STETSER v. TAP PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 330P03.

587 S.E.2d 343 (2003)

Harry E. STETSER; Dale E. Nelson; and McIahel de Montbrun, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. TAP PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, INC.; Abbott Laboratories; Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.; Johnson & Johnson; Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.; Indigo Laser Corporation; David Jett; Christopher Coleman; Scott Hidalgo; and Eddy James Hack.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 21, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Donald Cowan, Greensboro, Shannon R. Joseph, Raleigh, Lee Ann Russo, Mark P. Rotatori, Chicago, IL, for TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc.

Pressley M. Millen, Raleigh, Joshua T. Buckman, for Abbott Laboratories.

Marvin K. Blount, Jr., Greenville, Marvin K. Blount, III, Wilmington, Theodore E. Mackall, Jr., Patrick E. Cafferty, Ann Arbor, MI, Bryan L. Clobes, Donald E. Haviland, Jr., Jonathan Shub, Philadelphia, PA, Kent Williams, Terrianne Benedeto, Scott M. Lampert, Shanin Specter, Thomas R. Kline, for Stetser et al.

John J. Barnhardt, Lance A. Lawson, Charlotte, George O. Winborne, Raleigh, William F. Cavanaugh, Jr., Andrew D. Shau, Estella J. Schoen, New York, NY, Adeel A. Mangi, for Johnson & Johnson, Ethicon EndoSurgery, Inc. and Indigo Laser Corp.

Thomas P. Sullivan, Richard W. Ellis, Raleigh, for Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.

Robert M. Casale, Brandford, CT, for David S. Jett.

Trawick H. Stubbs, Jr., George Mason Oliver, New Bern, for Scott J. Hidalgo.

Curtis C. Coleman, III, Greenville, for Christopher Coleman.

Charles M. Greene, for Eddie James Hack.


ORDER

Upon consideration of the (alternative) petition filed by Defendants (TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., and Abbott Laboratories) for Writ of Supersedeas of the judgment of the Court of Appeals, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:

"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 21st day of August 2003."

Upon consideration of the petition filed by Defendants (TAP Pharmaceutical...

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