HECHT v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

Case No. 3:09-cv-11228-J-WGY-HTS.

WILLIAM HECHT, Plaintiff, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Jacksonville Division.

January 7, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Hecht, Plaintiff, represented by Charlie Easa Farah, Jr. , Farah & Farah, PA, Donald A. Migliori , Motley Rice, LLC, Elizabeth J. Cabraser , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Elizabeth S. Smith , Motley Rice, LLC, Elizabeth C. Ward , Motley Rice, LLC, Frederick C Baker , Motley Rice, LLC, James W. Ledlie , Motley Rice, LLC, Janna B. McNicholas , The Wilner Firm, PA, Joseph F. Rice , Motley Rice, LLC, Kenneth S. Byrd , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Lisa M. Saltzburg , Motley Rice, LLC, Matthew Jasinski , Motley Rice, LLC, Michael J. Pendell , Motley Rice, LLC, Nathan D. Finch , Motley Rice, LLC, Norwood Sherman Wilner , The Wilner Firm, PA, Patrick Graham Maiden , Motley Rice, LLC, Rebecca M. Deupree , Motley Rice, LLC, Richard J. Lantinberg , The Wilner Firm, PA, Robert T. Haefele , Motley Rice, LLC, Robert J. Nelson , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Sara Orpha Couch , Motley Rice, LLC, Stephanie J. Hartley , The Wilner Firm, PA, Allen Jay Plotkin , The Wilner Firm, PA, John T. Spragens , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Lance V. Oliver , Motley Rice, LLC, Martin D. Quinones , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Richard M. Heimann , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Sarah R. London , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP & Todd A. Walburg , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP.

Philip Morris USA, Inc., Defendant, represented by Dale M. Johnson, II , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Dana G. Bradford, II , Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, David B. Thorne , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Joshua Reuben Brown , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Judith Bernstein-Gaeta , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Keri L. Arnold , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Terri L. Parker , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP & Thomas W. Stoever, Jr. , Arnold & Porter, LLP.

Philip Morris USA, Inc., Defendant, represented by John Fachet Yarber , Jones Day.

Philip Morris USA, Inc., Defendant, represented by M. Sean Laane , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Maura McGonigle , Arnold & Porter, LLP & Renee Tyndell Beaver , Arnold & Porter, LLP.


ORDER

This cause is before the Court on a group of pending motions that require resolution. Plaintiff, a tobacco smoker who suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), had alleged that Defendants were liable for his injuries under...

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