dillard, Connie Urso, Betris Augusta, Carol Dorsey, Linda Witcombe, Sam Drake, Jr, Joyce Driggers, Margaret Dubas as to Philip Morris USA, Inc.. (Hartley, Stephanie) (Entered: 03/19/2008)
RETURN of service executed on 03/10/2008 by William Dubeck, Janice Callahan, Amy Moore, Cheryl Duke, Robert Dunlap, Jr, Kenneth Davis, Janice Leonardo, Rosalind Ebanks, Darrell Jones, Melanie Deogracia, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Audrey Allen,deceased), Dorothy Altmore(as PR of Caeviro Altmore,deceased), Dorothy Altmore(as PR of Thomas Altmore,deceased), William P. Anderson, Shawn E. Anderson, Mary Anderson, Stephen Swain, Joan Arnowitz, Amber Jones, Charles Kinard, Fay Askew-Carr, Martha Athans, Renee Paciello, Thelma Aycock, Ronald Bruce Ayers, Beverly G. Babbitt, Barbara Rainey, Yvonne Banks, Anna L. Banyacski, Kelly Abbuhl, Shoshana Baradon, Jane Barefoot, Joni Bright, Patricia Barton, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Yvonne Base,deceased), Donald Bastin, Lakysha Jackson-Mincey, Charles Beasy, Betty Askin, Stanley Schoolcraft, Penny Marks, Anthony Bell, Starlett Woolfolk, Starlett L. Woolfolk, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Lloyd Bell,deceased), Diana Wade, Nancy Benckowsky, Nanci Benckowsky, Muriel Benedict, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of John Bennett,deceased), David Bennett, Nobel Bennett, William Berini, Isabel Anderson, Nancy Quin, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Alvin Best,deceased), Cindy Bianco, Joan Bickford, Caryol Bierman, Edward R. Billings, Sherry Blackburn, Janis Roberts, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Mary Jane Boerner,deceased), Lola Bond, Jean Boone, Crystal Bouknight, Katherine Boulos, Judy Bounds, Ben Bowden, Reginald Bowen, Linda Bozeman, Reese Bradley, Eula Bradwell, Valerie Schlaudecker, Betty Wofford, Marilyn Broderick, Susan Bronstein-Hodos, Helana Brown, Reuben Brown, Mary Ann Brown, Haywood West, Betty Chavis Brown, Ruben A. Brown, Paula Brown, Arlene M. Little, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Horace Brown, deceased), LaRae Hays, Pat Worth, Robert Bruno, Jacqueline Holt, Samuel Bass, Horace Burch, Rhonda Rosa, Rose Burgess, Maryann Burgess, Lela Burton, Anita Pagan, Lorrie Bustion, Vera Atwater, Marilyn Calamanco, Charlie Farah, Barbara Schroeder, Elsie Campanella, William Campbell, Terrie Campbell, Barbara- Blum, Michelle Carmiciano, Esq, Theresa A. Carper, Myrtle Carroll Lewis, Tim Elias, Julie Rae Carter, Theresa Carter, Herbert E. Carter, Sr, Gerald Abelson, Andrea Daughter Webb, Corrado Marino, Patrick Castlen, Gregory Castro, Myrtice Chauncey, Blanche Chiappa, Markesha Collins, Johnnie Ridgely, Betty Clark, Evelyn Clark, Fay Abraham, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Frankie Clayton, deceased), Bonnie Noe, Joan Clemente, Milton Clements, Scott Clements, Frank Ross, Judith Coen, Jane Coggin, Richard Watrall, Mary Kay(as PR of John Cole, deceased), Eileen Adams, Jason Collier, Beverly Combs, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Stanley Comer, deceased), Elizabeth Connell, Bob Connor, Pat Riker, Leo Cordero, Derrick Cothron, Kathleen Cotter, Doris Cotton, Adam Adams, Martha Coulton, Don Coverdale, Rex Coward, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Nancy Coxwell, deceased), Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of William Coyne, deceased), Alma Trick, Joann Crawford, Brenda Crenshaw, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of James Crews, deceased), Bobbie Crocker, Kim Williams, Dorothy Cuddihee, Christina Lombardi, Linda Dabney, Julie Parver, William Dahlbeck, Carolyn Johnson, Ruth Daniels, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Sharon Darby, deceased), Martha M. Davis, Steven Davis, Barbara Afflrebach, Bonnie Davis, Elaine Meeks, Mary Kay(as PR of Mary Veronica Davis, deceased), Debbie Field, Deborah DeSotto, Roberta Miller, Annie Mae Deal, Elsie Dean, Edward Bell, Jeannine Colletti, Andria Brinson, Theodore Denner, Ubaldo Dennes, Jr, Dale Dennis, Frances Derzekos, Catherine Crist, Carol Williams, Chris DiGiegorio, Loretta Townsend, Carmen Centeno, Annette Cheely, Beverly Dillard, Connie Urso, Betris Augusta, Carol Dorsey, Linda Witcombe, Sam Drake, Jr, Joyce Driggers, Margaret Dubas as to Vector Group, Ltd. Inc.. (Hartley, Stephanie) (Entered: 03/19/2008)
