State Ex Rel. Attorney General v. Grand Tobacco

Brown, Judge.

{¶ 1} This is an appeal by defendant-appellant, Grand Tobacco, from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, granting summary judgment in favor of plaintiff-appellee, Ohio Attorney General.

{¶ 2} On September 25, 2002, appellee filed a complaint alleging that Grand Tobacco, a company with headquarters in the Republic of Armenia, was a “tobacco product manufacturer,” as defined under R.C. 1346.01; it was further alleged that Grand Tobacco had not become a “participating manufacturer” under the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement and that it had not funded a…