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1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY CIVIL ACTION NO. 83-2864 SA ANTONIO CIPOLLONE, individually : and as Executor of the Estate of ROSE D. CIPPOLLONE, . Plaintiff, : Deposition of: vs. . SHELDON C. SOMMERS 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 LIGGETT GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation; PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED, a Virginia corporation; LOEW'S THEATRES, INC., a New York corporation, Defendants. TRANSCRIPT of testimony as taken by and before MARGARET J. TEILHABER, a Certified Shorthand Reporter and Notary Public of the State of New Jersey, at the offices of DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON, 875 Third Avenue, New York, New York, on Thursday, October 2, 1986, commencing at 10:40 in the forenoon. waga and spinelli certified shorthand reporters 405 Northfield Avenue West Orange, N. J. 07052 201•731•9666 I l._rT[',, Mt Z 014SOI

2 2 3 4 10 11 12 A P P E A R A N C E S: BUDD, LARNER, GROSS, PICILLO, ROSENBAUM, GREENBERG & SADE 150 John F. Kennedy Parkway Short Hills, New Jersey 07078 BY: MARC Z. EDELL, ESQ. For the Plaintiff WEBSTER & SHEFFIELD 1 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10020 BY: LYNN M. STABINE, ESQ. 13i For Liggett Group, Inc. 14 j 15I SHOOK, HARDY & BACON 16i 20th Floor 17~ Mercantile Bank Tower i 18 1101 Walnut I 19~ Kansas City, Missouri 64106 I 20~ BY: WILLIAM W. SHINN, ESQ. 21; ROBERT E•. NORTHRIP, ESQ. 22; STEVEN C. PARRISH, ESQ. i 23! PATRICK M. SIRRIDGE, ESQ. 24 For Philip Morris, Inc. 25 405 Northfield Avenue waga and spinelli West Orange. N. J. 07052 certified shorthand reporters 201-731-9666 CT~~ H~4~ 0 ~ 45 ~~

i 1i A P P E A R A N C E S: (Continued) I 2 ; 31 BROWN, CONNERY, KULP, WILLE, 5 1 PURNELL & GREENE Parkade Building 6 518 Market Street 7 P.O. Box 1449 8 Camden, New Jersey 08101 9 BY: RAYMOND F. DROZDOWSKI, ESQ. 10 For Philip Morris, Inc. 11 12 SILLS, BECK, CUMMIS, ZUCKERMAN, 13 RADIN & TISCHMAN, P.A. 14 33 Washington Street 15 Newark, New Jersey 07102-3179 16 BY: JOEL C. BALSAM, ESQ. 17 For Loews Theatres, Inc. 18 19 ARNOLD & PORTER 20 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 21 Washington, D..C. 20036 22 BY: HADRIAN R. KATZ, ESQ. 23 For Phillip Morris 24 25 , waga and spinelli certified shorthand reporters 3 405 Northlield Avenue West Orange. N. J. 07052 201•731-9666 C T ~~ ~'i N 0 1 4 5- 03

4 A P P E A R A N C E S: (Continued) 2 DEBE VOISE & PLIMPTON 875 Third Avenue New York, New York 10022 BY: ANDREW C. HARTZELL, JR., ESQ. JOHN G. KOELTL, ESQ. 8 EDWARD M. ROTH, ESQ. 9 F.or the Witness and CTR. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 , waga and spinelli certified shorthand reporters 405 Northfield Avenue West Orange, N. J. 07052 201•731-9666 CT- ["IN 014504

j I-N-D-E-X 2 3 WITNESS SHELDON C SOMMERS DIRECT M D . , . . Mr. Edell 8 9 10 11 I i E NUMBER -- --- X H I B I T S DESCRIPTION IDENTIFICATION ----------- 12 (The following are all Sommers exhibits; i.e., 131 Sommers-1, etc.) 1 141 1 Notice to Tak e Deposition 8 15 j 16~ I 2 Letter, 9-12=86 8 17 i 18~ 3 Letter, 9-19-86 8 19 20 4 53 pages of documents 15 21' produced pursuant to subpoena 22 ! i 23~ 4A Transcript of portion of hearing 100 24 re Public Health -Cigarette 25, Amendments of 1971 405 Northfield Avenue waga and spinelli West Orange, N. J. 07052 certified shorthand reporters 201•731•9666 C T R H N 0 14 E-- ;~E -0

