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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA En Banc BUNKER'S GLASS COMPANY, an Arizona corporation, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff-Appellant/) Respondent,) ) v. ) ) PILKINGTON plc, a foreign ) corporation, PILKINGTON LIBBEY- ) OWENS-FORD CO. INC., a foreign ) corporation, PPG INDUSTRIES, ) INC., a foreign corporation, ) FORD MOTOR CO., a foreign ) corporation, GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES ) CORPORATION, a foreign ) corporation, and AFG INDUSTRIES, ) INC., a foreign corporation, ) ) Defendants-Appellees/) Petitioners.) ) ) MICHAEL R. GRAY, M.D., on Behalf ) of Himself and All Others ) Similarly Situated, ) ) Plaintiff-Appellant/) Respondent,) ) v. ) ) PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., R.J. ) REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., BROWN & ) WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP., ) LORILLARD TOBACCO CO., LIGGETT ) GROUP, INC., and BROOKE GROUP, ) LTD., ) ) Defendants-Appellees/) Petitioners.) ) Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-02-0140-PR Court of Appeals Division One No. 1 CA-CV 01-0046 Maricopa County Superior Court No. CV 2000-002282

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Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-02-0175-PR Court of Appeals Division Two No. 2 CA-CV 01-0121 Pima County Superior Court No. C 20000781

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Appeal from the Superior Court in Maricopa County The Honorable Gary E. Donahoe, Judge VACATED AND REMANDED Opinion of the Court of Appeals, Division One 202 Ariz. 481, 47 P.3d 1119 (App. 2002) AFFIRMED

Appeal from the Superior Court in Pima County The Honorable Theodore B. Borek, Judge VACATED AND REMANDED Court of Appeals, Division Two Memorandum Decision, filed May 7, 2002 AFFIRMED

DAVIS, McKEE & FORSHEY, P.C. by Jeffrey A. McKee and LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE A. BARTON, P.C. by George A. Barton and LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS H. BRILL by Thomas H. Brill and SHUGHART, THOMSON, KILROY, GOODWIN, RAUP, P.C. by Marty Harper and Kelly J. Flood Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellant/Respondent Bunker's Glass Company LAW OFFICES OF GORDON BALL by W. Gordon Ball and LAW OFFICE OF SHELDON LAZAROW by Sheldon Lazarow and THE CUNEO LAW GROUP, P.C. by Jonathan Cuneo and Daniel Cohen Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellant/Respondent Michael R. Gray, M.D.

Phoenix, AZ Kansas City, MO Leawood, KS Phoenix, AZ

Knoxville, TN Tucson, AZ Washington, DC

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KARP, HEURLIN & WEISS, P.C. by Bruce R. Heurlin and PEPPER HAMILTON, L.L.P. by Laurence Z. Shiekman Attorneys for Defendants-Appellees/Petitioners Pilkington plc Pilkington Libbey-Owens-Ford Co., Inc., fka Pilkington North America BRYAN CAVE L.L.P. by Lawrence G. Scarborough and Kelly A. O'Connor and CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE by Paul M. Dodyk Attorneys for Defendants-Appellees/Petitioners PPG Industries, Inc. SNELL & WILMER, L.L.P. by Daniel J. McAuliffe and O'MELVENY & MYERS, L.L.P. by John H. Beisner and Neil K. Gilman Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee/Petitioner Ford Motor Co. KARP, HEURLIN & WEISS, P.C. by Bruce R. Heurlin and ARNOLD & PORTER by Alexander E. Bennett and Amy Ralph Mudge Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee/Petitioner Guardian Industries Corporation SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY, L.L.P. by Donald A. Wall and SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY, L.L.P. by Edward A. Geltman and James V. Dick Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee/Petitioner AFG Industries -3-

Tucson, AZ Philadelphia, PA

Phoenix, AZ

New York, NY

Phoenix, AZ Washington, DC

Tucson, AZ Washington, DC

Phoenix, AZ Washington, DC

OSBORN MALEDON, P.A. by William J. Maledon and Andrew D. Hurwitz and HELLER, EHRMAN, WHITE & McAULIFFE, L.L.P. by Darryl L. Snider and Carlos Solis and Michael T. Williams and HELLER, EHRMAN, WHITE & McAULIFFE, L.L.P. by Kenneth L. Chernof and BOIES, SCHILLER and FLEXNER, L.L.P. by David Boies and Sherab Posel and BOIES, SCHILLER and FLEXNER, L.L.P. by Donald Flexner and Amy Mauser Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee/Petitioner Philip Morris USA Inc. SHUGHART, THOMSON, KILROY, GOODWIN, RAUP, P.C. by Brian Michael Goodwin and Lori V. Berke and JONES, DAY, REAVIS & POGUE by Thomas F. Cullen, Jr. and William V. O'Reilly and Edwin L. Fountain Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee/Petitioner R. J. Reynolds Tobacco, Co. BROWN & BAIN, P.A. by Howard Ross Cabot and KIRKLAND & ELLIS by Colin R. Kass KIRKLAND & ELLIS by Stephen Patton and Andrew R. McGaan and Barack S. Echols Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee/Petitioner Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

Phoenix, AZ

Los Angeles, CA

Washington, DC Armonk, NY

Washington, DC

Phoenix, AZ

Washington, DC

Phoenix, AZ Washington, DC Chicago, IL

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GREENBERG TRAURIG, L.L.P. by Pamela M. Overton and Jennifer M. Dubay and WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES, L.L.P. by Peter D. Isakoff and Holly E. Loiseau and WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES, L.L.P. by Irving Scher Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee/Petitioner Lorillard Tobacco, Co. CASEBOLT, GERMAINE & DRIGGS, P.L.C. by Sanford J. Germaine and KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES and FRIEDMAN, L.L.P. by Aaron H. Marks Attorneys for Defendants-Appellees/Petitioners Liggett Group, Inc. and Brooke Group, Ltd.

Phoenix, AZ

Washington, DC

New York, NY

Phoenix, AZ New York, NY

JANET A. NAPOLITANO, Former ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL Phoenix, AZ TERRY GODDARD, ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL by Timothy A. Nelson, Special Assistant Attorney General and David D. Weinzweig, Assistant Attorney General and Paula S. Bickett, Chief Counsel, Civil Appeals Section Attorneys for Amicus Curiae State of Arizona HAGENS, BERMAN & MITCHELL, L.L.C. by Christopher A. O'Hara and SULLIVAN & CROMWELL by David B. Tulchin and Joseph E. Neuhaus and Jeremy T. Kamras and HELLER, EHRMAN, WHITE & McAULIFFE, L.L.P. by Robert A. Rosenfeld and Phoenix, AZ New York, NY

San Francisco, CA

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MICROSOFT by and and Attorneys Microsoft

CORPORATION Richard Wallis Thomas W. Burt Steven J. Aeschbacher for Amicus Curiae Corporation

Redmond, WA

IRVINE VAN RIPER, P.A. by Thomas K. Irvine and AMERICAN ANTITRUST INSTITUTE by Warren S. Grimes and Albert Foer Attorneys for Amicus Curiae American Antitrust Institute

Phoenix, AZ Washington, DC

B E R C H, Justice

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