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IN RE A.H. ROBINS CO., INC.

Bankruptcy No. 85-01307-R, Adv. No. 87-1006-R, Civ. A. No. 87-0315-R.

85 B.R. 373 (1988)

In re A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Debtor. DALKON SHIELD CLAIMANTS' COMMITTEE, in its own right and on Behalf of A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Plaintiff, v. The AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY CO., Defendant. Glenda BRELAND, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

April 12, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Walsh, Mark C. Ellenberg, Peter M. Dodson, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Washington, D.C., for Dalkon Shield Claimants' Committee.

A. Peter Brodell, W. Scott Street, III, Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins, Richmond, Va., for Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.

Joseph S. Friedberg, Minneapolis, Minn., Ronald I. Meshbesher, Paul W. Bergstrom, Meshbesher, Singer & Spence, John A. Cochrane, Cochrane & Bresnahan, St. Paul, Minn., Herbert B. Newberg, Philadelphia, Pa., Martin J. D'Urso, Lansdowne, Pa., James Hovland, Krause & Rollins, Minneapolis, Minn., Douglas W. Thomson, Thomson, Hawkins & Ellis, St. Paul, Minn., Murray Janus, Theodore I. Brenner, Bremner, Baber & Janus, Richmond, Va., for Breland et al.

MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on motions to certify a mandatory plaintiff class. The Breland action was brought against the Debtor's insurance carrier Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. ("Aetna") by claimants alleging injuries from the product and conduct of the Debtor and Aetna. The paramount issue is the propriety of certifying mandatory or opt-out classes with respect to compensatory and punitive damages.

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