Supreme Court of Illinois Justice Orders Emergency Stay in Turner Case
October 27 2003 - 11:53AM
PR Newswire (US)
Supreme Court of Illinois Justice Orders Emergency Stay in Turner
Case WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On Oct.
24, a justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois granted an emergency
stay of all proceedings in the Turner case, a "lights" cigarette
class-action against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJRT), pending
in Madison County, Ill. As a result of this decision, the Supreme
Court will now review and rule on RJRT's request that it halt all
proceedings and assume jurisdiction of the Turner case pending the
Court's final appeal decision in the Miles/Price case, a similar
class-action against Philip Morris Incorporated, (Philip Morris
U.S.A.). Daniel W. Donahue, senior vice president and deputy
general counsel for RJRT, said, "This means that the Turner case
will not be tried until the full panel of judges on the Illinois
Supreme Court rule on our request that jurisdiction of this case be
moved to their court." On Oct. 20, the Illinois trial judge
presiding over the class-action case reversed his own earlier
ruling and ordered that the trial of the Turner case be stayed for
90 days from Oct. 20. The trial had been scheduled to begin Oct.
28. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJRT) is a wholly owned
subsidiary of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:RJR). R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company is the second-largest tobacco company in
the United States, manufacturing about one of every four cigarettes
sold in the United States. Reynolds Tobacco's product line includes
four of the nation's 10 best-selling cigarette brands: Camel,
Winston, Salem and Doral. For more information about RJRT, visit
the company's web site at http://www.rjrt.com/. DATASOURCE: R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company CONTACT: Ellen Matthews of R.J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company, +1-336-741-6694 Web site: http://www.rjrt.com/
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