Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dorian N. Daggs Balch & Bingham LLP, William R. Bassett Jr., William E. Hoffmann Jr., Eric M. Wachter, Richard A. Schneider and Gordon A. Smith King & Spaulding LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Ralph I. Knowles Jr., Robert E. Shields, Leslie J. Bryan Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Devine, Atlanta, and Clifford E. Douglas Tobacco Control Law & Policy Consulting, Ann Arbor, Mich., for appellees. Other party representation: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, and Sidney R. Barrett Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
Case Number: S05Q1465
The state's product liability suit against the defendant, arising out of the manufacture or use of tobacco products, was a binding judgment, which unambiguously released and resolved the state's pun