In re Diet Drugs (Phentermine, Fenfluramine)

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553 F.Supp.2d 442

In re DIET DRUGS (PHENTERMINE, FENFLURAMINE, DEXFENFLURAMINE) PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. This Document Relates to Sheila Brown; et al. v. American Home Products Corporation.

MDL Docket No. 1203.

Civil Action No. 99-20593.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

April 8, 2008.

As Corrected April 9, 2008.

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Christopher Placitella, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, Woodbridge, NJ, Dianne M. Nast, Roda & Nast, PC, Lancaster, PA, Gene Locks, Locks Law Firm, Mark W. Tanner, Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner & Weinstock, Michael D. Fishbein, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, John J. Cummings, III, Cummings Cummings & Dudenhefer, New Orleans, LA, R. Eric Kennedy, Weisman, Goldberg, Weisman & Kaufman Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, OH, Richard S. Lewis, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfelcl and Toll, Washington, DC, Richard S. Wayne, Strauss & Troy, Stanley M. Chesley, Waite, Schneider, Bayless and Chesley Co., L.P.A., Cinicnnati, OH, for Vivian Naugle and Quintin Layer.

Sol H. Weiss, Anapol Schwartz Weiss Cohan Feldman & Smalley PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Vivian Naugle, Quintin Layer, and Joan S. Layer.

Arnold Levin, Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, for Vivian Naugle, Quintin Layer, Donna Jarrell, and Isabel Connor.

Paul J. Napoli, Napoli Kaiser Bern & Associates, LLP, Great River, NY, for Charlene Allspaugh, Doris Atanmo, Evelyn Amend, Joan Bakanowsky, Steven Berkowitz, Kathy Burrow, Linda Busby, Jo Butterfield, Linda Caston, Helen Coleman, Leonard Corbin, Mary Lee Cunningham, Teddy Oran Eplina, Erma Fields, James John Filipek, Lois Gambino, Susan Hagy, Regina Hillery, Mary Maytum, Diane Mcnulty, Margaret O'Mara, Dona Reid, and Jane Scuteri.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, pro se.

Blue Shield of California, pro se.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, pro se.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, pro se.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, pro se.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, pro se.

Ronald R. Benjamin, Law Offices of Ronald R. Benjamin, Esq., Binghamton, NY, for Susan Elliott, Maria Maira, Jeffrey Doris, Donna Schwartz, Rose Pearson, Maureen Piersak, Kalihka Miller, Barbara Dinerstein, Leila Hadley Luce, Beth Kanner, Daniel Vider, Irene Watkins, and Mary Wolcott.

Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Law Offices of Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, LA, for Robert M. Becnel, Chris J. Bell, Lynn

Swanson, Diane K. Zink, The Law Office of Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., and Walter Dumas.

Henry C. Rosenthal, Jr., Alexander and Associates, Omaha, NE, for Eldon James.

Russell W. Budd, Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, TX, Steven J. Cooperstein, Brookman, Rosenberg, Brown & Sandler, Philadelphia, PA, for Jennifer Ruth Martin, Shirley Dill, Jayne Mcdearmon, and Carol June Crook.

George M. Fleming, Fleming & Assoc LLP, Houston, TX, for Clara Clark and Fleming Objectors.

Michael L. O'Brien, Michael L. O'Brien PC, Houston, TX, for Clara Clark.

Sylvia Davidow, Fleming & Associates LLP, Houston, TX, for Clara Clark, Linda Smart, George Fleming, Mike O'Brien, Michael C. Abbott, and Fleming Objectors.

Rand Nolen, Fleming & Associates LLP, Houston, TX, for George Fleming and Fleming Objectors.

Michele A. Dimartino, Miller & Associates, Bala Cynwyd, PA, for Susan Snydor, Michael J. Miller, Roberta Barnes, and Miller & Associates.

Kenneth W. Smith, Miller & Associates, Alexandria, VA, for Michael J. Miller.

Elizabeth R. Overton, William Gallion & Assoc. PLLC, Shirley A. Cunningham, Lexington, KY, for Kentucky Applicant.

