IN RE ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI S.P.A. HOLOCAUST INS.

No. MDL 1374. No. M21-89MBM.

340 F.Supp.2d 494 (2004)

In re: ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI S.P.A. HOLOCAUST INSURANCE LITIGATION This Disposition Applies to All Actions.

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

October 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Swift, Joanne Zack, Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Cornell and Smetana Plaintiffs.

Edward D. Fagan, the Law Offices of Edward D. Fagan, Livingston, NJ, for Cornell and Smetana Plaintiffs.

Lawrence Kill, Linda Gerstel, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C., New York City, for Cornell and Smetana Plaintiffs.

William Marks, the Marks Law Firm, Bernardsville, NJ, for Cornell Plaintiffs.

Carey R. D'Avino, Carey R. D'Avino, P.C., New York City, for Cornell Plaintiffs.

Michael Witti, Witti, Neumann & Partners, 81679 Monchen (Bogenhausen), Germany, for Cornell Plaintiffs.

Nancy Sher Cohen, Reynold L. Siemens, Stephen N. Goldberg, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Smetana Plaintiffs.

David A. Lash, Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, for Smetana Plaintiffs.

Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Morris A. Ratner, Caryn Becker, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York City, for Schenker Plaintiffs.

Melvyn I. Weiss, Deborah M. Sturman, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, New York City, for Schenker Plaintiffs.

Martin Mendelsohn, Washington, DC, for Schenker Plaintiffs.

Michael D. Hausfeld, Paul T. Gallagher, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Schenker Plaintiffs.

Arthur Miller, Cambridge, MA, for Schenker Plaintiffs.

Irwin Levin, Richard Shevitz, Cohen & Malad, P.C., Indianapolis, IN, for Schenker Plaintiffs.

Barry A. Fisher, Fleishman, Fisher, Moest, Los Angeles, CA, for Schenker Plaintiffs.

Burt Neuborne, New York University School of Law, New York City, for Schenker Plaintiffs.

Joseph D. Anient, Michael B. Hyman, Much Schelist Freed Denenberg Anient & Rubenstein, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Schenker Plaintiffs.

Thomas R. Fahl, Niebler & Muren, S.C., Brookfield, WI, for Plaintiff David.

William M. Shernoff, Jeffrey Issac Ehrlich, Michael J. Bidart, Ricardo Echeverria, Douglas M. Carasso, Evangeline F. Garris, Shernoff, Bidart, Darras & Dillon, Claremont, CA, for Brauns, Mandil, Szekeres, Lightner, Sladek, and Haberfeld Plaintiffs, and Plaintiffs Lantos, More, Pioro, Sorter, Ungar, Friedman, and Zada.

Lisa Stern, the Law Office of Lisa Stern, Los Angeles, CA, for Brauns, Mandil, Szekeres, Lightner, Sladek, and Haberfeld Plaintiffs, and Plaintiffs Lantos, More, Pioro, Sorter, Ungar, Friedman, and Zada.

Harvey Levine, Levine, Steinberg, Miller & Huver, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff Mandil.

Patricia L. Glaser, Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff Brauns.

Joseph P. Garland, Edward J. Klein, Jay Solomon, Klein & Solomon, LLP, New York City, for Plaintiff Tabaksman.

Mel Urbach, Law Offices of Mel Urbach, Jersey City, NJ, for Plaintiff Tabaksman.

Samuel J. Dubbin, Dubbin & Kravetz, LLP, Coral Gables, FL, for Weiss Plaintiffs.

Herbert L. Fenster, Robert L. Carter, Jr., Christina M. Carroll, McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Anderman Plaintiffs.

Joseph F. Butler, McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for Anderman Plaintiffs.

Franklin B. Velie, Dierdre A. Bergman, Salans Hertzfeld Heilbronn Christy & Viener, New York City, for Defendant Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.

Peter Simshauser, Lance A. Etcheverry, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.

Marco E. Schnabl, William J. Hine, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York City, for Defendant Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.

M. Scott Vayer, Law Offices of M. Scott Vayer, New York City, for Defendant Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.


OPINION AND ORDER

MUKASEY, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in twenty separate actions have sued Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. ("Generali"), an Italian insurer that wrote insurance policies in Europe in the years before and during World War II.1 The gravamen of the actions is that Generali failed to pay benefits following the death of the policy holders or damage to their property during...

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