HOWLAND ET AL., APPELLEES,
v.
PURDUE PHARMA L.P. ET AL., APPELLANTS.
Supreme Court of Ohio.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted June 8, 2004.
Decided December 15, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., David S. Cupps, Columbus, Daniel J. Buckley and Phillip J. Smith, Cincinnati; Chadbourne & Parke, L.L.P., Donald I. Strauber, Mary T. Yelenick, Phoebe A. Wilkinson and Gretchen N. Werwaiss, New York City, for appellant Purdue.
Ulmer & Berne, L.L.P., and Joseph P. Thomas, Cincinnati; Venable, L.L.P., Paul F. Strain, Baltimore, MD, and M. King Hill III, for appellant Abbott.
Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., L.P.A., Stanley M. Chesley, Terrence L. Goodman, Louise M. Roselle, Renee A. Infante and Paul M. De Marco, Cincinnati; Law Office of Scott J. Frederick, L.L.C., Scott J. Frederick and Patrick Garretson, Hamilton; Gardner, Ewing & Souza, C. David Ewing and Damon B. Willis, Louisville, KY; David L. Helmers & Assoc. and David L. Helmers; Gallion, Baker & Bray and William Joseph Gallion, Lexington, KY; Frankovitch, Anetakis, Colantonio & Simon and Carl Frankovitch, Weirton, WV; Shirley Allen Cunningham Jr., Lexington, KY, for appellees.
Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., Kurtis A. Tunnell and Anne Marie Sferra, Columbus, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Manufacturers' Association.
Paul A. Franz, Cincinnati, urging reversal for amicus curiae Procter & Gamble Company.
Legal Consulting Services, Inc. and Elisa P. Pizzino; Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp, urging reversal for amicus curiae Washington Legal Foundation.
Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., and Drew H. Campbell, Columbus; Covington & Burling and David H. Remes, Washington, DC, urging reversal for amicus curiae Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
Lane, Alton & Horst, L.L.C., Jeffrey J. Jurca and Beth Anne Lashuk, Columbus; Pain Law Initiative and Mary E. Baluss, urging reversal for amici curiae American Pain Foundation, National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain, and Ohio Pain Initiative.
O'Melveny & Myers, L.L.P., John H. Beisner, Stephen J. Harburg and Morgen A. Sullivan, Washington, DC, urging reversal for amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.
Supreme Court of Ohio.
O'CONNOR, J.
{¶ 1} This is a mass tort case involving the prescription drug OxyContin. The trial court granted a motion for class certification, and the court of appeals affirmed that decision. The parties to the appeal are plaintiffs-appellees, class representatives LaDonna Howland, Ronald Schaffer, Lillian Lakes, Martha Schaffer, and Fred Lakes, and defendants-appellants Purdue Pharma L.P., Purdue Pharma, Inc., Purdue Frederick Company, Purdue...
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