HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-1455DALLER GREENBERG & DIETRICH, LLP
By: Morton F. Daller
I.D. No. 02740
By: Susan Simpson Brown
I.D. No. 31328
Valley Green Corporate Center
7111 Valley Green Road
Fort Washington, PA 19034
(215) 836-1100
PATRICIA CALTABIANO
Attorneys for Defendant/Petitioner,
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Plaintiff
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED,
(''PHILIP MORRIS U.S.A.) :
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, :
LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, and :
BROWN AND WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP.:
Individually and as Successor to THE :
AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, :
Defendants :
PENNSYLVANIA
C) & - I q,.q,5
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
PETITION FOR ISSUANCE OF A SUBPOENA
TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS AND THINGS
Pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 234.1 and 42 Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes Annotated § 5326, the issuance of a subpoena is requested on the
following grounds:
1. Petitioner is R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, above-named defendant in
an action currently pending filed by plaintiff, Patricia Caltabiano, pending in the Circuit Court of
the 11th Judicial Circuit For Miami-Dade County, Florida. A copy of the Complaint in this
lawsuit is attached hereto as Exhibit "A."
2. Petitioner, by its Florida counsel, seeks a subpoena to produce documents
and things to the person/entity named below.
Sally McCoy
Medicare Legal Services
1800 Center Street
Camp Hill, PA 17089-0089
3. The subpoena shall direct each entity to produce the documents requested
on Exhibit "B" attached hereto. Copies of the proposed subpoena and attachment are attached
hereto as Exhibit "C."
4. A commission for the issuance has been entered. A certified copy of the
order appointing this commission is attached hereto as Exhibit "D."
5. Petitioner requires the issuance of a subpoena by this Court to compel the
production of documents.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner requests that this Court order the issuance of a
subpoena directed to the person/entity named in paragraph two (2) of this Petition.
Respectfully submitted,
DALLER GREENBERG & DIETRICH, LLP
Date: ~//~ /~;L~
Susan Simi~son Bro~vn
Valley Green Corporate Center
7111 Valley Green Road
Fort Washington, PA 19034
(215) 836-1878
Attorneys for Defendant/Petitioner,
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 11TH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR DADE
COUNTY, FLORIDA
PATRIClA DOCKWELL CALTABIANO,
GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION
CASE NO.: ~)0 ,,,~3 1_9 0 ~ ~
.Plaintiff,
CO~IPLAINT
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED,
("PHILIP MORRIS U,S.A,"), R. J. REYNOLDS
TOBACCO COMPANY, LORILLARD TOBACCO
CO., and BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO
CORP., Individually and as Successor to the
AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY,
Defendants.
The Plaintiff, PATRICIA DOCKWELL CALTABIANO sues the Defendants,
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED, ("PHILIP MORRIS U.S.A."); R.J. REYNOLDS
TOBACCO COMPANY, LORILLARD TOBACCO CO,; and BROWN & WILLIAMSON
TOBACCO CORP. on its own behalf and as successor to THE AMERICAN TOBACCO
COMPANY, hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Settling Defendants", and alleges
as follows:
JURISDICTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF TIlE PARTIES
1. This is an action for damages in excess of Fifteen Thousand
($15,000) Dollars, the minimum jurisdictional requirement of this Court, exclusive of interest
and costs.
2. This action is filed pursuant to the Settlement Agreement of October
9, 1997 between the Settling Defendants, Philip Morris Incorporated, ("Philip. Morris
U.S.A."); R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Lorillard Tobacco Co.; and Brown &
Wiliiamson Tobacco Corp, on its own behalf and as successor to The American Tobacco
Company and the Broin Class, in Casa No. 91-49738 CA (22), Eleventh Judicial Circuit In
and for Dade County, Florida.
3, Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, as approved and
affirmed by the trial and appellate CouP, Plaintiff is bringing her Retained Claim for
compensatory damages in Dade County, Florida, where the Settling Defendants have
agreed and stipulated that venue and jurisdiction shall be proper in the Eleventh Judicial
Circuit.
4. Plaintiff, PATRICIA DOCKWELL CALTABIANO, a non-smoker,.worked
as a flight attendant.. Ms. Caitabiano has suffered in the past and continues to suffer from
chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, migraine headaches related to
second hand smoke and other respiratory and pulmonary ailments, caused from her
ongoing exposure to second hand cigarette smoke in airline cabins.
5. Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement:
With respect to any Retained Claims seeking damages
on account of lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, emphysema,
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or chronic sinusitis,
brought by a member of the class or his or her survivor, the
burden of proof as to whether environmental tobacco smoke
(ETS) can cause one of the above-described diseases
(general causation), shall be borne by the Settling Defendants
and the Jury shall be so instructed.,.
6. Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Settling Defendants have
waived all defenses of the statutes of limitation and repose for a period of one year from
the final approval of the Settlement Agreement, on September 7, 1999.
_COUNT I
Cl,,AIM AGAINST SETTLING DEFENDANTS FOR STRICT LIABILITY IN TORT
7. The Settling Defendants are strictly liable in tod to the Plaintiff by virtue
of the following:
(a) Said Settling Defendants manufactured, sold and distributed
cigarettes in a defective state. The cigarettes manufactured, distributed and sold'by said
Settling Defendants were unreasonably dangerous to bystanders who would be in or
around the vicinity of the cigarette smoke. The cigarettes were manufactured defectively
and were unreasonably dangerous at the time the cigarettes left the manufacturers'
possession.
(b) The cigarettes manufactured by these Settling Defendants
were expected to and did reach the ultimate user/consumer without any changes in the
product and caused permanent and serious harm to the Plaintiff who was an innocent
bystander that inhaled the cigarette smoke.
(c) The cigarettes were manufactured by these Settling
Defendants in an unreasonably dangerous condition in that the cigarettes poisoned
the user/smoker as Well as Plaintiff who was 'in the smoker's immediate vicinity.
(d) The cigarettes were manufactured, and sold by said Settling
Defendants in a defective and dangerous condition because of the following:
3
(i) Settling Defendants failed to design, manufacture,
distribute and sell a cigarette that would not pollute the immediate environment of the
smoker so as to not cause the Plaintiff serious risks of harm;
(ii), Settling Defendants failed to warn Plaintiff or any
members of the public that passive exposure to cigarette smoke exposed Plaintiff to
serious health hazards;
(iii), Seffiing Defendants failed to instruct employers of the
Plaintiff, i.e., the airline companies, that cigarette smoking by passengers would expose
a f~ight attendant to an unreasonable risk of harm over a period of time.
8. As a direct and proximate cause of Settling Defendants' defective
product, Plaintiff PATRIClA DOCKWELL CALTABIANO has suffered in the past and
continues to suffer from chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,
migraine headaches related to second hand smoke and other respiratory and pulmonary
al}merits and has suffered great pain and mental anguish, including a reasonable fear of
contracting lung cancer and other cancers in the future, due to her exposure to cigarette
smoke at the workplace.
..COUNT II
CLAIM AGAINST SETTLING DEFENDANTS FOR BREACH OF IMPLIED
WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND_FITNESS
9. At all times material the Settling Defendants were in the business of
manufacturing, distributing and selling cigarettes throughout the United States and the
world.
10. Said Settling Defendants impliedly warranted that cigarettes were
merchantable and fit for the ordinary purposes for which they were intended, as a
recreational activity with a specified risk to the smoker and no risk to Innocent bystanders.
11. These Settling Defendants breached the implied merchantability in that
cigarettes were manufactured, and sold that did indeed expose innocent bystanders to an
unreasonable risk of harm from inhaling cigarette smoke in an enclosed area such as a
work environment.
12. The Plaintiff was a foreseeable innocent bystander and victim of
cigarette smoke.
13. The cigarettes were defective when they were transferred from these
Settling Defendants to the smokers.
14. The Settling Defendants, by placing on the market dangerous and
poisonous products for use and consumption and by inducing and promoting and
encouraging the use of these poisonous products, undertake a special responsibility
towards the consuming public and particularly innocent third party bystanders who are
injured by this dangerous product, including the Plaintiff herein.
15. The Settling Defendants as manufacturers, distributors and sellers of
cigarettes, impliedly warranted that the cigarettes were fit for the ordinary purposes for
which they were intended and would not expose innocent third persons to serious illnesses
from inhalation of cigarette smoke.
16. These Settling Defendants breached the implied warranty of fitness
described above in that the Plaintiff has sustained serious illnesses from inhaling cigarette
smoke.
17. As a proximate and direct result of Settling Defendants' breach of
implied warranties of merchantability and fitness, the Plaintiff has suffered serious and
permanent injuries.
COUNT III
CLAIM AGAINST SETTLING DEFENDANTS FOR NEGLIGENCE
18. At all times material hereto, the Settling Defendants manufactured,
distributed and sold cigarettes and knew or should have known that people in the
immediate vicinity of cigarette, users would inhale the smoke and be exposed to an
unreasonable risk of harm.
