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BENNETT v. GLAXOSMITHKLINE LLC

No. 5-18-0281.

151 N.E.3d 1184 (2020)

2020 IL App (5th) 180281

Edgar BENNETT; Troy Blankenship; Alma Bromlow; Dianne Cameron; Robert Cleggett; Jennie Gabel; Maribel Gandy; Regina Hart; Bruce Howard, Individually and on Behalf of Shirley Howard, Deceased; Barbara Huff; Frances Hughes; Maggie Johnson; Harold Kellem; Simon Krizan; Eudosia Lopez; Robert McDougald; Doris Parsons; Albert Phillips; Kathy Cooper, Individually and on Behalf of Janet Price, Deceased; Phillip Rawls; Howell Reneau; Donald Rutledge; Robert Searcie; James Spears, Individually and on Behalf of Eulace Spears, Deceased; Clayton Taylor; Peter Valdez; Joann Walker-Bey; Deloris Williams; Nina Wilson; Willie Wilson; Alvin L. Wright; and George Zaehringer, Plaintiffs, v. GLAXOSMITHKLINE LLC, SmithKline Beecham Corporation, McKesson Corporation, and Does 1 Through 5, Inclusive, Defendants, (Steven M. Johnson, P.C., d/b/a The Johnson Law Firm, and Johnson Law Firm Avandia Clients, Appellants; Michael L. Baum, Estate of David Troupe, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in the Avandia Multidistrict Litigation, and GlaxoSmithKline LLC, Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Opinion Filed: April 21, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward X. Clinton Jr. , of the Clinton Law Firm, LLC, of Chicago, for appellant Steven M. Johnson, P.C.

Michael L. Baum (pro hac vice) and Bijan Esfandiari (pro hac vice), of Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, P.C., of Los Angeles, California, for appellees Michael Baum, G. Erick Rosemond, and Estate of David Troupe.

W. Jason Rankin , of HeplerBroom, LLC, of Edwardsville, for appellee GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.

OPINION

¶ 1 Attorney Steven M. Johnson, his law firm, and his clients, the Johnson Law Firm Avandia clients (JLF plaintiffs), appeal from the circuit court's orders directing that payment of a "common benefit fund" expense and payment of cocounsel's attorney fees be...

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