In re: DIET DRUGS (PHENTERMINE/FENFLURAMINE/DEXFENFLURAMINE) PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION Clara Clark, Linda Smart and all other class members represented by Fleming & Associates, L.L.P., Appellants
Hariton & D'Angelo, LLP and Napoli, Kaiser, Bern & Associates, LLP, on behalf of themselves, claimant James Axford and similarly situated class members represented by the Hariton and Napoli Firms whose claims are affected by Pretrial Order No. 2929, Appellants
Shanne Webb-Cochran, Renai Kuykendall, Willa Sartin, Dawn Stewart and Joanne Valenti, on behalf of themselves and all other class members who have ingested fen-phen and who suffer, or will suffer, from elevated pulmonary hypertension not secondary to valvular heart disease, Appellants
Doris Weller and Ellen Carey, whose claims are affected by Pretrial Order No. 3849, Appellants
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued on April 22, 2005.
Filed November 30, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas C. Goldstein, (Argued), Goldstein & Howe, Washington, D.C., Howard I. Langer, (Argued), Langer & Grogram, Philadelphia, PA, Sylvia Davidow, Fleming & Associates, Houston, TX, Mario D'Angelo, Hariton & D'Angelo, Great River, NY, Paul J. Napoli, Denise A. Rubin, Napoli, Kaiser, Bern & Associates, Great River, NY, for Appellants.
Robert D. Rosenbaum, (Argued), Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Peter L. Zimroth, Arnold & Porter, New York, NY, John J. Cummings, III, Cummings, Cummings & Dudenhefer, New Orleans, LA, Samuel Issacharoff, (Argued), New York University Law School, New York, NY, Michael D. Fishbein, (Argued), Fred S. Longer, Arnold Levin, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees.
Before ROTH, FUENTES and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
ROTH, Circuit Judge.
These appeals arise from the District Court's efforts to oversee the Nationwide Class Action Settlement Agreement in the multi-district (MDL) 1203 litigation between Wyeth1 and a class comprising former users of Wyeth's diet medications, fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine. This appeal is the consolidation of challenges by three different groups of Appellants, all claiming that they should not be bound by the Settlement...
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