State Ex Rel. Carter v. Philip Morris Tobacco Co.

OPINION

HOFFMAN, Senior Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant State of Indiana appeals the trial court’s order compelling it to participate in arbitration with the Defendants-Appellees Philip Morris Tobacco Company USA Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and Lorillard Tobacco Company.

We affirm.

The State presents two issues for our review, which we restate as:

I. Whether the trial court erred by ordering the State to participate in arbitration pursuant to the Master Settlement Agreement.

II. To the extent that the trial court ordered arbitration by a single, national arbitration panel, whether the trial…