In re: TELECTRONICS PACING SYSTEMS, INC., Accufix Atrial "J" Leads Products Liability Litigation.
Harold Beckert, et al., Class Member Plaintiffs-Appellees, Harold Reed, et al. (99-3476), Bruce Hopkins, et al. (99-3477), Miriam Beasley, et al. (99-3478), Class Member Objectors-Appellants,
Kenneth Adams, et al. (99-3479), Charles Badami, et al. (99-3480), Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
TPLC Holdings, Incorporated, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued February 3, 2000.
Decided and Filed July 19, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard S. Wayne (argued and briefed), William K. Flynn (briefed), Strauss & Troy, Cincinnati, Ohio, Charles P. Goodell, Jr. (argued and briefed), Richard M. Barnes (briefed), Ian Gallacher (briefed), Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Gray, Baltimore, Maryland, Patrick S. Coffey (argued and briefed), Scott J. Fisher (briefed), Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, Stanley M. Chesley (briefed), Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, Ohio, Frank W. Woodside III (briefed), James A. Comodeca (briefed), Dinsmore & Shohl, Cincinnati, Ohio, Gerald J. Rapien (briefed), Daniel R. Warncke (briefed), Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellees.
Amanda Frost (argued and briefed), Brian Wolfman (briefed), Allison M. Zieve (briefed), Public Citizens Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., Jennifer N. Willis (argued and briefed), Cater & Willis, New Orleans, Louisiana, Alan L. Fuchsberg (briefed), The Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Firm, New York, New York, A. Bruce Jones (briefed), Holland & Hart, Denver, Colorado, Lewis J. Saul, Lewis Saul & Associates, Washington, DC, Phillip T. Hager, Metairie, LA, for Appellants.
Before: MERRITT and MOORE, Circuit Judges; HEYBURN, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
OPINION
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
I. Introduction and Summary
The traditional norm of our legal system is the adversary trial by an individual plaintiff claiming redress for a particular wrong. The question before us is how far the courts should go in allowing class action, mass tort cases to deviate from that tradition. More specifically, this appeal asks us to interpret and apply the recent Supreme Court class action case of Ortiz v. Fibreboard...
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