Commonwealth ex rel. Fisher v. Phillip Morris, Inc.

LEADBETTER, Judge.

Appellant Robert B. Sklaroff, M.D., appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, Civil Trial Division, denying his petition to intervene in an action commenced by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania against various defendants involved in, inter alia, the manufacturing, sale, distribution or promotion of tobacco products.1 After review, we affirm.

In April 1997, the Commonwealth filed its lawsuit against the various tobacco entities seeking damages for economic injuries to the Commonwealth as well as injunctive relief.…