IN RE EASTERN DIST. REPETITIVE STRESS INJURY LIT.

Nos. 92-CV-2221, 92-CV-2223, 92-CV-2229, 92-CV-2233, 92-CV-2235, 92-CV-2236, 92-CV-2583, 92-CV-2590, 92-CV-2770, 92-CV-2772, 92-CV-2774, 92-CV-2775, 92-CV-2776, 92-CV-2824, 92-CV-2825, 92-CV-2826, 92-CV-2827, 92-CV-2828, 92-CV-2911, 92-CV-2924, 92-CV-2925, 92-CV-2941, 92-CV-2942, 92-CV-2943, 92-CV-3007, 92-CV-3008, 92-CV-3009, 92-CV-3105, 92-CV-3126, 92-CV-3397, 92-CV-3516, 92-CV-3554, 92-CV-3967, 92-CV-3994, 92-CV-4028, 92-CV-4063, 92-CV-4176, 92-CV-4291, 92-CV-4308, 92-CV-4311, 92-CV-4312, 92-CV-4327, 92-CV-4617, 92-CV-4697, 92-CV-4700, 92-CV-4784, 92-CV-4785, 92-CV-4917, 92-CV-5226, 92-CV-5228, 92-CV-5259, 92-CV-5441, 92-CV-5504, 92-CV-5630, 92-CV-5946, 92-CV-6087, 92-CV-6089, 93-CV-0283, 93-CV-0366, 93-CV-0400, 93-CV-0425, 93-CV-0427, 93-CV-0532, 93-CV-0556, 93-CV-0698, 93-CV-0854, 93-CV-0919, 93-CV-1088, 93-CV-1303, 93-CV-1318, 93-CV-1321, 93-CV-1354, 93-CV-1497, 93-CV-1507, 93-CV-1523, 93-CV-1524, 93-CV-1541 and 93-CV-1781.

850 F.Supp. 188 (1994)

In re EASTERN DISTRICT REPETITIVE STRESS INJURY LITIGATION.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

April 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

APPEARANCES:1

Levy, Phillips & Konigsberg by Steven J. Phillips, New York City, Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Salisbury & Cambria by Michael A. Ponterio, Buffalo, NY, for plaintiff.

Nixon Hargrave Devans & Doyle by Edward J. Burns, Rochester, NY, for defendants 805 Middlesex, Bell Northern, Computer Consoles, Inc., Eastman Kodak Company, Northern Telecom, Inc. and Northern Telecom, Ltd.

Baker & McKenzie by Robert J. Kashtan, New York City, for defendants Acer America Corp. and Altos Computer Systems.

Gordon & Silber by Michael Yoeli, New York City, for defendant AEG Olympia Corp., Inc.

Law Offices of Earl Barrison by Earl Barrison, New York City, for defendant AM Intern.

Edwards & Angell by Alfred R. Paliani, Ira Greenberg, New York City, for defendants American Tel. & Tel. Co., AT & T Teletype Corp., Western Elec. Co., AT & T Technologies, Applied Digital Data Systems and NCR Corp.

Bower & Gardner by Deborah Del Sordo, New York City, for defendant Ampex Corp.

O'Brien & Mayr by Robert B. Churbuck, Rockville Centre, NY, for defendants Apertus Technologies, Inc. and Gateway 2000, Inc.

Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold by Kimberly S. Penner, New York City, for defendants Apollo Computers, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc.

Saperston & Day, P.C. by Thomas E. Liptak, Buffalo, NY, for defendant Apple Computers, Inc.

Heidell Pittoni Murphy & Bach, P.C. by Michael T. Walsh, New York City, for defendants AST Research Inc. and Recognition Equipment, Inc.

Boswell & Levitt by Drew M. Levitt, Boca Raton, FL, for defendant Bacp, Inc.

Rodgers, Menard & Coppola, by Michael Menard, Buffalo, NY, for defendant Barrister Information Systems Corporation.

Barron, Braun, Carroll, Harms, McDonald & Chionchio, by Virginia E. McDonald, New York City, for defendant Behavior Technology Computers Corp.

Standard Weisberg, P.C. by Arthur Liederman, Suzanne Perla, New York City, for defendants C. Itoh Electronics, Epson America, Inc., Fujitsu America, Inc., Fujitsu Systems Business of America, Inc., Matsushita Electric Corp. of America, Panasonic Company and Seiko Corporation of America.

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan by Rhonda Yacker, New York City, for defendant Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Torino & Singer, P.C. by Bruce A. Torino, Mineola, NY, for defendant Casio, Inc.

Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly by Thomas M. Gandolfo, New York City, for defendant Ceridian Corp.

Olshan, Grundman, Frome & Rosenzweig by Lawrence A. Hoffman, New York City, for defendant Chicony America, Inc.

Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler by Scott M. Berman, New York City, for defendant Commodore Business Machines, Inc.

Debevoise & Plimpton by John S. Kiernan, New York City, for defendant Compaq Computer Corp.

Curtis, Zaklukiewicz, Vasile, Devine & McElhenny by Paul S. Devine, Merrick, NY, for defendants Contel Corp. and GTE Corp.

John P. Connors, Staten Island, NY, for defendant CPT Office Systems, Inc.

Fulbright & Jaworski by Mark S. Dreier, New York City, for defendants Datageneral Corp. and Ontel Corp.

Brody & Fabiani by Stephen M. Cohen, New York City, for defendants Data Point Corp., Northgate Computer, Corp., Prime Computer, Inc., Xscribe Corp., Wyse Technology, Inc. and Wyse Technology (Delaware) Inc.

