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.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 26, 1988.
July 26, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John J. Walsh, Mark C. Ellenberg, Peter M. Dodson, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Washington, D.C., William R. Cogar, James S. Crockett, Jr., Richmond, Va., Murray Drabkin, Washington, D.C., for Dalkon Shield Claimants' Committee, in its own right and on behalf of A.H. Robins Co., Inc.
Joseph S. Friedberg, Minneapolis, Minn., John A. Cochrane, Cochrane & Bresnahan, St. Paul, Minn., Ronald I. Meshbesher, Paul Bergstrom, Meshbesher, Singer & Spence, Ltd., Minneapolis, Minn., Herbert B. Newberg, Martin J. D'Orno, Herbert B. Newberg, Esq., P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., Murray J. Janus, Theodore I. Brenner, Brenner, Baber & Janus, Richmond, Va., James Hovland, Krause & Rollins, Minneapolis, Minn., Douglas W. Thomson, Thomson & Ellis, St. Paul, Minn., for Breland, et al.
John G. Harkins, Jr., Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, Pa., W. Scott Street, III, William H. Schwarzschild, III, Lynn F. Jacob, Williams, Mullen & Christian, Richmond, Va., A. Peter Brodell, W. Scott Street, III, Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins, Richmond, Va., for Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.
Robert E. Manchester, Manchester & O'Neill, Burlington, Vt., John Cole Gayle, Jr., Hubard, Tice, Marchant & Samuels, Richmond, Va., for Rawe claimants.
John T. Baker, Denver, Colo., J. Stephen Proffitt, III, Richmond, Va., Bradley Post, Wichita, Kan., for Pamela Reiter, et al.
Stanley K. Joynes, III, Richmond, Va., for Future Tort Claimants.
Robert E. Manchester, Burlington, Vt., John Cole Gayle, Jr., Richmond, Va., for Carolyn Abernethy, et al.
J. Hunt Brasfield, Alexandria, Va., Michael L. Goldberg, Washington, D.C., for Marcia Rubinroit, et al.
United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division.
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
This matter came on for a hearing on the reasonableness, adequacy and fairness of the proposed settlement in this cause. At that evidentiary hearing, counsel for the Breland class and defendant The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company ("Aetna") appeared and proffered evidence in support of the proposed settlement. Three attorneys for class members were heard, and had the opportunity to present evidence, in opposition...
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