RETURN of service executed on 03/10/2008 by William Dubeck, Janice Callahan, Amy Moore, Cheryl Duke, Robert Dunlap, Jr, Kenneth Davis, Janice Leonardo, Rosalind Ebanks, Darrell Jones, Melanie Deogracia, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Audrey Allen,deceased), Dorothy Altmore(as PR of Caeviro Altmore,deceased), Dorothy Altmore(as PR of Thomas Altmore,deceased), William P. Anderson, Shawn E. Anderson, Mary Anderson, Stephen Swain, Joan Arnowitz, Amber Jones, Charles Kinard, Fay Askew-Carr, Martha Athans, Renee Paciello, Thelma Aycock, Ronald Bruce Ayers, Beverly G. Babbitt, Barbara Rainey, Yvonne Banks, Anna L. Banyacski, Kelly Abbuhl, Shoshana Baradon, Jane Barefoot, Joni Bright, Patricia Barton, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Yvonne Base,deceased), Donald Bastin, Lakysha Jackson-Mincey, Charles Beasy, Betty Askin, Stanley Schoolcraft, Penny Marks, Anthony Bell, Starlett Woolfolk, Starlett L. Woolfolk, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Lloyd Bell,deceased), Diana Wade, Nancy Benckowsky, Nanci Benckowsky, Muriel Benedict, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of John Bennett,deceased), David Bennett, Nobel Bennett, William Berini, Isabel Anderson, Nancy Quin, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Alvin Best,deceased), Cindy Bianco, Joan Bickford, Caryol Bierman, Edward R. Billings, Sherry Blackburn, Janis Roberts, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Mary Jane Boerner,deceased), Lola Bond, Jean Boone, Crystal Bouknight, Katherine Boulos, Judy Bounds, Ben Bowden, Reginald Bowen, Linda Bozeman, Reese Bradley, Eula Bradwell, Valerie Schlaudecker, Betty Wofford, Marilyn Broderick, Susan Bronstein-Hodos, Helana Brown, Reuben Brown, Mary Ann Brown, Haywood West, Betty Chavis Brown, Ruben A. Brown, Paula Brown, Arlene M. Little, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Horace Brown, deceased), LaRae Hays, Pat Worth, Robert Bruno, Jacqueline Holt, Samuel Bass, Horace Burch, Rhonda Rosa, Rose Burgess, Maryann Burgess, Lela Burton, Anita Pagan, Lorrie Bustion, Vera Atwater, Marilyn Calamanco, Charlie Farah, Barbara Schroeder, Elsie Campanella, William Campbell, Terrie Campbell, Barbara- Blum, Michelle Carmiciano, Esq, Theresa A. Carper, Myrtle Carroll Lewis, Tim Elias, Julie Rae Carter, Theresa Carter, Herbert E. Carter, Sr, Gerald Abelson, Andrea Daughter Webb, Corrado Marino, Patrick Castlen, Gregory Castro, Myrtice Chauncey, Blanche Chiappa, Markesha Collins, Johnnie Ridgely, Betty Clark, Evelyn Clark, Fay Abraham, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Frankie Clayton, deceased), Bonnie Noe, Joan Clemente, Milton Clements, Scott Clements, Frank Ross, Judith Coen, Jane Coggin, Richard Watrall, Mary Kay(as PR of John Cole, deceased), Eileen Adams, Jason Collier, Beverly Combs, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Stanley Comer, deceased), Elizabeth Connell, Bob Connor, Pat Riker, Leo Cordero, Derrick Cothron, Kathleen Cotter, Doris Cotton, Adam Adams, Martha Coulton, Don Coverdale, Rex Coward, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Nancy Coxwell, deceased), Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of William Coyne, deceased), Alma Trick, Joann Crawford, Brenda Crenshaw, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of James Crews, deceased), Bobbie Crocker, Kim Williams, Dorothy Cuddihee, Christina Lombardi, Linda Dabney, Julie Parver, William Dahlbeck, Carolyn Johnson, Ruth Daniels, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Sharon Darby, deceased), Martha M. Davis, Steven Davis, Barbara Afflrebach, Bonnie Davis, Elaine Meeks, Mary Kay(as PR of Mary Veronica Davis, deceased), Debbie Field, Deborah DeSotto, Roberta Miller, Annie Mae Deal, Elsie Dean, Edward Bell, Jeannine Colletti, Andria Brinson, Theodore Denner, Ubaldo Dennes, Jr, Dale Dennis, Frances Derzekos, Catherine Crist, Carol Williams, Chris DiGiegorio, Loretta Townsend, Carmen Centeno, Annette Cheely, Beverly Dillard, Connie Urso, Betris Augusta, Carol Dorsey, Linda Witcombe, Sam Drake, Jr, Joyce Driggers, Margaret Dubas as to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. (Hartley, Stephanie) (Entered: 03/17/2008)
