KAROFSKY v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES

Civil No. 95-402-P-H.

921 F.Supp. 18 (1996)

Kenneth KAROFSKY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

March 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Thaler, Berman & Simmons, P.A., Lewiston, ME, G. Oliver Koppell, Joseph Lipofsky, Zwerling, Schacter, Zwerling & Koppell, New York City, Barbara Hart, Goodkind, Labaton, Rudoff & Sucharow, New York City, for Kenneth Karofsky, Paul Cady.

Frank W. Delong, Elizabeth G. Knox, Thompson & Bowie, Portland, ME, Nader R. Boulos, J. Andrew Langan, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Abbott Laboratories.

Randall Weill, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Portland, ME, for American Home Products Corporation.

Terrence Garmey, Smith, Elliott, Smith & Garmey, P.A., Portland, ME, for Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Joseph H. Groff, III, Jensen, Baird, Gardner & Henry, Portland, ME, for Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Melissa A. Hewey, Drummond, Woodsum, Plimpton & Macmahon, Portland, ME, for Burroughs-Welcome Co. Glaxo Inc.

Peter J. Detroy, III, Norman, Hanson & Detroy, Portland, ME, for Ciba-Geigy Corporation.

William J. Kayatta, Jr., Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Portland, ME, for Eli Lilly & Co., Marion Merrill Dow Inc.

James B. Haddow, Petruccelli & Martin, Portland, ME, for Forest Laboratories, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Rhone Poulenc-Rorer Inc., Sandoz Pharmaceutical Corp., The Upjohn Company, Warner-Lambert Company, G.D. Searle & Co.

David P. Ray, Amerling & Burns, Portland, ME, for Hoffmann-Laroche Inc.

John D. Gleason, Curtis, Thaxter, Stevens, Broder, & Micoleau, Portland, ME, for Knoll Pharmaceutical Company.

Robert H. Stier, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, Portland, ME, James P. Tallon, Shearman & Sterling, New York City, for Merck & Co., Inc.

Ernest J. Babcock, Martha C. Gaythwaite, Friedman & Babcock, Portland, ME, for Pfizer Inc.

Thomas C. Newman, Murray, Plumb & Murray, Portland, ME, for Purdue Frederick Company.

Robert H. Stier, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, John G. Calender, Marguerite S. Boyd, Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC, for Schering-Plough Corporation.

Robert J. Piampiano, Kevin M. Gillis, Troubh, Heisler & Piampiano, P.A., Portland, ME, Mark S. Stewart, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, PA, for Smithkline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Co.

Leonard W. Langer, Tompkins, Clough, Hirshon & Langer, Portland, ME, for Zeneca, Inc.


ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO REMAND

HORNBY, District Judge.

The plaintiffs' motion to remand this putative class action removed from state court on diversity of citizenship is GRANTED because the $50,000 amount in controversy is not satisfied.

The plaintiffs' affidavits reveal that, considering the statute of limitations, their actual compensatory damages cannot be more than a couple of thousand dollars each. Even with the trebling...

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