19. At all times material hereto the Settling Defendants knew or should
have known that their cigarettes were inherently defective, ultra hazardous, deleterious,
poisonous and otherwise harmful to smokers and to those persons in the immediate vicinity
of the cigarette smoke.
20. At all times material hereto the Plaintiff did not know, and could not
have known that she was exposing herself to an unreasonable risk of harm, including lung
cancer by inhaling cigarette smoke while working as a flight attendant.
21. Said Settling Defendants were negligent in one or more of the
following ways:
(a) Settling Defendants manufactured, produced, sold and supplied
cigarettes and in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have known that cigarettes
were defective, dangerous, hazardous, poisonous and otherwise harmful to the human
respiratory system of non-smokers who were in the immediate vicinity of the smoke;
(b) Settling Defendants failed to take any reasonable precautions
or exercise reasonable care to adequately or sufficiently warn the Plaintiff of the risks and
dangers to which she was exposed from inhaling cigarette smoke while working as a flight
attendants;
(c) Settling Defendants failed to provide Plaintiff with information
available to the Settling Defendants of the health risks involved in being in the immediate
vicinity of cigarette smoke;
(d) Settling Defendants failed to remove and recall their products
from the marketplace upon learning that cigarettes were poiSOnous and caused serious
illnesses to cigarette smokers and those in the vicinity of the cigarette smoke.
22. As a direct and proximate result of Settling Defendants' negligence,
the Plaintiff has been seriously injured.
CLAIM OF PATRiClA DOCKWELL CALT^BIANO
23. As a direct and proximate result of the conduct of these Settling
Defendants, under theories of strict liability in tort, breach of implied warranties of
memhantability and fitness and negligence, Plaintiff has in the past suffered and will in the
future continue to suffer the following damages:
(a) Bodily injury;
(b) pain and suffering;
(c) disability;
(d) disfigurement;
(e) loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life;
(f) medical care and expenses including expenses for physicians
care, hospital care, medications, medical apparatus, custodial
care and nursing care;
(g) loss of wage earning capacity;
(h) mental anguish, including a reasonable fear of contracting
cancer in the future.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff PATRICIA DOCKWELL CALTABIANO demands
judgment against Defendants Philip Morris Incorporated, ("Philip Morris U.S.A."); R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company, Lorillard Tobacco Co.; and Brown & Williamson Tobacco
Corp. on its own behalf and as Successor to The American.Tobacco Company; for all
damages recoverable under Florida law, Court costs and demands trial by jury of all issues
triable as of right by a jury.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the C~mplaint was
served by Certified Mail pursuant to the Settlement Agreement this~day of
, 2000 to Jeffrey Furr, Esquire, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, 200
West Second Street, Suite 1600, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27102, who is accepting
service on behalf of all Settling Defendants,
GERSON & DAVIS, P.A.
Attorneys for Pla~[,ntiff
201 South~iis~.a~ne Boulevard
Suite 13/~1, M. ja~mi Center
Miami,,~
(305~3'~7~.~.
By: L/ / ,/ ~
PI-I~-tP I~I~. GERSON
Florida Bar Number 127290
EXHIBIT B
The entirety of all recorded information, written or otherwise, from every available source within
your custody, including active and archived files, database files, file folder, and every other
document, report memorandum, notation or record, whether complete or incomplete, preliminary
or final. Every document and record of any type is to be produced without any exceptions,
deletions, abridgements, redactions, or withholding; including by not limited to:
Complete copies of all prescription profile records, prescription slips, medication records,
orders for medication, payment records, insurance claims forms, correspondence and any
other records or information relating or pertaining to the health and concerning the
physical or mental condition of plaintiff, Patricia Dockweli Caltabiano, a/k/a Patricia
Conte Caltabiano, Date of Birth: 05/04/40, SSN#: 163-32-5039. You are also
instructed to provide the original records or other materials for comparison to the copies
produced.
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
Patricia Caltabiano
V.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
: File No.
Company, et al.
SUBPOENATO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS OR THINGS
FOR DISCOVERY PURSUANTTO RULE 4009.22
TO: Sally McCoy. Medicare LeGal S~_rv~Ces, 1BO0 Center Street, Camp Hill, PA
(Name of Person or Entity) 1 7 0 8 9- 0 0 8 9
Within twenty (20) days after service of this subpoena, you are Ordered by the court to produce the following
documents or things:
SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT "~"
at Dall~r Greenberq & Dietrich, 7111 Valley Green Road, Fort WashinGton, PA 1903,
(Address)
You may deliver or mail legible copies of the documents or produce things requested by this subpoena, together
with the certificate of compliance, to the party making this request at the address listed above. You have the right
to seek in advance the reasonable cost of preparing the copies or producing the things sought.
