IN RE PERRIER BOTTLED WATER LITIGATION

MDL No. 844 (TFGD).

754 F.Supp. 264 (1990)

In re PERRIER BOTTLED WATER LITIGATION.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

November 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pucillo, Greenfield & Chimicles, West Palm Beach, Fla., C. Oliver Burt, III, Greenfield & Chimicles, Haverford, Pa., William E. Hoese, Dianne M. Nast, Kohn, Savett, Klein & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., David Berger, Harold Berger, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philip P. Kalodner, Gerald J. Rodos, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, Pa., William E. Haggerty, Morgan, Hallgren, Crosswell & Kane, P.C., Lancaster, Pa., Phyllis C. Kaufman, Bernard M. Gross, Warren Rubin, Gross & Metzger, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., Harvey Greenfield, Law Firm of Harvey Greenfield, New York City, Richard A. Fuchs, Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, P.C., Bridgeport, Conn., Gerald D.W. North, North & Barron, Phoenix, Ariz., Howard Z. Rosen, Posner & Rosen, Margot A. Metzner, Hufstedler, Kaus & Beardsley, Albert Cary Plotkins, Graiwer & Goldbert, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal., David B. Zabel, Cohen and Wolf, P.C., Bridgeport, Conn., Wayne A. Graves, George J. Levin, Jr. Assoc., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Douglas E. Lee, Pine City, N.Y., pro se.

James J. Hagan, Jay S. Handlin, Robert A. Bourque, John J. Kenney, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for defendants.


RULING ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS

DALY, District Judge.

These lawsuits were precipitated by the February 14, 1990 public announcement that quantities of benzene, a petro-chemical and possible carcinogen, had been identified in a widely consumed, sparkling mineral water. See Malone Decl. at Exh. A. Plaintiffs filed suits in various districts around the country, asserting claims relating to defendants' marketing representations that Perrier water...

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