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FREE v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES

Civil Action No. 93-971-A.

953 F.Supp. 751 (1997)

Robin FREE and Renee Free v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Mead Johnson & Company.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

January 21, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Wayne Pendley, A Professional Law Corporation, Plaquemine, LA, Michael D. Hausfeld, Daniel A. Small, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Washington, DC, Eric L. Olson, Daniel E. Gustafson, Kent M. Williams, Renae D. Steiner, Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C., Minneapolis, MN, Howard J. Sedran, Jonathan Shub, Donald E. Haviland, Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, Don Barrett, Barrett Law Offices, Lexington, MS, Gordon Ball, Law Offices of Gordon Ball, Knoxville, TN, for Robin Free and Renee Free.

William R. D'Armond, James P. Dore, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, Baton Rouge, LA, Phillip A. Wittmann, John M. Landis, Edwin H. Neill, III, Stone, Pigmann, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, LA, James Andrew Langan, Frank Cicero, Jr., Leslie M. Smith, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Abbott Laboratories, Inc.

Phillip A. Wittmann, John M. Landis, Edwin H. Neill, III, Stone, Pigmann, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, LA, Douglas D. Broadwater, Max R. Shulman, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company, Inc. and Mead Johnson & Company.

RULING ON MOTION FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENTS AND ATTORNEY FEES

JOHN V. PARKER, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the court on a motion by plaintiffs for final approval of settlements entered into with defendants, Abbott Laboratories ("Abbott") and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Mead Johnson & Company (together "Bristol"). Also pending before the court is a joint application of plaintiffs' counsel for an award of attorneys' fees and reimbursement...

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