Council for Tobacco Research
Deposition of James F. Glenn [Deposition of Glenn in the Matter of the State of Minnesota]
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1 STATE OF MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT
2 COUNTY OF RAMSEY SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
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4 The State of Minnesota,
5 by Hubert H. Humphrey, III,
6 its attorney general,
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8 Blue Cross and Blue Shield
9 of Minnesota,
10 Plaintiffs,
11 vs. File No. Cl-94-8565
12 Philip Morris Incorporated, R.J.
13 Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown
14 & Williamson Tobacco Corporation,
15 B.A.T. Industries P.L.C., Lorillard
16 Tobacco Company, The American
17 Tobacco Company, Liggett Group, Inc.,
18 The Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A.,
19 Inc., and The Tobacco Institute, Inc.,
20 Defendants.
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22 DEPOSITION OF JAMES F. GLENN
23 Volume I, Pages 1 - 283
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1 (The following is the deposition of JAMES
2 F. GLENN, taken pursuant to Notice of Taking
3 Deposition, under Rule 30.02(f), at the offices of
4 Dorsey & Whitney, 16th Floor, 250 Park Avenue, New
5 York, New York, commencing at approximately 9:11
6 o'clock a.m., September 3, 1997.)
7 APPEARANCES:
8 On Behalf of the Plaintiffs:
9 Daniel A. O'Fallon
10 Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
11 Attorneys at Law
12 2800 LaSalle Plaza
13 800 LaSalle Avenue
14 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
15 On Behalf of Philip Morris Incorporated:
16 Randall Frykberg
17 Dorsey & Whitney
18 Attorneys at Law
19 Pillsbury Center South
20 220 South Sixth Street
21 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-1498
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1 On Behalf of Lorillard Tobacco Company:
2 Connie S. Iversen
3 Doherty, Rumble & Butler
4 Attorneys at Law
5 2800 Minnesota World Trade Center
6 30 East Seventh Street
7 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-4999
8 On Behalf of The Council for Tobacco
9 Research-U.S.A., Inc., and the Deponent:
10 Bruce G. Merritt and Eric M. Falkenstein
11 Debevois & Plimpton
12 Attorneys at Law
13 875 Third Avenue
14 New York, New York 10022
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2 EXHIBITS DESCRIPTION PAGE `4ARKED
3 Exhibit 1148 "A Frank Statement to
4 Cigarette Smokers," Bates
5 11309817 75
6 1149 Agenda, TIRC Meeting,
7 January 18, 1954, Bates
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9 1150 Forwarding Memorandum, Bates
10 JH 000493-501 7=
11 1151 Memo dated December 8, 1970,
12 Wakeham to Cullman, Bates
13 2022200161-3 106
14 1152 Press release for December 27,
15 1954, Bates 11311164-6 126
16 1153 Press release for June 4,
17 1957, Bates 11313128 14~1 ~
18 1154 Press release for July 15,
19 1957, Bates 11313243-4 148
20 1155 Press release for November
21 27, 1959, Bates 11311722-5 161
22 1156 Press release for April 19,
23 1963, Bates 11312128-30 17C
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1 1157 Press release for February
2 3, 1969, Bates CTR PUBLIC
3 STATEMENT 001239-43 178
4 1158 Excerpt of testimony of
5 Glenn before Congress 200
6 1159 Associated Press release
7 and attached Star & Tribune
8 article 203
9 1160 Response of CTR-USA to
10 Plaintiffs' First Set of
11 Requests for Admission 220
12 1161 Memo dated April 5, 1968,
13 Wakeham to Holtzman, Bates
14 1000323262 230
15 1162 Report on Visit to U.S.A.
16 and Canada 17th April - 12th
17 May 1958, Bates 301083806-7 241
18 1163 Memo dated October 23, 1956,
19 Hoyt to Hartnett, Bates
20 50067727-8 252
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1 P R O C E E D I N G S
2 (Witness sworn.)
3 JAMES F. GLENN
4 called as a witness, being first duly
5 sworn, was examined and testified as
6 follows:
7 ADVERSE EXAMINATION
8 BY MR. O'FALLON:
9 Q. Could you please state your full name for the
10 record.