Capriano Lichtman & Flach by Eleanor N. Flach, New York City, for defendants Davox Corp., Goldstar Technology, Inc., Hastech, Inc., ICL, Inc., Information Intern., Inc., Intellicall Inc. a/k/a Intecal Leading Edge Products, Inc. Microsoft Corp., Ontel, Samsung Information Systems America Inc., Sun Microsystems, Inc., Swintec Corp. System Integrators, Inc., Tandem Computer Inc., Xyvision Inc., Xyvision Design Systems, Inc.

Martin Clearwater & Bell by Sean F.X. Dugan, New York City, for defendant Decision Data Holdings, Ltd.

Kraditor, Haber & Bienstock by Lee Knife, New York City, for defendant Dell Computer Corp.

Beatie King & Abate by Kenneth J. King, New York City, for defendants Digital Equipment Corp. and Digital Equipment Corp., successor to Philips Information Systems, a div. of North American Philips Corp., a subsidiary of Philips Electric N.V. of the Netherlands, formerly known as Micom Data Systems, a subsidiary of Micom Co.

Lester, Schwab, Katz & Dwyer by Rosanna Polito, New York City, for defendants Electrocom Automation, Inc., Fountain Technologies, Inc. and Miles, Inc.

Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts by Robert J. Dwyer, New York City, for defendants Esco Electronics Corp. and Hazeltine Corp.

Costello & Shea by Steven E. Garry, New York City, for defendants E-Systems, Inc., Harris Corp., Lanier Business Products, Lanier Worldwide, Inc.

Rivkin, Radler & Kremer Uniondale, by Josh H. Kardisch, Uniondale, NY, for defendants General Instrument Corp., Quixote Corp. and Stenograph Corp.

Curtis, Zaklukiewicz, Vasile, Devine & McElhenny by Paul S. Devine, Merrick, NY, for defendant GTE Corp.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom by Honora M. Keane, Sheila L. Birnbaum, New York City, for defendant Honeywell, Inc.

Cerussi & Spring by Joseph A. D'Avanzo, White Plains, NY, for defendant Intern. Business Machines Corp.

Shea & Gould by Clifford James, New York City, for defendant ITT Corp.

Braff, Harris & Sukoneck by Christopher Hough, Livingston, NJ, for defendants ISC-Bunker Ramo Corp. and the Olivetti Office USA, Inc.

Cairo & Marano, North Valley Stream, NY, for defendant Kansai Special, U.S.A. Corp.

Geoffrey W. Soule, President, San Diego, CA, for defendant Kaypro Corp.

Damon & Morey by Thomas J. Drury, Buffalo, NY, for defendant Keytronic Corp.

Herzfeld & Rubin by Jeffrey L. Chase, New York City, for defendants Konica Business Machines U.S.A., Inc., Sperry Rand Corp., Sperry Remington, Sperry Univac and Unisys Corp.

Mallow, Konstam, Hager & Fischer by Gerold Mallow, New York City, for defendant Litton Industries, Inc.

Peltz, Walker & Dubinsky, New York City, for defendant Lockheed Corp.

David Kogelman, New York City, for defendant Maxi Switch, Inc.

Ahmuty, Demers & McManus by Christopher Kendric, Albertson, NY, for defendants Memorex Corp. and Memorex Telex Corp.

Savona & Scully by Raymond M. D'Erasmo, New York City, for defendant Microsoft Corp.

Kelly, Rode & Kelly by Dominic P. Bianco, Mineola, NY, for defendant Mitsuba Corp.

Yamada & Condemi by Richard K. Ellingboe, New York City, for defendant Mitsumi Electronics Co.

Caufield, Galvin, Heller, Harris & Colligan by Doris Duffy, New York City, for defendant National Semiconductor Corp.

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett by George M. Newcombe, New York City, for defendants NEC America, Inc., NEC Business Communication Systems, Inc., NEC Industries, Inc., and NEC Technologies, Inc.

McMahon, Martine & Gallagher by William D. Gallagher, New York City, for defendant Packard Bell Electronics, Inc.

Bumgardner, Hardin & Ellis, P.C. by Carla M. Marino, Springfield, NJ, for defendant Pertec Computer Corp.

Morris, Duffy, Alonso & Marulli by Thomas J. Reddington, New York City, for defendant Raytheon Co.

Deitsch, Goldberg & Marin by Frederic B. Goodman, New York City, for defendant Sharp Electronics Corp.

Barry, McTiernan & Moore by Michael Banahan, New York City, for defendants Smith Corona Corp. and Texas Instruments, Inc.

Wilner & Associates, P.C. by Lee S. Gayer, New York City, for defendants Sony Corp. of America and Sony U.S.A., Inc.

Quirk & Bakalor, P.C. by Robert E. Bakalor, New York City, for defendant Tandy Corp.

Schoeman, Marsh & Updike by Charles B. Updike, New York City, for defendant Xerox Corp.

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker by Mark K. Anesh, New York City, for defendant Zenith Data Systems.

Sidley & Austin by Harold M. Weidenfeld, New York City, for defendant Zenith Electronics Corp.


MEMORANDUM

HURLEY, District Judge.

Defendants seek to transfer all or part of 78 cases in which plaintiffs allege repetitive stress injuries to the districts around the United States in which plaintiffs' claims arose. Defendants also seek severance of individual plaintiffs' claims to the extent necessary to effectuate transfer.

BACKGROUND

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