If you fail to produce the documents or things required by this subpoena within twenty (20) days after its service,
the party serving this subpoena may seek a court order compelling you to comply with it.
THIS SUBPOENA WAS ISSUED AT THE REQUEST OF THE FOLLOWING PERSON:
Name Susan Simpson Brown
Address: Daller ~reenberq & D~etrlch. LLP
7~[1 Valley Green Rd., Fort WashinGton,
PA 19034
Telephone: 215-836-1100
Supreme Court ID # 31328
Attorney For: R.J.-Reynolds Tobacco Company
BY THE COURT:
Date:
Seal of the Court
Prothonotary/Clerk, Civil Division
Deputy
(Eft. 7/97)
EXHIBIT B
The entirety of all recorded information, written or otherwise, fxom every available source within
your custody, including active and archived files, database files, file folder, and every other
document, report memorandum, notation or record, whether complete or incomplete, preliminary
or final. Every document and record of any type is to be produced without any exceptions,
deletions, abridgements, redactions, or withholding; including by not limited to:
Complete copies of all prescription profile records, prescription slips, medication records,
orders for medication, payment records, insurance claims forms, correspondence and any
other records or information relating or pertaining to the health and concerning the
physical or mental condition of plaintiff, Patricia Dockwell Caltabiano, a/k/a Patricia
Conte Caltabiano, Date of Birth: 05/04/40, SSN#: 163-32-5039. You are also
instructed to provide the original records or other materials for comparison to the copies
produced.
PATRICIA CALTABIANO,
Plaintiff,
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED,
("PHILIP MORRIS U.S.A."),
R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY,
LORILLARD TOBACCO CO., and
BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO
CORP., Individually and as Successor to THE
AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY,
Defendants.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 11TH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION
CASE NO.: 00-09489 CA 24
AGREED ORDER APPOINTING COMMISSIONER
FOR ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENAS DUCES TECUM FOR DEPOSITION
THIS CAUSE having come on before the Court upon the Defendant, R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company's Motion for Order Appointing Commissioner for Issuance of
Subpoenas Duces Tecum for Deposition regarding Plaintiff, Patricia Caltabiano, a/k/a Patricia
Conte Caltabiano and the Court being fully advised, it is hereby:
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED
1. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company's Motion for Order Appointing Commissioner for
Issuance of Subpoenas Duces Tecum for Deposition is GRANTED.
CASE NO.: 00-09489 CA 24
2. Daller, Greenberg & Dietrich, LLP, 711 Green Valley Road, Fort Washington, PA
10394, a law firm in and for the State of Pennsylvania, is hereby appointed by this Court as
Commissioner to request and procure the issuance of subpoenas duces tecum from the
appropriate Court of the State of Pennsylvania to compel the attendance of the following named
witnesses for deposition and to compel these witnesses to produce at said deposition the records
and documents designated in such subpoenas duces tecum, and to have said subpoenas duces
tecum returnable to Daller, Greenberg & Dietrich, LLP, 711 Green Valley Road, Fort
Washington, PA 10394:
Records Custodian
Jeanes Hospital - Pathology
7600 Central Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19111
day of
Sally McCoy
Medicare Legal Services
1800 Center St.
Camp Hill, PA 17089-0089
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami-Dade County, Florida this
2002. JAN 2 § 25~2 ~/~
Copies fumished to all Counsel on attached Service List
STATE Of FLORIDA, COUNTY F...J~ADE
Steven K. Hunter, Esq.
Stewart D. Williams, Esq.
Angones, Hunter, McClure, Lynch &
Williams, P.A.
9th Floor, Concord Building
66 West Flagler Street
Miami, Florida 33 ! 30
Phone: 305-371-5000
Fax: 305-371-3948
Counsel for Plaintiffs
Kenneth J. Reilly, Esq.
William P Geraghty, Esq.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
2400 Miami Center
201 South Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida 33131-4332
Phone: 305-358-5171
Fax: 305-358-7470
Counsel for Philip Morris Incorporated
and Lorillard Tobacco Co.
Douglas J. Chumbley, Esq.
Carlton Fields, P.A.
4000 Bank of America Tower
100 S.E. Second Street
Miami, Florida 33131
Phone: 305-530-0050
Fax: 305-530-0055
Counsel for R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Company
David L. Ross, Esq.