RETURN of service executed on 03/10/2008 by William Dubeck, Janice Callahan, Amy Moore, Cheryl Duke, Robert Dunlap, Jr, Kenneth Davis, Janice Leonardo, Rosalind Ebanks, Darrell Jones, Melanie Deogracia, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Audrey Allen,deceased), Dorothy Altmore(as PR of Caeviro Altmore,deceased), Dorothy Altmore(as PR of Thomas Altmore,deceased), William P. Anderson, Shawn E. Anderson, Mary Anderson, Stephen Swain, Joan Arnowitz, Amber Jones, Charles Kinard, Fay Askew-Carr, Martha Athans, Renee Paciello, Thelma Aycock, Ronald Bruce Ayers, Beverly G. Babbitt, Barbara Rainey, Yvonne Banks, Anna L. Banyacski, Kelly Abbuhl, Shoshana Baradon, Jane Barefoot, Joni Bright, Patricia Barton, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Yvonne Base,deceased), Donald Bastin, Lakysha Jackson-Mincey, Charles Beasy, Betty Askin, Stanley Schoolcraft, Penny Marks, Anthony Bell, Starlett Woolfolk, Starlett L. Woolfolk, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Lloyd Bell,deceased), Diana Wade, Nancy Benckowsky, Nanci Benckowsky, Muriel Benedict, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of John Bennett,deceased), David Bennett, Nobel Bennett, William Berini, Isabel Anderson, Nancy Quin, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Alvin Best,deceased), Cindy Bianco, Joan Bickford, Caryol Bierman, Edward R. Billings, Sherry Blackburn, Janis Roberts, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Mary Jane Boerner,deceased), Lola Bond, Jean Boone, Crystal Bouknight, Katherine Boulos, Judy Bounds, Ben Bowden, Reginald Bowen, Linda Bozeman, Reese Bradley, Eula Bradwell, Valerie Schlaudecker, Betty Wofford, Marilyn Broderick, Susan Bronstein-Hodos, Helana Brown, Reuben Brown, Mary Ann Brown, Haywood West, Betty Chavis Brown, Ruben A. Brown, Paula Brown, Arlene M. Little, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Horace Brown, deceased), LaRae Hays, Pat Worth, Robert Bruno, Jacqueline Holt, Samuel Bass, Horace Burch, Rhonda Rosa, Rose Burgess, Maryann Burgess, Lela Burton, Anita Pagan, Lorrie Bustion, Vera Atwater, Marilyn Calamanco, Charlie Farah, Barbara Schroeder, Elsie Campanella, William Campbell, Terrie Campbell, Barbara- Blum, Michelle Carmiciano, Esq, Theresa A. Carper, Myrtle Carroll Lewis, Tim Elias, Julie Rae Carter, Theresa Carter, Herbert E. Carter, Sr, Gerald Abelson, Andrea Daughter Webb, Corrado Marino, Patrick Castlen, Gregory Castro, Myrtice Chauncey, Blanche Chiappa, Markesha Collins, Johnnie Ridgely, Betty Clark, Evelyn Clark, Fay Abraham, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Frankie Clayton, deceased), Bonnie Noe, Joan Clemente, Milton Clements, Scott Clements, Frank Ross, Judith Coen, Jane Coggin, Richard Watrall, Mary Kay(as PR of John Cole, deceased), Eileen Adams, Jason Collier, Beverly Combs, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Stanley Comer, deceased), Elizabeth Connell, Bob Connor, Pat Riker, Leo Cordero, Derrick Cothron, Kathleen Cotter, Doris Cotton, Adam Adams, Martha Coulton, Don Coverdale, Rex Coward, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Nancy Coxwell, deceased), Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of William Coyne, deceased), Alma Trick, Joann Crawford, Brenda Crenshaw, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of James Crews, deceased), Bobbie Crocker, Kim Williams, Dorothy Cuddihee, Christina Lombardi, Linda Dabney, Julie Parver, William Dahlbeck, Carolyn Johnson, Ruth Daniels, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Sharon