['—', '06/23/00', '16:01', 'FAX', 'Fs', 'PETITIONERS’', 'MEMORANDUM', 'OF', 'LAW', 'IN', 'SUPPORT', 'OF', 'PETITION', 'FOR', 'WRIT', 'OF', 'PROHIBITION', '~', 'INTRODUCTION', 'This', 'Court’s', 'intervention', 'is', 'needed', 'immediately', 'to', 'prohibi:', 'the', 'implementation', 'of', '4', 'case', 'qnanagement', 'order', 'and', 'trial', 'plan', 'that,', 'under', 'any', 'standard', 'of', 'analysis,', 'is', 'a', 'clear', 'departure', 'from', 'West', 'Virginia', 'law', 'and', 'coristitutionally', 'deficient.', 'More', 'specifically,', 'Petitioners', '(the', 'Defendants', 'below)’', 'ask', 'this', 'Court', 'to', 'issue', 'a', 'Writ', 'of', 'Prohibition', 'thereby', 'prohibiting', 'Judges', 'Arthur', 'M.', 'Recht', 'and', 'Tod', 'J,', 'Kaufman', 'of', 'the', 'Circuit', 'Courts', 'for', 'Ohio', 'and', 'Kanawha', 'C', 'aunties,', 'froma', 'proceeding', 'under', 'the', 'Case', 'Management', 'Order/Trial', 'Plan', '(the', '“Trial', 'Plan', 'Order":', 'entered', 'in', 'the', 'litigation', 'now', 'captioned', '“In', 'Re:', 'Tobacco', 'Litigation', '(individual', 'Personal', 'Injury', 'Cases),', 'Civil', 'Action', 'No.', '00-C-5000"', 'which', 'is', 'attached', 'hereto', 'as', 'Appendix', 'Exhibit', '1.7', 'The', 'Trial', 'Plan', 'Order', 'requires', 'the', 'partial', 'consolidation', 'and', '‘sifurcation', 'of', 'over', '120', 'separate', 'personal', 'injury', 'cases', 'brought', 'by', 'over', '120', 'disparate', 'individucls', 'under', 'differing', 'theories', 'of', 'recovery.', 'These', 'individuals', 'separately', 'used', 'a', 'wide', 'variety', 'of', 'tobacco', 'products', '(snuff,', 'chewing', 'tobacco,', 'cigarettes,', 'cigars,', 'pipe', 'tobacco', 'and', 'the', 'like)', 'under', 'a', 'wide', 'variety', 'of', 'disparate', 'circumstances,', 'at', 'different', 'times', 'over', 'the', 'past', '70', 'years.', 'The', 'tobacco', 'products', 'are', 'alleged', 'to', 'have', 'been', 'manufactured', 'or', 'sold', 'by', 'over', 'twenty-eight', 'different', 'defendants.', 'The', 'injuries', 'claimed', 'are', 'as', 'unique,', 'varied', 'and', 'distinct', 'as', 'the', 'individual', 'Plaintiffs', 'themselveu.', 'In', 'presenting', 'this', 'Memorandum,', 'Petitioners', 'reserve', 'all', 'tights,', 'including', 'defenses', 'and', 'objections', 'as', 'to', 'venue,', 'personal', 'and/or', 'subject-matter', 'jurisdiction', 'and', 'service', 'and', 'nothing', 'herein', 'shall', 'be', 'construed', 'as', 'a', 'waiver', 'of', 'any', 'such', 'defenses', 'and', 'objections,', 'Pursuant', 'to', 'Rule', '14(a)', 'of', 'the', 'West', 'Virginia', 'Rules', 'of', 'Appsllate', 'Procedure,', 'documents', 'and', 'authorities', 'cited', 'in', 'the', '"Petitioners’', 'Memorandum', 'of', 'Law', 'in', 'Support', 'of', 'Petition', 'for', 'Writ', 'of', 'Prohibition’', 'are', 'submitted', 'herewith', 'in', 'the', '“Appendix', 'to', '‘Petitioners’', 'Memorandum', 'of', 'Law', 'i', 'in', 'Support', 'of', 'Petition', 'for', 'Writ', 'of', 'Prohibition”', 'and', 'cited', 'herein', 'as', '(’App.', '__”).', 'Moss', '61460286']