Dawn Beighey Georgiades, Esq.
Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, et al.
1221 Brickell Avenue
Miami, Florida 33131
Phone: 305-579-0500
Fax: 305-789-5373
Counsel for Lorillard Tobacco Co.
Anthony N. Upshaw, Esq.
Adorno & Zeder, P.A.
2601 South Bayshore Drive, Suite 1600
Miami, Florida 33131
Phone: 305-860-7052
Fax: 305-250-7110
Counsel for Brown & Williamson Tobacco
Corp., individually and as Successor by
merger to the American Tobacco Company
MIA#2067539.01
DALLER GREENBERG & DIETRICH, LLP
By: Morton F. Daller
I.D. No. 02740
By: Susan Simpson Brown
I.D. No. 31328
Valley Green Corporate Center
7111 Valley Green Road
Fort Washington, PA 19034
(215) 836-1100
PATRICIA CALTABIANO
Attorneys for Defendant/Petitioner,
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Plaintiff
V.
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED, :
("PHILIP MORRIS U.S.A.) :
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, :
LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, and :
BROWN AND WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP.:
Individually and as Successor to THE
AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, :
Defendants :
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA
AFFIDAVIT
Local Counsel for Defendant/Petitioner, being duly sworn according to law,
deposes and says that she is the attorney for the Defendant/Petitioner; that she is authorized to
make this Affidavit on its behalf; and that the facts set forth in the foregoing Petition are tree and
correct to the best of her knowledge, information and belief.
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this/g~lay
of~ ,2002.
Public~
My Commission Expires:
Local Counsel for Defendant/Petitioner,
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Notarial Seal
I~ J. Mitchell, Nota~J Public
Whltemarsh Twp., Montgo~_ ery
My Commission Expires Oct. 2,
Member, Pennsylvania oAssoclation
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Susan Simpson Brown, hereby certify that a tree and correct copy of the Petition
for Issuance of a Subpoena was served upon the below-named counsel by U.S. mail, postage
prepaid, on ,2002.
Steven K. Hunter, Esquire
Stewart D. Williams, Esquire
Angones, Hunter, McClure, Lynch &
Williams, P.A.
9th Floor, Concord Building
66 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33130
Counsel for Plaintiff
Kenneth J. Reilly, Esquire
William P. Geraghty, Esquire
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
2400 Miami Center
201 South Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33131-4332
Counsel for Philip Morris Incorporated
and Lorillard Tobacco Co.
Douglas J. Chumbley, Esquire
Carlton Fields, P.A.
4000 Bank of America Tower
100 S.E. Second Street
Miami, FL 33131
Counsel for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
David L. Ross, Esquire
Dawn Beighey Georgiades, Esquire
Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, et aL
1221 Brickell Avenue
Miami, FL 33131
Counsel for Lorillard Tobacco Company
Anthony N. Upshaw, Esquire
Adorno & Zeder, P.A.
2601 South Bayshore Drive, Suite 1600
Miami, FL 33131
Counsel for Brown & Williamson Tobacco
Corporation, individually and as Successor by
merger to the American Tobacco Company
Susan Simpson Brown
DALLER GREENBERG & DIETRICH, LLP
By: Morton F. Daller
I.D. No. 02740
By: Susan Simpson Brown
I.D. No. 31328
Valley Green Corporate Center
7111 Valley Green Road
Fort Washington, PA 19034
(215) 836-1100
Attorneys for Defendant/Petitioner,
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
PATRICIA CALTABIANO
Plaintiff
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED,
("PHILIP MORRIS U.S.A.)
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, :
LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, and :
BROWN AND WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP.:
Individually and as Successor to THE
AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY,
Defendants
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA
ORDER
AND NOW, this /Y day of /e~t// ,2002, upon consideration of the
Petition for Issuance of Subpoenas to Produce Documents and Things and upon motion of
counsel for the defendant/petitioner, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, it is hereby ORDERED
that the Prothonotary of Cumberland County issue a subpoena directed to the person/entity
named below, directing their production of documents and things pursuant to the Florida Rules
of Civil Procedure.
