UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Civil Action No. v. : 99-2496 (GK)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
PHILIP MORRIS USA, Inc.,
f/k/a Philip Morris, Inc.
et al.
Defendants.
ORDER #471A
ADDITIONAL TRIAL PROCEDURES
Upon consideration of Order #471 and the new procedural issues which have arisen in the ongoing trial, the Court enters the following […]
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Civil Action No. v. : 99-2496 (GK)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
PHILIP MORRIS USA INC.,
f/k/a PHILIP MORRIS INC., et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER #471
TRIAL PROCEDURES
Counsel have submitted their respective memoranda regarding trial protocol issues. Upon consideration of those memoranda, the lengthy status conference held on December […]
A Distinguished Visitor
A great thing about the US court system is that just about anybody can drop by for a visit. And they do. We at Courtroom #19 get our fair share of high school civics classes, etc. When they come in bulk, they can make a quiet commotion, but that’s the price of […]
This list is combined from government filings. The profiles are from the DOJ’s massive “Fact Memo,” and the upcoming witnesses are drawn from the DOJ’s “UNITED STATES’ SECOND AMENDED ANTICIPATED ORDER OF WITNESSES FOR TRIAL,” filed 10/13/04. We hope to have the full government list of people and their profiles online shortly.
75 Jeffrey Gentry […]
Pharmacologist Sorell Schwartz, Professor Emeritus at Georgetown University and a part of the tobacco industry’s campaign against secondhand smoke in the 80s-90s, has said in pre-trial Direct Examination that he concluded in the late 80s that secondhand smoke was harmful to children.
In the Adverse Witness’ corrected testimony, placed on the government’s PACER website Friday afternoon, […]
Testimony of Reginald Simmons
In a morning of highly technical testimony, tobacco’s effect on a single human being–and her relative–broke out in court.
Bringing it Home
It began in a line of aggressive questioning by DOJ attorney Joel Schwartz, who was trying establish that RJR employees who testify in litigation stood to gain significant financial or job-related benefits.
Schwartz questioned Dr. […]
This morning, DOJ attempted to have adverse witness Jeffery Gentry’s corrected testimony thrown out in favor of DOJ’s original version.
Gentry is being grilled on the consumer acceptability of RJR’s tobacco-burning reduced risk “EW” product (”Winston Select”) tested in Oklahoma in 97.
a look at more recent Philip Morris PR
Today’s afternoon session saw the most interruptions yet by Judge Kessler, who requested some fairly detailed clarifications.
The material discussed during Dan Webb’s cross of Dr. Farone was somewhat technical, yes, but in addition, Farone was being very strict in his use of the term, “addiction.” Farone said he speaks of addiction as a chemist, and […]