11 A. James Francis Glenn.
12 Q. Dr. Glenn, my name is Dan O'Fallon and I'm
13 representing the State of Minnesota and Blue Cross
14 Blue Shield in an action brought against a number of
15 defendants, including The Council for Tobacco
16 Research.
17 You currently work for The Council for Tobacco
18 Research; correct?
19 A. Yes.
20 THE REPORTER: Just a moment, please. Off
21 the record.
22 (Discussion off the record.)
23 BY MR. O'FALLON:
24 Q. Dr. Glenn, do you understand -- I'm sorry.
25 Could you tell me your current position?
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1 A. I'm chairman of the board of The Council for
2 Tobacco Research.
3 Q. Do you have any other titles?
4 A. Yes. I'm professor of surgery, University of
5 Kentucky; past chairman of the department; past
6 director of the Markey Cancer Center at the
7 University; former associate dean and chief of staff
8 of University Hospital.
9 Q. Do you have any other titles at The Council for
10 Tobacco Research? Are you also the president?
11 A. Yes.
12 Q. And do you hold any other titles?
13 A. I'm the chief executive officer.
14 Q. Anything else?
15 A. No.
16 Q. So you're currently the chief executive of-Fficer,
17 the chairman of the board, and the president for The
18 Council for Tobacco Research; correct?
19 A. Yes, sir.
20 Q. Dr. Glenn, I believe you've had your deposition
21 taken previously; correct?
22 A. Yes.
23 Q. Could you give me all instances in which you've
24 had your deposition taken?
25 A. I can't recall every instance because it goes
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1 back over 40 years. Mostly relative to medical
2 matters. With regard to The Council for Tobacco
3 Research, I've been deposed on four occasions.
4 Q. And what are those occasions, sir?
5 A. The Broin case in Miami, Florida; the Louisiana
6 case; the -- one of the Willner cases in
7 Jacksonville, Florida; and one other deposition by
8 Mr. Motley and his associates.
9 Q. Was that in connection with the Mississippi
10 litigation?
11 A. I think it was in connection with several
12 actions in which he is a participant.
13 Q. Was that the deposition taken on March 18t: of
14 this year?
15 A. I can't tell you that.
16 Q. When were those other depositions taken? And
17 let's start with Broin. When was the Broin
18 deposition taken?
19 A. Three years ago.
20 Q. How about the Louisiana case, when was that
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22 A. Earlier this year.
23 Q. Has it been within the last two or three mcnths?
24 A. No.
25 Q. Was it taken in February?
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1 A. I can't remember, Mr. O'Fallon. It was taken
2 sometime early this year as I recall.
3 Q. Okay. And how about the Jacksonville, Florida
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8 Q. 1996?
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12 Q. And that's the sum total of all the depositions
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14 Research or as an employee of The Council for Tobacco
15 Research?
16 A. I can't tell you that. I think it is.
17 Q. To the best of your recollection, there have
18 been no other depositions that you've given while
19 you've b een an employee of The Council for T obacco
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21 A. I gave one additional deposition recent ly to one
22 of Mr. Rosenblatt's associates , Mr. Hoag, relative to
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24 Q. Approximately when did you give that deposition,
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1 A. About a month ago.
2 Q. Any other depositions while you were an employee
3 of The Council for Tobacco Research that you can
4 recall?
5 A. I already explained that to you. I have
6 appeared in a number of medical malpractice --
7 Q. No, I'm sorry, while you were an employee of the
8 Tobacco Research.
9 A. While I was an employee of the --
10 Q. Okay.
11 A. -- Council for Tobacco Research, I gave medical
12 malpractice depositions.
13 Q. Okay. Okay. I'm sorry, I was unclear about
14 that. Thanks for clarifying that. So that's --
15 So in the last nine years -- I think you started
16 with The Council for Tobacco Research in 1987 --
17 you've also been -- you've also given some medical
18 malpractice depositions.
19 A. Yes, sir.
20 Q. Were you testifying on behalf of the plaintiffs
21 or defendants in those cases?
22 A. Both.
23 Q. When you were testifying in those cases, were
24 you testifying on issues of liability, or subsequent
25 issues of treatment?
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