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BOWLING v. PFIZER, INC.

Nos. 94-4322, 95-4054, 96-3568, 96-3740, 96-3744 and 96-3774.

102 F.3d 777 (1996)

Arthur Ray BOWLING, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Jeffrey A. Crane, Gene Randall, Gerard Benedik, Intervenors-Appellants (96-3568)/Cross-Appellees, Stanley M. Chesley, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Company, L.P.A., John T. Johnson, Johnson & Dylewski, James T. Capretz, Capretz & Radcliffe, Brian R. Magana, Magana, Cathcart & McCarthy, Charles M. Wolfson, Cross-Appellants (96-3744)/Appellees, Sidkoff, Pincus & Green, P.C., Wapner, Newman & Wigrizer, Appellants (95-4054; 96-3774)/Cross-Appellants (96-3740)/Appellees, Elizabeth W. Ridgeway, et al., on behalf of themselves and as representatives on behalf of the Pennsylvania Class Objectors, Appellants (94-4322; 95-4054)/ Cross-Appellees, v. PFIZER, INC., Shiley, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Argued November 19, 1996.

Decided December 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley M. Chesley (argued and briefed), Fay E. Stilz, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, OH, for Arthur Ray Bowling in Nos. 94-4322 and 95-4054.

Stanley M. Chesley (argued and briefed), Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, OH, for Arthur Ray Bowling in Nos. 96-3568 and 96-3774, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Company, L.P.A. and Stanley M. Chesley in Nos. 96-3568, 96-3740, 96-3744 and 96-3774, Brian R. Magana and Magana, Cathcart & McCarthy in No. 96-3568.

Morton B. Wapner, Wapner, Newman & Associates, Philadelphia, PA, Larry M. Keller, Gary Green (argued and briefed), Sidkoff, Pincus & Green, Philadelphia, PA, for Elizabeth W. Ridgeway, Rosemary Grunsby, Fred Grunsby in Nos. 94-4322 and 95-4054.

Larry M. Keller, Gary Green (argued and briefed), Sidkoff, Pincus & Green, Philadelphia, PA, for Sidkoff, Pincus & Green, P.C. in Nos. 95-4054, 96-3568, 96-3740 and 96-3744, Wapner, Newman & Wigrizer in No. 96-3568.

Elliot Polanieki, Cincinnati, OH, Larry M. Keller, Gary Green (briefed), Sidkoff, Pincus & Green, Philadelphia, PA, for Sidkoff, Pincus & Green, P.C. in No. 96-3774.

Morton B. Wapner, Wapner, Newman & Associates, Philadelphia, PA, for Wapner, Newman & Wigrizer in No. 95-4054.

Morton B. Wapner, Wapner, Newman & Associates, Philadelphia, PA, Gary Green (argued), Sidkoff, Pincus & Green, Philadelphia, PA, for Wapner, Newman & Wigrizer in Nos. 96-3740, 96-3744 and 96-3774.

William H. Hawkins, II (briefed), James R. Adams, Frost & Jacobs, Cincinnati, OH, David Klingsberg (argued), Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, for Pfizer, Inc. and Shiley, Inc. in Nos. 94-4322 and 95-4054.

William H. Hawkins, II, James R. Adams, Frost & Jacobs, Cincinnati, OH, for Pfizer, Inc. and Shiley, Inc. in Nos. 96-3740, 96-3744 and 96-3774.

Paul A. Levy, Brian Wolfman, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for Jeffrey A. Crane, Gene Randall, Gerard Benedik in No. 96-3568.

Brian Wolfman (argued and briefed), Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for Jeffrey A. Crane, Gene Randall, Gerard Benedik in Nos. 96-3740, 96-3744 and 96-3774.

John T. Johnson, Johnson & Dylewski, Houston, TX, for John T. Johnson and Johnson & Dylewski in Nos. 96-3568, 96-3740, 96-3744 and 96-3774.

James T. Capretz, Capretz & Radcliffe, Newport Beach, CA, for James T. Capretz, Capretz & Radcliffe in Nos. 96-3568, 96-3740, 96-3744 and 96-3774.

Charles M. Wolfson (argued), Wolfson Law Offices, Avalon NSW 2107, Australia, for Charles M. Wolfson in Nos. 96-3568, 96-3740, 96-3744 and 96-3774.

James R. Adams, Frost & Jacobs, Cincinnati, OH, David Klingsberg, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, for Pfizer, Inc. in No. 96-3568.

David Klingsberg, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, for Shiley, Inc. in No. 96-3568.

Mary Griffin (briefed), Consumers Union of the U.S., Inc., Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Consumers Union of the U.S., Inc. in Nos. 96-3568, 96-3740, 96-3744 and 96-3774.

Before: MARTIN, Chief Judge; KRUPANSKY and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges.

Argued August 13, 1996 in Nos. 94-4322, 95-4054.

Argued November 19, 1996 in Nos. 96-3568, 96-3740, 96-3744 and 96-3774.

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Chief Judge.

Four hundred years ago William Shakespeare observed that lawyers "dream on fees." During the ensuing centuries, few lawyers, even in their wildest dreams, have envisioned fees such as those that have resulted from mass tort litigation.

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