IN RE SYNTHROID MARKETING LITIGATION

No. 97 C 6017.

201 F.Supp.2d 861 (2002)

In re SYNTHROID MARKETING LITIGATION.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

May 9, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Alan Miller, Miller Faucher and Cafferty, LLP, Chicago, IL, Michael D. Hausfeld, Lisa M Messetti, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfield & Toll, Washington, DC, Lawrence W. Schonbrun, Berkeley, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Howard Brian Prossnitz, Law Offices of Howard Prossnitz, Chicago, IL, for Julianne Rausch.

Lowell E. Sachnoff, Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Sandora Davila, Richard Saenz.

Scott Rhead Shepherd, Shepherd, Finkelman & Gaffigan, LLC, Media, PA, for Mae Fischer.

Gary D. McCallister, Gary D. McCallister & Associates, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, Louisiana Health Service & Indem. Co., Alabama Medicaid Agency, Dept. of Health and Hospitals.

Lynde Selden, II, Selden Law Firm, San Diego, CA, Theodore J Holt, Hackard & Holt, Gold River, CA, Richard H. Rosenthal, Law Offices of Richard H. Rosenthal, A Professional Corp., Carmel Valley, CA, for Rosalie Lynch.

Marc David Sherman, Rena M. Honorow, Marc D. Sherman & Associates, Lincolnwood, IL, Lynde Selden, II, Selden Law Firm, San Diego, CA, Theodore J Holt, Hackard & Holt, Gold River, CA, for Jeanette C. Miller.

Theodore J Holt, Hackard & Holt, Gold River, CA, Richard H. Rosenthal, Law Offices of Richard H. Rosenthal, A Professional Corp., Carmel Valley, CA, for Gordon Fjeld.

James L. Johnson, Johnson Law Firm, Dallas, TX, for Cigna Healthcare.

Elizabeth Leigh Thompson, Lindley J. Brenza, Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott, Chicago, IL, Joseph C. Kohn, Joanne Zack, Douglas A. Abrahams, Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Gregory P. Hansel, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, Pachios & Haley, L.L.C., Portland, ME, for Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Inc., Aetna Life Ins. Co., Corporate Health Ins. Co.

James F. Flug, Duncan, Weinberg, Miller & Penbroke, P.C., Washington, DC, for State of Michigan.

Michael D. Monico, Monico, Pavich & Spevack, Chicago, IL, James W Bergenn, Theodore M Space, Ross Garber, Shipman & Goodwin LLP, Hartford, CT, Mark D. Fischer, Rawlings & Associates, Louisville, KY, for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, Inc.

Delilah Brummet, Chicago, IL, Tyrone C Fahner, Diane Julia Romza-Kutz, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, Duane C. Quaini, Christopher Qualley King, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, Terrence A. Callan, Mary B. Cranston, Roxane A Polidora, Saul D Bercovitch, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Francisco, CA, Kenneth J. Merlino, Power, Rogers & Smith, P.C., Chicago, IL, Diane Green-Kelly, Mayer Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for BASF Corp.

Delilah Brummet, Chicago, IL, Tyrone C Fahner, Diane Julia Romza-Kutz, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, Duane C. Quaini, Christopher Qualley King, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, Terrence A. Callan, Mary B. Cranston, Roxane A Polidora, Saul D Bercovitch, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Francisco, CA, Kenneth J. Merlino, Power, Rogers & Smith, P.C., Chicago, IL, Richard L. Josephson, Travis James Sales, Baker & Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Diane Green-Kelly, Mayer Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for Knoll Pharmaceutical Co.

Terrence A. Callan, Mary B. Cranston, Roxane A Polidora, Saul D Bercovitch, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Neil Kurtz, Carter H Eckert, Gilbert H. Mayor, Boots-Flint Inc., B A Buhler.

Michael D. Monico, Barry A. Spevack, Monico, Pavich & Spevack, Chicago, IL, Terrence A. Callan, Mary B. Cranston, Roxane A Polidora, Saul D Bercovitch, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Boots Pharmaceuticals.

Charles Gilbert Fergus, Illinois Atty. General's Office, Chicago, IL, Rebecca Desiree Ward, Foley & Lardner, Chicago, IL, Terrence A. Callan, Mary B. Cranston, Roxane A Polidora, Saul D Bercovitch, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Francisco, CA, Sandra S. Paguaga, Ill. Atty. General's Office, Chicago, IL, Randall L. Mitchell, James Dominick Adducci, Marshall Lee Blankenship, Adducci, Dorf, Lehner, Mitchell & Blankenship, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Flint Laboratories.

R. Stephen Griffis, R. Stephen Griffis, P.C., Birmingham, Al, for Ethylyn Pugh.

John Robert Sears, Missouri Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, for State of Missouri.

John B. Howard, Jr., Office of the Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, for State of Maryland.

Lawrence W. Schonbrun, Berkeley, CA, for Ruby H. Davis, Karen Caronna.

Jane Elizabeth Reames, Brenner, Ford & Monroe Ltd., Chicago, IL, George W. Cochran, George W. Cochran, Streetsboro, OH, for Cynthia L. Artim, Lisa Delgado, Sherrie A. Sitton, Lorrie Mead.

Kearney Dee Hutsler, Thompson, Hutsler Law Firm, Birmingham, AL, Robert Patrick Cummins, Thomas Cusack Cronin, Cummins & Cronin, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Chromium Industries.

Robert Patrick Cummins, Thomas Cusack Cronin, Cummins & Cronin, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Margaret Waid.

R. Steven Baker, The Southern Law Group, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for Dana Williamson, Debra Jones, Betty Mullinax.

Michael D. Monico, Monico, Pavich & Spevack, Chicago, IL, for Health Benefits Payers.

Adelheid Mueller, West Palm Beach, CA, pro se.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BUCKLO, District Judge.

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