Philip Morris
Robert R. Jones, Plaintiff, Vs. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Defendants. Request for Admissions to Defendant Philip Morris Incorporated. Case No.: 97-4966
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SERVICE LIST - JONES
Charlene E. Honeywell, Esq.
Benjamin H. Hill, III, Esq.
HILL, WARD & HENDERSON
101 East Kennedy Blvd., Suite 3700
Tampa, FL 33602
ATTORNEYS FOR R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.
William A. Gillen, Jr., Esq.
Daniel F. Molony, Esq.
SHACKLEFORD, FARRIOR, STALLINGS & EVANS
501 East Kennedy Blvd., Suite 1400
Tampa, FL 33602
ATTORNEYS FOR BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP.
A. Broaddus Livingston, Esq.
CARLTON, FIELDS, WARD, EMMANUEL,
SMITH & CUTLER, P.A.
P.O. Box 3239
Tampa. FL 33601-3239
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that true and correct copies of the foregoing have been provided
by regular U.S. Mail to counsel of record listed on the attached service list this day of
October, 1999.
HOWARD M. ACOSTA, ESQUIRE
300 First Avenue North
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
(0) (727) 894-4469
(F) (727) 823-7608
FBN 274089
Attorney for Plaintiff
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SERVICE LIST - JONES
Charlene E. Honeywell, Esq.
Benjamin H. Hill, III, Esq.
HILL, WARD & HENDERSON
101 East Kennedy Blvd., Suite 3700
Tampa, FL 33602
ATTORNEYS FOR R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.
William A. Gillen, Jr., Esq.
Daniel F. Molony, Esq.
SHACKLEFORD, FARRIOR, STALLINGS & EVANS
501 East Kennedy Blvd., Suite 1400
Tampa, FL 33602
ATTORNEYS FOR BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP.
A. Broaddus Livingston, Esq.
CARLTON, FIELDS, WARD, EMMANUEL,
SMITH & CUTLER, P.A.
P.O. BOX 3239
Tampa, FL 33601-3239
ATTORNEY FOR PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED
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3. Please admit that there is an overwhelming medical and scientific consensus that
cigarette smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema and other serious diseases in
smokers.
4. Please admit smokers are far more likely to develop lung cancer than
non-smokers.
5. Please admit the United States Surgeon General's Reports: 1964, 1979, 1980,
1983. 1984 and 1994 are reliable.
6. Please admit cigarette smoking is addictive, as that term is most commonly used
today.
7. Please admit that the excerpts from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's
findings relating to addiction as posted on http://www.philipmorris.com, a Philip Morris Internet
website, is authoritative.
8. Please admit that information from the World Health Organization, as indicated
on http: / /www. philipmorris.com, a Philip Morris Internet website, is authoritative information.
9. Please admit that U.S. Surgeon General's Reports: 1964, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984
and 1994 are authoritative.
10. Please admit Exhibit "A" are true copies of information on Defendant Philip
Morris' Internet website:
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE No.: 97-4966 DIVISION: D
ROBERT R. JONES, as Personal
Representative of the Estate of
SUZANNE M. JONES, deceased,
Plaintiff,
vs.
BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION,
individually and as successor by merger
to THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, a
foreign corporation; R.J. REYNOLDS
TOBACCO CO., a foreign corporation; and
PHILIP MORRIS, INC., a foreign
corporation,
Defendants.
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REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS TO DEFENDANT
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED
The Plaintiff, Robert R. Jones, pursuant to Rule 1.370 of the Florida Rules of Civil
Procedure, requests Defendant Philip Morris Incorporated to admit or deny each of the matters
set forth below within thirty (30) days after service of these requests.
Any matter not denied within thirty (30) days shall be deemed admitted, pursuant to Rule
1.370.
The matters to be admitted or denied are as follows:
l. Please admit that there is no "safe" cigarette.
2. Please admit that cigarette smoking causes cancer, heart disease, emphysema and
other serious diseases.
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