IN RE SIMON II LITIGATION

Nos. 00-CV-5332, 98-CV-0675, 98-CV-1492, 98-CV-3287, 99-CV-1988, 99-CV-6142, 00-CV-2340, 00-CV-4442, 00-CV-4632, 02-CV-0599.

212 F.Supp.2d 56 (2002)

In re SIMON II LITIGATION.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

July 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weitz & Luxenberg, New York City, by Perry Weitz, Robert J. Gordon, Jerry Kristal, Richard L. Akel, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann, & Bernstein, New York City, by Steven E. Fineman, Thomas M. Sobol, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann, & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, by Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Richard M. Heimann, Robert J. Nelson, Sporwood Wilner Maciejewski & Matthews, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, by Norwood Wilner, Wait, Chesley, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, OH, by Stanley Chesley, Brown Rudnick Freed & Gesmer, Boston, MA, by Gregory T. Carnold, Wayne F. Dennison, Sheller Ludwig & Badley, Philadelphia, PA, by Charles Mangan, for plaintiff in Simon I & Simon II.

Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C., Baltimore, MD, by Joshua Kassner, John Angelos, O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff National Asbestos.

Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, New York City, by Melvyn I. Weiss, Beth A. Kaswan, Michael C. Spencer, for plaintiff Bergeron.

Dewey Ballantine, LLP, New York City, by Paul J. Bschorr, Vincent R. FitzPatrick, Jr., Michael Hefter, Heather K. McDevitt, Dewey Ballantine, LLP, Washington, DC, by Martha J. Talley, for plaintiffs Blue Cross, et al.

The Cuneo Law Group, Washington, D.C., by Jonathon W. Cuneo, Hutton & Hutton, Wichita, KS, by Mark B. Hutton, Derek S. Casey, Chan P. Townsley, Richardson & Ward, Tulsa, OK, by Gary Richardson, for plaintiff Mason, et al.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, New York City, by Peter A. Bicks, James L. Stengel, Thompson, McNaboe, Ashley & Bull, LLC, P.A., Portland, MA, by Thomas R. McNaboe, Kazan, McClain, Edises, Simon & Abrams, Steven Kazan, Oakland, CA, for plaintiff Raymark.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, New York City, by Kevin J. Dunne, Eric M. Kraus, Kirkland & Ellis, New York City, by Marjorie P. Lindblom, David Bernick, Andrew R. McGaan, Deirdre A. Fox, Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, LLP, Boston, MA, by U. Gwyn Williams, for defendant Brown & Williamson.

Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, New York City, by Harold Keith Gordon, Byron G. Stier, George Kostolampros, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH, by Theodore M. Grossman, Hugh R. Witing, Mark A. Belasic, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D.C., by Robert H. Klonoff, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, by Jerome R. Doak, Margaret I. Lyle, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, NC, by Ursula M. Henninger, for defendant R.J. Reynolds.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York City, by Alan Mansfield, Robert J. Kirshenberg, Stephen L. Saxl, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO., by William L. Allinder, Lori Connors McGroder, for defendant Lorillard Tobacco.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, by Michael V. Corrigan, Joseph M. McLauglin, Ronald M. Neuman, Adam I. Stein, for defendant BAT Industries, p.l.c.

Chadbourne & Parke, LLP, New York City, by Donald J. Strauber, David A. Wallace, Daniel Endick, for defendant BATCO.

Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, by Peter Bleakley, Murray R. Garnick, David S. Eggert, Eric Suter, Dechert Price & Rhoads, New York City, by Peter L. Critchell, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Washington, DC, by John B. Williams, Thomas W. Mitchell, Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, Boston, MA, by Kenneth J. Parsigian, Paul E. Namser, for defendant Philip Morris.

Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, by Anne E. Cohen, Harry Zirlin, Steven S. Michaels, for defendant Council for Tobacco Research USA, Inc.

Davis & Gilbert, LLP, New York City, by Bruce J. Ginsberg, for defendant Hill & Knowlton.

Seward & Kissel, LLP, New York City, by Jacob Horowitz, for defendant Tobacco Institute.

Jacob Medinger & Finnegan, New York City, by Bryan A. McKenna, for defendant Smokeless Tobacco.

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, New York City, by Arthur H. Aizley, Eric S. Sarner, for defendant U.S. Tobacco.

Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman, New York City, by Leonard A. Feiwus, for defendant Liggett.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (BLUE CROSS)

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs, a number of Blue Cross and Blue Shield entities from various states, seek the extra costs they allegedly suffered as a result of fraud by defendants on plaintiffs' smoker members. See e.g. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of N.J. Inc. v. Philip Morris Inc., 1999 WL 104815 (E.D.N.Y. February 25, 1999). One of plaintiffs, Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shield of New York...

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