1 2 3 4 5 10 11 181 19 23 1 I 24; 25 6 E X H I B I T S --------------- NUMBER (Continued) DESCRIPTION IDENTIFICATION - - - - 4B Transcript of portion of hearing 100 Re Public Health Cigarette 4C Amendments of 1971 Transcript of portion of hearing 100 Re Cigarette and Advertising, 1976 5 Deposition of Dr. Sheldon 47 Sommers, Dec. 17 and 18, 1985 6 Curriculum Vitae of Sheldon 69 7 Sommers 4-page statement of Sheldon 100 8 Sommers, 2-8-65 Article entitled "Cigaret Blame 100 For Cancer is Questioned" 9 4-page document entitled For Use 100 After 10 A.M. Wednesday, 4-30-69 405 Northfield Avenue waga and spinelli West Orange, N. J. 07052 certified shorthand reporters 201-731-9666 CTR HN 01450G

;-i 7 405 Northtield Avenue West Orange, N. J. 07052 201-731-9666 E X H I B I T S NUMBER (Continued) DESCRIPTION IDENTIFICATION ------ ----------- -------------- ~ 10 Statement of Dr. Sommers before 100 ~ the Consumer Subcommittee of the i 61 U.S. Senate Interstate Commerce i 71 Committee 8 9 11 1-page document entitled Scientific 113 10 Advisory Board Members, 1954-1978 11 12 12 tter 9-23-81 L 136 , e 13 14 13 2-page letter, 8-19-71 136 I 15 16 14 1-page document entitled "From the I 138 17 Desk of W. T. Hoyt" 18 19 15 2-page memo, 4-22-74, with cover 153 20 sheet 21 22 23 24 25 waga and spinelli certified shorthand reporters CTR NN 014E50{

8 (Somers Exhibi ts 1, 2 and 3 marked 8 9 identification.) S H E L D O N C. S 0 M M E R S, for Cambridge Way, Alpine, New Jersey, sworn. DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. EDELL: Q. Dr. Sommers, we introduced ourselves off the record but again my name is Marc Edell. 101 I'm an attorney representing the plaintiffs in 11 12 this action. You are here pursuant to a subpoena as a fact witness in this litigation. If you have 13' any questions with regard to this proceeding, I 14i would appreciate it if you would let me know. If 15i any of my questions are unclear, you don't 16i understand them, are unintelligible, tell me and 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 I'll try to rephrase them. Okay? A. Yes. Q. If you don't know an answer, if you don't know the answer to a question, please tell us you don't know the answer to the question. Okay? A. Yes. 24! Q. If you don't recall a particular fact, 25! tell us you don't recall that fact. All right? ~ ~ . waga and spinelli certified shorthand reporters 405 Northfield Avenue West Orange, N. J. 07052 201•731•9666 l.r = R i i N 014508

Sommers - direct 9 1 A. Yes. 2 Q. Because we will presume that once you 3 answer a question, you understood it and you are 4 accurately responding to it. Okay? 5 A. Yes. 6 ; Q. 9 10 11 12 13 If at any point in time you want to take a break, you want to consult with counsel, please feel free to do so. Okay? A. Yes. Q. A. No. Q. A. Yes. Do you have any questions? You've been deposed before? 14 MR. HARTZELL: Mr. Edell, could I 151 just ask a preliminary question? 16 MR. EDELL: Sure. 17 18 19 20 MR. HARTZELL: With respect to, there are various confidentiality orders and I think, including one in this case. Is it agreeable that this deposition is subject to the same 21 confidentiality orders as our, as the production 22 of documents by the Council for Tobacco Research 231 has been? That's Judge Cowen's order of March 25, 241 '85, I'm informed. - 25' MR. EDELL: Our understanding is that waga and spinelli certified shorthand reporters 405 Northfield Avenue West Orange, N. J. 07052 201-731-9666 CTR MN 014509

Sommers - direct 10 this proceeding with regard to any particular 2 aspect of this proceeding you can designate it as 3 being confidential. The remainder of the 4; proceeding will not be confidential but all of 5 what occurs during the course of this deposition 6' is subject to the protective order which I guess 7; is Judge Cowen's protective order at this juncture. I 8i If, however, Judge Sarokin rules that Judge Cowen's 9~ order was in any way, shape or form contrary to 10 law or otherwise defective and enters an order i 11I either modifying it or vacating it in total, then 12M we are all subject to Judge Sarokin's order 13i subject to that being appealed to the Third 14! Circuit. i 15i MR. HARTZELL: I understand that and i 16~ as long as we are notified of any application to ~ 17 18 19 the judge to change the current order, that's perfectly agreeable. MR. EDELL: I'm sure that I will make 201 an effort and I'm sure that some of the other 21~ people in this room-will also make an effort to 22~ notify you with respect to that. i 23 MR. HARTZELL: With respect to the 24~ confidentiality designation, I didn't understand 25; what you said there. I don't'think it should be waga and spinelli 405 Northfield Avenue certified shorthand reporters Oet 731a9666N. J. 07052 CTR HN 014510