Darby, deceased), Martha M. Davis, Steven Davis, Barbara Afflrebach, Bonnie Davis, Elaine Meeks, Mary Kay(as PR of Mary Veronica Davis, deceased), Debbie Field, Deborah DeSotto, Roberta Miller, Annie Mae Deal, Elsie Dean, Edward Bell, Jeannine Colletti, Andria Brinson, Theodore Denner, Ubaldo Dennes, Jr, Dale Dennis, Frances Derzekos, Catherine Crist, Carol Williams, Chris DiGiegorio, Loretta Townsend, Carmen Centeno, Annette Cheely, Beverly Dillard, Connie Urso, Betris Augusta, Carol Dorsey, Linda Witcombe, Sam Drake, Jr, Joyce Driggers, Margaret Dubas as to Lorillard Tobacco Company. (Hartley, Stephanie) (Entered: 03/17/2008)
MOTION to remand and Memorandum by William Dubeck, Janice Callahan, Amy Moore, Cheryl Duke, Robert Dunlap, Jr, Kenneth Davis, Janice Leonardo, Rosalind Ebanks, Darrell Jones, Melanie Deogracia, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Audrey Allen,deceased), Dorothy Altmore(as PR of Caeviro Altmore,deceased), Dorothy Altmore(as PR of Thomas Altmore,deceased), William P. Anderson, Shawn E. Anderson, Mary Anderson, Stephen Swain, Joan Arnowitz, Amber Jones, Charles Kinard, Fay Askew-Carr, Martha Athans, Renee Paciello, Thelma Aycock, Ronald Bruce Ayers, Beverly G. Babbitt, Barbara Rainey, Yvonne Banks, Anna L. Banyacski, Kelly Abbuhl, Shoshana Baradon, Jane Barefoot, Joni Bright, Patricia Barton, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Yvonne Base,deceased), Donald Bastin, Lakysha Jackson-Mincey, Charles Beasy, Betty Askin, Stanley Schoolcraft, Penny Marks, Anthony Bell, Starlett Woolfolk, Starlett L. Woolfolk, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Lloyd Bell,deceased), Diana Wade, Nancy Benckowsky, Nanci Benckowsky, Muriel Benedict, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of John Bennett,deceased), David Bennett, Nobel Bennett, William Berini, Isabel Anderson, Nancy Quin, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Alvin Best,deceased), Cindy Bianco, Joan Bickford, Caryol Bierman, Edward R. Billings, Sherry Blackburn, Janis Roberts, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Mary Jane Boerner,deceased), Lola Bond, Jean Boone, Crystal Bouknight, Katherine Boulos, Judy Bounds, Ben Bowden, Reginald Bowen, Linda Bozeman, Reese Bradley, Eula Bradwell, Valerie Schlaudecker, Betty Wofford, Marilyn Broderick, Susan Bronstein-Hodos, Helana Brown, Reuben Brown, Mary Ann Brown, Haywood West, Betty Chavis Brown, Ruben A. Brown, Paula Brown, Arlene M. Little, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Horace Brown, deceased), LaRae Hays, Pat Worth, Robert Bruno, Jacqueline Holt, Samuel Bass, Horace Burch, Rhonda Rosa, Rose Burgess, Maryann Burgess, Lela Burton, Anita Pagan, Lorrie Bustion, Vera Atwater, Marilyn Calamanco, Charlie Farah, Barbara Schroeder, Elsie Campanella, William Campbell, Terrie Campbell, Barbara- Blum, Michelle Carmiciano, Esq, Theresa A. Carper, Myrtle Carroll Lewis, Tim Elias, Julie Rae Carter, Theresa Carter, Herbert E. Carter, Sr, Gerald Abelson, Andrea Daughter Webb, Corrado Marino, Patrick Castlen, Gregory Castro, Myrtice Chauncey, Blanche Chiappa, Markesha Collins, Johnnie Ridgely, Betty Clark, Evelyn Clark, Fay Abraham, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Frankie Clayton, deceased), Bonnie Noe, Joan Clemente, Milton Clements, Scott Clements, Frank Ross, Judith Coen, Jane Coggin, Richard Watrall, Mary Kay(as PR of John Cole, deceased), Eileen Adams, Jason Collier, Beverly Combs, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Stanley Comer, deceased), Elizabeth Connell, Bob Connor, Pat Riker, Leo Cordero, Derrick Cothron, Kathleen Cotter, Doris Cotton, Adam Adams, Martha Coulton, Don Coverdale, Rex Coward, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Nancy Coxwell, deceased), Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of William Coyne, deceased), Alma Trick, Joann Crawford, Brenda Crenshaw, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of James Crews, deceased), Bobbie Crocker, Kim Williams, Dorothy