HEINRICH v. SWEET

No. Civ.A. 97-12134-WGY.

44 F.Supp.2d 408 (1999)

Evelyn HEINRICH, Henry M. Sienkewicz, Jr., Rosemary Gualtieri, Walter Carl Van Dyke, and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. William H. SWEET, M.D., The Estate of Lee Edward Farr, M.D., Trustee of the Lee Edward Farr Trust Dated 1/11/71, Associated Universities, Inc., Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the United States, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

April 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Heslin, Gold, Farrell & Marks, New York City, Anthony Z. Roisman, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Washington, DC, John K. McGuire, Jr., McGuire & McGuire, Worcester, MA, for Evelyn Heinrich, on behalf of her husband, George Heinrich, plaintiff.

John K. McGuire, Jr., McGuire & McGuire, Worcester, MA, Raymond J. Heslin, Anthony Z. Roisman, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Washington, DC, for Henry M. Sienkewicz, Jr., on behalf of his mother, Eileen Rose Sienkewicz, plaintiff.

Raymond J. Heslin, old, Farrell & Marks, New York City, for Rosemary Gualtieri, on behalf of her father Joseph Mayne and all others similarly situated, plaintiff.

Raymond J. Kenney, Mark Newcity, Christopher J. Maley, Martin, Magnuson, McCarthy & Kenney, Boston, MA, Gail A. Anderson, Martin, Magnuson, McCarthy & Kenney, Boston, MA, for William H. Sweet, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, defendants.

William Shields, Sarah G. Hunt, Day, Berry & Howard, Boston, MA, Kevin T. VanWart, Jerome A. Karnick, Marc J. Zwillinger, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Kevin T. Van Wart, Jonathan Silverman, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Lee Howard Farr, M.D., Associated Universities, Inc., defendants.

Francis C. Lynch, Lori B. Silver, Palmer & Dodge, Boston, MA, for Massachusetts Institute of Technology, defendant.

Burke M. Wong, U.S. Department of Justice, Torts Branch, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for USA, defendant.

Herbert E. Milstein, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Washington, DC, for Walter Carl Van Dyke, Representative of the Estate of Walter Carmen Van Dyke, plaintiff.


MEMORANDUM

YOUNG, Chief Judge.

I. Introduction

Evelyn Heinrich, Henry M. Sienkewicz, Jr., Rosemary Gualtieri, and Walter Carl Van Dyke1 bring this putative class action on behalf of their decedents against Dr. William H. Sweet, the estate of Dr. Lee Edward Farr, the Trustee of the Lee Edward Farr Trust dated 1/11/71, Associated Universities, Inc., Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute...

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