Allegheny General Hospital v. Philip Morris, Inc.

OPINION and ORDER OF COURT

AMBROSE, District Judge.

Pending before the Court are Motions of Philip Morris Incorporated, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (individually and as successor by merger to The American Tobacco Company), Lorillard Tobacco Company, United States Tobacco Company, The Tobacco Institute, incorporated, The Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Incorporated, Hill & Knowlton, Inc. and the Liggett Group, Inc. (“Defendants”) to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint filed against them by Plaintiffs who own and operate hospitals and health care…