SOUTHEAST LABORERS HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND v. BAYER CORPORATION

Case No. 08-1928-MD.

655 F.Supp.2d 1270 (2009)

SOUTHEAST LABORERS HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND, On behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. BAYER CORPORATION, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceutical, Inc., Bayer Healthcare, LLC, Bayer Healthcare, A.G., Defendants. This Order relates to Case No. 08-80873.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida.

July 30, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edith M. Kallas, Whatley Drake & Kallas LLC, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Whatley Drake & Kallas LLC, New York, NY, J. Gerard Stranch, IV, James G. Stranch, III, Joe P. Leniski, Randall C. Ferguson, Branstetter Stranch & Jennings PLLC, Nashville, TN, W. Tucker Brown, Whatley Drake & Kallas LLC, Birmingham, AL, Patricia Elaine Lowry, Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, William Charles Wright, Leopold Kuvin, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Nancy A. Mismash, Robert J. DeBry & Associates, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiffs.

Rebecca Lee Wiggs, William F. Goodman, III, C. Alleen McLain, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, MS, Terry R. Lueckenhoff, Katherine M. Fowler, Fox Galvin LLC, St. Louis, MO, Richard K. Dandrea, Timothy S. Coon, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh, PA, Victoria Davis Lockard, Bernard Taylor, Sr., Alston & Bird, Seth A. Litman Alembik Fine & Callner PA, Atlanta, GA, Alan G. Schwartz, Wiggin & Dana, New Haven, CT, Albert G. Bixler, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, Philadelphia, PA, Tara L. Lattomus, Ronald S. Gellert, Brya Keilson, Margaret Fleming England, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, Michael P. Kelly, Katharine L. Mayer, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE, Amy Sherry Fischer, Larry D. Ottaway, Foliart Huff Ottaway & Bottom, Oklahoma City, OK, Brian A. Wahl, Darrell C. Tucker, II, Fred M. Haston, III, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham, AL, Catherine Valerio Barrad, Christine Kim Son, Catherine Marie Valerio Barrad, James Paul Pecht, Sidley & Austin, Los Angeles, CA, Craig Allen Knot, Elizabeth Catherine Curtin, Eugene A. Schoon, Gary Feinerman, Michael L. Lisak, Jana D. Jobes, Sherry A. Knutson, Gretchen Marie Paine, Sidley Austin LLP, Nahrin Sapper Marino, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Shayna S. Cook, Steven E. Derringer, Matthew W. Brewer, Rebecca Weinstein Bacon, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, Chicago, IL, Charles P. Blanchard, Peter J. Rotolo, III, John F. Olinde, Chaffe McCall Phillips Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, LA, Daniel B. White, Laura T. McDonald, Gallivan White & Boyd PA, Greenville, SC, Daniel G. Wyllie, Susan Artinian, Dykema Gossett, Detroit, MI, Daniel J. Stephenson, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Ann Arbor, MI, William C. McGowin, Philip J. Butler, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Montgomery, AL, Douglas M. Schreiner, Eric Anielak, Leanne DeShong, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Michelle R. Mangrum, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Frank R. Volpe, Richard H. Menard, Jr., Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, Erik W. Legg, Michael J. Farrell, Farrell Farrell & Farrell PLLC, Huntington, WV, Frances Fenelon, James M. Doran, Jr., S. Keenan Carter, Sarah C. McBride, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, Nashville, TN, Julie A. Hardin, Gerry Lowry, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Houston, TX, Ronn B. Kreps, Olufemi 0. Solade, Andre T. Hanson, Fulbright & Jaworski, Minneapolis, MN, Glen M. Darbyshire, Inglesby Falligant Horne Courington & Chisholm PC, Savannah, GA, John S. Phillips, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, Denver, CO, Joyce Dee Edelman, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, Columbus, OH, Leslie C. O'Toole, Richard W. Ellis, Stephen D. Feldman, Ellis & Winters LLP, Raleigh, NC, Lorna A. Dotro; Coughlin Duffy LLP, Morristown, NJ, Maria Jose Moncada, Guy Edward Motzer, Patricia Elaine Lowry, Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, Mauricio M. Rodriguez, Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP, Tampa, FL, Melissa S. Caulum, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Madison, WI, Paul E. Benson, Michael Best & Freidrich, Milwaukee, WI, Renee N. Sewchand, Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann LLP, Baltimore, MD, Robert J. Curtis, Civerolo Gralow Hill & Curtis PA, Albuquerque, NM, Robert G. Weddle, Tabbert Hahn Earnest & Weddle LLP, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants.


ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS

DONALD M. MIDDLEBROOKS, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE comes before the Court upon the Defendants' (hereinafter, collectively, "Bayer's") Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs First Amended Class Action Complaint. The Court has reviewed the Motion and is otherwise fully informed of the premises.

Plaintiff, Southeast Laborers Health and Welfare Fund, brings this purported class action alleging violations of: (1) RICO, 18 U.S.C...

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