Small v. Lorillard Tobacco Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rosenberger, J. P.
These consolidated appeals arise out of five related class actions brought by cigarette consumers against the leading cigarette manufacturers, their parent organizations, the Council for Tobacco Research (CTR) and the Tobacco Institute (TI). The latter two defendants are research and lobbying organizations created by the tobacco companies.
In one of the orders appealed from, plaintiffs moved to certify two proposed classes: a damages class composed of all New York State residents who became nicotine dependent on or after June 19, 1980, and an injunction…
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