REYNOLDS AMERICAN: “St. Louis” Cost Recovery Suit Dismissed

In City of St. Louis v. American Tobacco Co., Inc., filed in November 1998, in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, hospitals sought recovery of uncompensated, unreimbursed health-care costs expended or to be expended on behalf…

FOREST LABORATORIES: St. Louis Lawsuit Still Pending

Forest Laboratories Inc. (FLI) and Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (FPI) are named as defendants in two similar actions pending in the Missouri Circuit Court, Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit, arising from nearly identical allegations as those contained in the federal actions.

The first action,…

SMITHFIELD FOODS: Dismissed John Arnold Case Refiled in April 2010

Smithfield Foods Inc. disclosed in its latest quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that plaintiffs in the dismissed nuisance lawsuit entitled John Arnold, et al. v. Smithfield Foods, Inc., et al. refiled the…

SMITHFIELD FOODS: Vernon Hanes Trial Set October 2010 in DeKalb

Smithfield Foods Inc. disclosed in its latest annual report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the nuisance suit filed in the Circuit Court of Daviess County, Missouri entitled Vernon Hanes, et al. v. PSF,…

SMITHFIELD FOODS: Discovery in Jake Cooper Nuisance Suit Ongoing

Discovery is ongoing in the nuisance suit entitled Jake Cooper, et al. v. Smithfield Foods, Inc., et al., the company disclosed in its latest quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

In May 2007, the…

SMITHFIELD FOODS: Missouri Court Reset Trial Date for Adwell Case

Smithfield Foods Inc. disclosed in its latest quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that a court reset the date for that next Adwell trial from January 31, 2011 to August 1, 2011.

In 2002,…

ONEOK INC: Mo. High Court Okay Transfer of MPSC Case for Review

Oneok Inc. said in its quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that on April 20, 2010, the Missouri Supreme Court granted the application of the plaintiff to transfer the Missouri Public Service Commission…

SMITHFIELD FOODS: Vernon Hanes Trial Set August 2010 in DeKalb

Smithfield Foods Inc. disclosed in its latest annual report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the nuisance suit filed in the Circuit Court of Daviess County, Missouri entitled Vernon Hanes, et al. v. PSF,…

SMITHFIELD FOODS: Missouri Court Sets Trial Dates for Adwell Cases

Smithfield Foods Inc. disclosed in its latest annual report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that trials in the nuisance lawsuits filed against subsidiaries, Premium Standard Farms, Inc. (PSF) and Continental Grain Company (CGC), otherwise…

SMITHFIELD FOODS: Discovery in Jake Cooper Nuisance Suit Ongoing

Discovery is ongoing in the nuisance suit entitled Jake Cooper, et al. v. Smithfield Foods, Inc., et al., the company disclosed in its latest annual report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

In May 2007, the…

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