Kip Allan Petroff, Law Office of Kip Petroff, Dallas, TX, for Petroff & Kisselburg, North Texas Attorneys, Petroff & Associates, The Bertram Law Firm, and The Popham Law Firm.

Marvin W. Masters, Masters & Taylor, L.C., Charleston, WV, Carl N. Frankovitch, Frankovitch Anetakis Colantonio & Simon, Weirton, WV, for West Virginia Attorneys.

Seth R. Lesser, Bernstein, Litowitz, Berger, et al., New York, NY, for Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP.

Roy Olson, Lucid Legal Techniques, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Ruth Mccaw and James McCaw.

John R. Shelton, Parker & O'Connell, PLLC, Louisville, KY, for Parker & O'Connell, PLLC.

Charles J. Hunt, Jr., Cambria, CA, pro se.

Andrew W. Hutton, Hutton and Hutton, Wichita, KS, for Hutton & Hutton, L.L.P.

Phillip Miller, Nashville, TN, pro se.

James L. Johnson, The Johnson Law Firm, Dallas, TX, for Cigna Healthcare of Pennsylvania, Inc.

Neal S. Manne, Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, TX, for Health Plan.

Mark D. Fischer, Rawlings & Assoc., Louisville, KY, for Health Benefit Providers and HMO Louisiana.

Andrew A. Chirls, Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for American Home Products Corporation and AHP Settlement Trust.

Daniel S. Pariser, Richard Kornylak, Steven P. Lockman, Amy L. McGinnis, Angela D. Givens, Donald Robinson Gordon, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, Ira S. Lefton, Michael T. Scott, Paul B. Kerrigan, Caroline A. Flotron, Edward F. Hanover, III, Krista Ayn Schmid, Louis W. Schack, Milind M. Shah, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Philadelphia, PA, Orran L. Brown, Browngreer PLC, Richmond, VA, Peter Zimroth, New York, NY, Leslie Anne Benitez, Clark Thomas & Winters, Austin, TX, Michael A. Rollin, Reilly Pozner & Connelly LLP, Denver, CO, for American Home Products Corporation.

Kenneth Chesebro, Austin, TX, for Jane Scuteri.

David B. Rheingold, New York, NY, for Rheingold, Valet.

Randy G. Allen, The Law Offices of Randy G. Allen, Colorado Springs, CO, for Randy G. Allen.

Donald R. Grady, Sheff Law Offices, Boston, MA, for Sheff Law Offices, P.C.

Ervin A. Gonzalez, Robles & Gonzalez, P.A., Miami, FL, Keith M. Jensen, Law Office of Keith M. Jensen, Fort Worth, TX, for Gonzalez Plaintiffs.

Charles Harley Johnson, Johnson & Assoc., New Brighton, MN, for Joan Solometo, Marlis A. Barth, and Nancy Lynn Jones.

Gwen E. Richard, Milutin & Richard, Houston, TX, for Eva Joy Erickson.

Jerry Alexander, Alexander & Associates PC, Omaha, NE, for Suzanne Jortner.

George A. Hunt, Williams & Hunt, Salt Lake City, UT, for The Utah Heart Clinic.

Abraham C. Reich, Fox Rothschild O'Brien & Frankel LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Richard F.X. Guay, Meyer Suozzi English & Klein, New York, NY, Denise A. Rubin, Napoli, Kaiser, Bern & Assoc., LLP, Great River, NY, for Hariton & D'Angelo, LLP.

Mario D'Angelo, Hariton & D'Angelo, LLP, Great River, NY, for Hariton & D'Angelo, LLP and Patricia Agrillo.

James A. Morris, Jr., Brent Coon & Associates, Austin, TX, for Lyndall S. Harvey.

Merrida P. Coxwell, Jr., Coxwell & Associates, PLLC, Jackson, MS, for Coxwell & Associates, PLLC.

John W. Hornbeck, Law Offices of John W. Hornbeck, Sister, OR, pro se.