Cuddihee, Christina Lombardi, Linda Dabney, Julie Parver, William Dahlbeck, Carolyn Johnson, Ruth Daniels, Matthew Mark Heekin(as PR of Sharon Darby, deceased), Martha M. Davis, Steven Davis, Barbara Afflrebach, Bonnie Davis, Elaine Meeks, Mary Kay(as PR of Mary Veronica Davis, deceased), Debbie Field, Deborah DeSotto, Roberta Miller, Annie Mae Deal, Elsie Dean, Edward Bell, Jeannine Colletti, Andria Brinson, Theodore Denner, Ubaldo Dennes, Jr, Dale Dennis, Frances Derzekos, Catherine Crist, Carol Williams, Chris DiGiegorio, Loretta Townsend, Carmen Centeno, Annette Cheely, Beverly Dillard, Connie Urso, Betris Augusta, Carol Dorsey, Linda Witcombe, Sam Drake, Jr, Joyce Driggers, Margaret Dubas. (Hartley, Stephanie) (Entered: 03/13/2008)
ORDER: The Unopposed Motion for Withdrawal of Counsel 14 is GRANTED and John M. Walker, Esquire, of the law firm of Jones Day, is permitted to withdraw from his representation of Defendant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Signed by Magistrate Judge Howard T. Snyder on 3/13/2008. (LAU) (Entered: 03/13/2008)
Unopposed MOTION for John M. Walker to withdraw as attorney by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. (Yarber, John) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Howard T. Snyder. (Entered: 03/10/2008)
ORDER: Michael London shall be terminated as counsel of record in each case; the Clerk is directed to stop sending paper copies to Mr. London after sending this order; Mr. London must comply with Local Rule 2.02(a)(1) in each case in order to be reinstated as counsel of record. Signed by Judge Timothy J. Corrigan on 3/7/2008. (SMS) (Entered: 03/07/2008)
ANSWER and affirmative defenses to 2 Complaint, with Jury Demand and Addendum and Amendment to the Wrongful Death Complaint (attached to 1 Notice of Removal) by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.(Yarber, John) (Entered: 02/22/2008)
CERTIFICATE of interested persons and corporate disclosure statement by Philip Morris USA, Inc. identifying Corporate Parent Altria Group, Inc. for Philip Morris USA, Inc... (Brown, Joshua) (Entered: 02/22/2008)
ORDER setting status conference. Status Conference set for 4/4/2008 at 09:30 AM in Courtroom 13 A before Judges Harvey E. Schlesinger, Henry Lee Adams, Jr. and Timothy J. Corrigan. Parties shall file a joint statement in case 3:07-cv-760-J-25HTS only as set forth in the order. Signed by Judges Harvey E. Schlesinger, Henry Lee Adams, Jr. and Timothy J. Corrigan on 2/20/2008. (SMS) (Entered: 02/20/2008)
ORDER OF RECUSAL. Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington recused. See order for details and directions to the clerk. Signed by Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington on 2/14/2008. (SVW) (Entered: 02/14/2008)
COMPLAINT against Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Inc., The Tobacco Institute, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Philip Morris USA, Inc., Lorillard Tobacco Company, Liggett Group, LLC, Dorsal Tobacco Corp., Vector Group, Ltd. Inc. ; jury demand filed by all plaintiffs. (Filed in State Court)(MHH) (MHH). Modified on 2/13/2008 to redact complaint (MHH). (Entered: 02/13/2008)
NOTICE OF REMOVAL from 4th Judicial Circuit in and for Duval County, case number 16-2008-CA-000480 filed in State Court on 1/10/2008. Filing fee $ 350, receipt number J28251 filed by Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Inc., The Tobacco Institute, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Philip Morris USA, Inc., Lorillard Tobacco Company, Liggett Group, LLC, Dorsal Tobacco Corp., Vector Group, Ltd. Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit 2, # 3 Exhibit 3, # 4 Exhibit 4, # 5 Exhibit 5)(MHH) (Additional attachment(s) added on 2/13/2008: # 6 Exhibit 3) (LRB). Modified on 2/13/2008 exhibit 3 has been redacted(LRB). (Additional attachment(s) added on 2/13/2008: # 9 Exhibit 1) (MHH). Modified on 2/13/2008 exhibit 1 has been redacted (MHH). (Entered: 02/13/2008)
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