Sally McCoy
Medicare Legal Services
1800 Center Street
Camp Hill, PA 17089-0089
BY THE COURT:
DALLER GREEN-BERG & DIETRICH, LLP
By: Morton F. Daller
I.D. No. 02740
By: Diane M. Fleming
I.D. No. 86390
Valley Green Corporate Center
7111 Valley Green Road
Fort Washington, PA 19034
(215) 836-1100
PATRICIA CALTABIANO
Plaintiff
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED, :
("PHILIP MORRIS U.S.A.) :
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, :
LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, and :
BROWN AND WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP.:
Individually and as Successor to THE
AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY,
Defendants
Attorneys for Defendant/Petitioner,
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA
No. 02-1455
CWIL TERM
CERTIFICATE PREREQUISITE TO
SERVICE OF A SUBPOENA PURSUANT TO RULE 4009.22
As a prerequisite to service of a subpoena for documents and things pursuant to Rule
4009.22, defendant, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Inc., certifies that:
1) a notice of intent to serve a subpoena with a copy of the subpoena attached thereto
was mailed or delivered to each party at least twenty (20) days prior to the date on which the
subpoena is sought to be served;
2)
certificate;
3)
a copy of the notice of intent, including the proposed subpoena, is attached to this
no objection to the subpoena has been received; and
4) the subpoena which will be served is identical to the subpoena which is attached
to the notice of intent to serve the subpoena.
DALLER GREENBERG & DIETRICH, LLP
Diane M. Fleming
DATE: April 26, 2002
DALLER GREENBERG & DIETRICH, LLP
By: Morton F. Daller
I.D. No. 02740
By: Diane M. Fleming
I.D. No. 86390
Valley Green Corporate Center
7111 Valley Green Road
Fort Washington, PA 19034
(215) 836-1100
PATRICIA CALTABIANO
Plaintiff
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED, :
("PHILIP MORRIS U.S.A.) :
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, :
LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, and :
BROWN AND WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP.:
Individually and as Successor to THE :
AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, :
Defendants :
Attorneys for Defendant/Petitioner,
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA
No. 02-1455
CIVIL TERM
NOTICE OF INTENT TO SERVE A SUBPOENA TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS
..AND THINGS FOR DISCOVERY PURSUANT TO RULE 4009.2~
Defendant, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, intends to serve a subpoena directed to
Sally McCoy of Medicare Legal Services, identical to the one attached to this notice.
You have twenty (20) days fi.om the date listed below in which to file of record and serve
upon the undersigned an objection to the subpoena. If no objection is made, the subpoena may
be served.
DALLER GREENBERG & DIETRICH, LLP
Date:
3MMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVAt, ·
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
Patr~cia Caltabiano
.'
:
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. : FileNo. ~
:
SUBPOENATO PRODUCE DOCUMEI~FS OR THINGS
FOR DISCOVERY PURSUANTTO RULE 4009~2
TO: ~
(Name of Person or Enffiy) am Hill PA
]-7089-0089
Within twenty (20) days after service of this subpoena, you are ~)rdered by the court to produce the following
documents or things:
at
oad Fort, Wash~Ln t,on, PA 1903
(Address)
You may deliver or mail legible copies of the documents or produce things requested by this subpoena, together
with the certificate of compliance, to the party making this request at the address listed above. You have the dght
to seek in advance the reasonable cost of preparing the copies or producing the things sought.
If you fail to produce the documents or things required by this subpoena within twenty (20) days after its service,
the party serving this subpoena may seek a court order compelling you to comply with it.
THIS SUBPOENA WAS ISSUED AT THE REQUEST OF THE FOLLOWING PERSON:
Name_ Su~an Simp~on Bro%r~
Address: Pallet greenherg &, D~e~:ri~h, T,T,P
711! Valley Green Rd., Fort, Wash~n~t,on,
Telephone: 215_836_1100 PA 19034
Supreme Court ID # _ 3132{I
Attorney For: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Date:
Seal of the Court
/'~ r-°t h0no~]l~e rk, ~ivil Division
Deputy
(Eft. 7/97)
EXHIRIT B
yourentirety of all recorded information, wntten or othervase, from every available source within
custody, including active and archived files, database files, file folder, and every oth~
document, report memorandum, notation or record, whether complete or incomplete, preliminary
or final. Every document and record of any type is to be produced without any exceptions,
deletions, abridgements, redactions, or withholding; including by not limited to:
Complete copies of all prescription profile records, prescription slips, med"cation records,
orders for medication, payment records, insurance claimg forms, correspondence and any
other records or information relating or pertaining to the health and concerning the
physical or mental condition of plaintiff, Patrieia Dockwell Calt~biano, a/k/a Patricis
.Conte Caltabiano, Date of Birth: 0~/04/40, SSN#: 163-32-5039. You are also
instructed to provide the origami records or other materials for comparison to the copies
produced.