Kimberly Logue Woodland, Love Willingham Peters Gilleland & Monyak LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Woodlawn Medical Group, Inc.

Brian U. Loncar, Loncar & Associates, Dallas, TX, for Loncar & Associates.

Michael A. Lee, Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, TX, for Timothy Allen.

Kimberly Redman West, Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, Birmingham, AL, Michael J. Laffey, Tucker Arensberg, P.C, Pittsburgh, PA, for Blue Cross and Bule Shield United of Wisconsin.

L. Kendall Satterfield, Tracy D. Rezvani, Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Washington, DC, for Carol Bloom, Tammy Staten, Norma Jean Norse, and Jerrie Rawls Toyes.

Diane E. Price, Scott A. Love, Fleming and Associates, L.L.P., Russell T. Abney, Watts Law Firm LLP, James L. Doyle, II, Houston, TX, for Fleming Objectors.

C.L. Schmidt, The Schmidt Firm, Robert M. Kisselburgh, Petroff & Kisselburgh, Dallas, TX, Michael P. McGartland, McGartland & Borcherdt, Fort Worth, TX, for North Texas Attorneys.

Charles M. Thompson, Thompson Hutsler Law Firm, Birmingham, AL, for Terri Jackson.

R. Stephen Griffis, R. Stephen Griffis PC, Birmingham, AL, for Terri Jackson and Glenda O'Neal.

Sean M. Cleary, Robles & Gonzalez, P.A., Miami, FL, for Joseph Petito and Terry Stubbs.

Edward T. Joyce, Edward T. Joyce & Associates, Chicago, IL, William J. Winning, Cozen and O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, for Illinois Class.

Carol A. Mager, Mager & Goldstein LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Thomas C. Cronin, Cummins & Cronin, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Michaele Pridemore.

Debora A. O'Neill, Meyerson & O'Neill, Philadelphia, PA, for Michaele Pridemore, Salie Travis, Ann Westfall, Virginia Kieser, Patty Lemons, and Stacey Yates.

Frank Tomlinson, Pritchard, Mc Call & Jones, Birmingham, AL, for Frank DeJulius.

Edward W. Cochran, Shaker Heights, OH, for Frank DeJulius and Angela S. Duffy.

Steven Kapustin, Kaplin, Stewart, Meloff, Reiter and Stein, P.C., Blue Bell, PA, for Frank DeJulius and Deborah Phillips.

N. Albert Bacharach, Jr., Gainesville, FL, for Ronald Weintraub.

Paul Rothstein, Gainesville, FL, for Deborah Phillips.

Benjamin E. Baker, Jr., Hogan Smith & Alspaugh, Birmingham, AL, for John P. Willis, III.

R. Steven Baker, The Southern Law Group, Birmingham, AL, for Karen M. Salter.

Robert W. Bishop, Bishop and Wilson, Louisville, KY, for Angela S. Duffy.

George W. Cochran, Streetsboro, OH, for Phyllis M. Rodriguez, Frances Rammage, Sherri D. Wieneke, Pam Butler, Lynn Reed, Carl Wolf, Ted Doak, and Sherrie Brichetto.

Robert P. Lobue, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, New York, NY, for Les Laboratoires Servier.

Robert B. Bowling, Bowling, Johnson & Costanzo, Middlesboro, KY, for Robert Claycomb.

Barbara Wrubel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Interneuron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Joseph H. Saunders, Saunders, Walker & Coleman, PA, Pinellas Park, FL, for Agenes Spoonhunter Logan.

Charles E. Webster, Marvin A. Brustin, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Erma Booker and Charles Booker.

Philip H. Rush, Philip H. Rush, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Selena Egunjobi and Nelson Egunjobi.

Raymond W. Valori, Colson Hicks Eidson, Coral Gables, FL, for Sherry Malbin.

Bryan Frederick Aylstock, Aylstock, Witkin & Sasser, PLC, Pensacola, FL, for Nancy West.

Ben W. Gordon, Jr., Pensacola, FL...