Fredrick and Mylinda KING, parents and guardians ad litem for Jordan KING, a minor child; Betty Stafford, parent and guardian ad litem for Jerry N. Stafford III, a minor child; Bonnie and Steve Stierna, parents and guardians ad litem for Josie Stierna, a minor child; Mark Lindsey and Lien VU, parents and guardians ad litem for Lorenzo Quoc Anh Lindsey, and Dianne Doggett and Gary Fagelman, parents and guardians ad litem for August Fagelman, Plaintiffs,
v.
AVENTIS PASTEUR, INC., individually and as successor in interest to Connaught Laboratories, Inc., Pasteur Merieux, and Pasteur Merieux Connaught; Pfizer, Inc., a subsidiary of Warner-Lambert, Parke-Davis, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline, individually and as a successor in interest to SmithKline Beecham Corp.; Merck & Company, Inc.; Abbott Laboratories; American Home Products dba Wyeth, Wyeth Laboratories, Wyeth-Ayerst, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Wyeth Lederle, Wyeth Lederle Vaccines, and Lederle Laboratories; Baxter International, Inc., individually and as successor in interest to Norht American Vaccine, Inc.; Eli Lilly & Company, Inc.; Gallipot, Inc.; Medisca, Inc.; Meridian Chemical and Equipment, Inc.; John Doe Corporate Defendants 1-20; Beverly Wittkopp, M.D.; Lori Gilmartin, M.D.; and Walter Buhl, M.D., Defendants.
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June 7, 2002.
June 7, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael L. Williams, Kathleen M. Dailey, Thomas B. Powers, Williams Dailey O'Leary Craine & Love P.C., Portland, OR, for Plaintiff.
George S. Pitcher, Paul R. Duden, Tooze Duden Creamer Frank & Hutchinson, Portland, OR, Jeanne E. Walker, Marsha M. Piccone, Faegre & Benson LLP, Denver, CO, for Defendant Aventis Pasteur, Inc., individually and as successor in interest to Connaught Laboratories, Inc., Pasteur Merieux, and Pasteur Merieux Connaught.
William B. Crow, Richard L. Fortner, Miller Nash LLP, Portland, OR, for Defendant GlaxoSmithKline, individually as successor in interest to SmithKline Beecham Corp.
Peter R. Chamberlain, Molly Jo Mullen, Bodyfelt Mount Stroup & Chamberlain, Portland, Ralph A. Campillo, Wendy Tucker, Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant Merck & Company, Inc.
James H. Gidley, Perkins Coie, LLP, Portland, OR, Richard L. Josephson, Baker Botts LLP, Houston, TX, for Defendant Abbott Laboratories.
Margaret Hoffman, Joshua P. Stump, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt, P.C., Portland, OR, Frank Lane Heard, III, Stephen L. Urbanczyk, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for Defendant American Home Products dba Wyeth, Wyeth Laboratories, Wyeth-Ayerst, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Wyeth Lederle, Wyeth Lederle Vaccines, and Lederle Laboratories.
Jonathan M. Hoffman, Mary Anne S. Rayburn, Martin Bischoff Templeton Langslet & Hoffman LLP, Portland, OR, J. Carter Thompson, Jr., Lee Davis Thames, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC, Jackson, MS, for Defendant Baxter International, Inc., individually and as successor in interest to North American Vaccine, Inc.
James L. Dumas, Edward T. Tylicki, Lindsay Hart Neil & Weigler LLP, Portland, OR, Marie S. Woodbury, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO, for Eli Lilly & Company, Inc.
Janet Marie Schroer, Hoffman Hart & Wagner LLP, Portland, OR, for Defendant Beverly Wittkopp, M.D.
Steven P. Jones, Molly K. Marcum, Keating, Jones, Bildstein & Hughes, P.C., Portland, OR, for Lori Gilmartin, M.D.
Larry A. Brisbee, Brisbee & Stockton, Hillsboro, OR, for Walter Buhl, M.D.
United States District Court, D. Oregon.
AMENDED OPINION AND ORDER
(Nunc Pro Tunc June 7, 2002)
BROWN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs commenced these proceedings in state court as a potential class action on behalf of millions of children in the United States who allegedly have been or will be injured from exposure to mercury contained in "Thimerosal," a preservative found in various childhood vaccines. In their First Amended Complaint filed on July 31, 2001, Plaintiffs allege state...
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