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COVERT v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC.

Civ. A. No. 87-131-B.

750 F.Supp. 1303 (1990)

G. Stephen COVERT, et al. v. LIGGETT GROUP, INC., et al.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

November 8, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Covert and Charles Braud, Covert & Braud, Baton Rouge, La., Don Lawrence Davis, Byrd, Davis & Eisenberg, Austin, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Thomas M. Nosewicz, John J. Weigel, New Orleans, La., for Liggett Group, Inc.

K. Eric Gisleson, New Orleans, La., for the Tobacco Institute, Inc.

Henry B. Alsobrook, Jr., Charles F. Gay, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, La., Gary R. Long, Gary B. Brewer, Kansas City, Mo., pro hac vice, for Philip Morris, Inc.

Harry McCall, Jr., Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp.

John M. McCollam, Ewell E. Eagan, Jr., Steven W. Copley, Ernest E. Svenson, Gordon, Arata, McCollam & Duplantis, New Orleans, La., for Lorillard, Inc.

POLOZOLA, District Judge:

This case is before the Court to examine articles of the Louisiana Civil Code and its source provisions to determine whether an injured party may lawfully assign or donate a personal injury claim to another party or whether such an assignment or donation is null and void. The Court must further determine whether the injured party may be substituted as the real party in interest under Rule 17 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure if the...

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