BROWN EX REL. ESTATE OF BROWN v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC.

No. CIV.A.99-4139.

228 F.Supp.2d 506 (2002)

Jan BROWN, Administratrix Ad Prosequendam of the ESTATE OF Stuart Brown, and Jan Brown, individually, Plaintiff, v. PHILIP MORRIS INC., Lorillard Tobacco Co., and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

June 27, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Slaughter, Jr., Pellettieri, Rabstein & Altman, Princeton, NJ, for Plaintiffs.

Christopher J. Michie, Ezra D. Rosenberg, Dechert, Princeton, NJ, for Defendant Philip Morris Inc.

Charles Michael Lizza, William S. Tucker, Jr., LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & Macrae, Newark, NJ, for Defendant Lorillard Tobacco Co.

William C. Slattery, Slattery & Jepperson, P.C., Short Hills, NJ, for Defendant Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

COOPER, District Judge.

Plaintiff Jan Brown has filed suit against three tobacco companies for the alleged smoking-related death of her husband, Stuart Brown. Presently before the Court are the following motions for summary judgment of defendant tobacco companies: (1) Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation ("Brown & Williamson") separately moves for summary judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 ("Rule 56") on...

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