February 1st cases from the Indiana Court of Appeals
One for publication:
State of Indiana v. Philip Morris Tobacco Company, et al.:
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 court erred in so ordering. This litigation commenced in 1997.
The tobacco settlement calls for Philip Morris USA, Inc., R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and Lorillard Tobacco Company to pay money to the states in the settlement each year. The parties disputed the amount of the payment from 2003, and the tobacco companies wanted arbitration.
Three Four not:
Sewell Jerome Evans v. State of Indiana (NFP)
Scott Kiefner v. State of Indiana (NFP)
Jessica Winchell v. Marion County Department of Child Services and Child Advocates (NFP)
Dwight A. Looney v. State of Indiana (NFP)
