IN RE SULZER HIP PROSTHESIS AND KNEE PROSTHESIS LIABILITY LITIGATION

No. 1:01-CV-9000, MDL Docket No. 1401.

268 F.Supp.2d 907 (2003)

In re: SULZER HIP PROSTHESIS AND KNEE PROSTHESIS LIABILITY LITIGATION.

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

June 12, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Parker, Hill & Parker, Houston, TX, Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, LA, David W. Zoll, Zoll & Kranz, Toledo, OH, Debra J. Horn, Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis, Cleveland, OH, Don Barrett, Barrett Law Office, Lexington, MS, James R. Dugan, II, Gauthier, Dowing, Labarre, Beiser & Dean, Metairie, LA, Janet G. Abaray, Lopez Hodes Restaino Milman Skikos Polos, Cincinnati, OH, John R. Climaco, Climaco Lefkowitz Peca Wilcox & Garofoli, Cleveland, OH, John T. Murray, Murray & Murray, Sandusky, OH, Keith M. Fleischman, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, New York, NY, Lee Squitieri, Squitieri & Fearon, New York, NY, Mary B. McKee, Hickman & Lowder, Cleveland, OH, Phillip A. Ciano, Ciano & Goldwasser, Cleveland, OH, R. Eric Kennedy, Weisman, Kennedy & Berris, Cleveland, OH, Richard S. Wayne, Strauss & Troy, Cincinnati, OH, Stanley M. Chesley, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, OH, Stephen B. Murray, Jr., Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, Steven M. Tindall, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, Sylvia Antalis Goldsmith, Murray & Murray, Sandusky, OH, Timothy J. Gallagher, Schwarzwald & McNair, Cleveland, OH, for plaintiff in Sulzer Orthopedics Inc. Hip Prosthesis and Knee Prosthesis Products Liability Lit.

John L Davidson, Frazer Davidson, P.A., Jackson, MS, Michael E. Cox, Biloxi, MS, for Thomas Reynolds, Gradys Hodge.

Glen Edward Hazen, Jr., Morgan, Hazen & Galbreath, Cincinnati, OH, Laura Citrano, Iverson Yoakum Papiano & Hatch, Los Angeles, CA, Neil Papiano, Iverson Yoakum Papiano & Hatch, Los Angeles, CA, Tracy Annette Smith, Morgan, Hazen & Galbreath, Cincinnati, OH, for Matthew Murnane, Carletta Murnane.

Frank Hilton-Green Tomlinson, Pritchard, McCall & Jones, Birmingham, AL, K. Dee Hutsler, III, Birmingham, AL, for Intervenor plaintiff in Sulzer Orthopedics Inc. Hip Prosthesis and Knee Prosthesis Products Liability Lit.

David W. Brooks, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, J Patrick Herald, James J. Dries, Richard M. Franklin, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey M. Whitesell, Arter & Hadden, Cleveland, OH, for Sulzer Medica Ltd., Sulzer Orthopedics Ltd., Sulzer USA Holding Co.

Bradley D. Honnold, Harvey L. Kaplan, Matthew D. Keenan, David W. Brooks, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Irene C. Keyse-Walker, Jeffrey M. Whitesell, Arter & Hadden, Cleveland, OH, Richard F. Scruggs, Scruggs Law Firm, Pascagoula, MS, Robert C. Tucker, Arter & Hadden, Cleveland, OH, Sidney A. Backstrom, Pascagoula, MS, Steven J. Boranian, Reed Smith Crosby Heafey LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Sulzer Orthopedics Inc., Sulzer Orthopedics Incorporated Sulzer Medica USA Inc.

Bridget M. Brennan, Mary M. Bittence, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, OH, Werner L. Polak, Shearman & Sterling, New York, NY, for Sulzer A.G.

Jerome L. Skinner, Stanley M. Chelsey, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chelsey, Cincinnati, OH, for Movant in Sulzer Orthopedics Inc. Hip Prosthesis and Knee Prosthesis Products Liability Lit.

Mark M. Sandmann, Rawlings & Associates, Louisville, KY, for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana.

Robert J. Fogarty, Hahn, Loeser & Parks, Cleveland, OH, Thomas A. Cunniff, Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, Princeton, NJ, for Aetna, Inc. & Cobalt Corp.

Eileen R. Ridley, R. Gregory Cochran, Foley & Lardner, San Francisco, CA, for Hill Physicians Medical Group, Inc.

Cullen D. Seltzer, Lynn C. Greer, BrownGreer, Richmond, VA, for James J. McMonagle.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

O'MALLEY, District Judge.

With this Order, the Court enters Attorney Fee Awards to certain attorneys in connection with their efforts to confer a Common Benefit to the Plaintiff Class in this Multi-District Litigation Class Action Settlement. The specific Fee Awards for each attorney are listed in the chart at the end of this Order.

As explained further below, the parties and the Court reserved a maximum of $50 million...

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