United States Third Circuit

In a class action alleging anticompetitive behavior and dissemination of false and misleading information in connection with the sale of the prescription drug Coumadin, the district court did not abuse its discretion in certifying the class or approving the settlement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/29/2003
• Decided 12/08/2004
• Published 12/08/2004

Judges

• Before SCIRICA, Chief Judge, FUENTES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul D. Wexler (Argued), Bragar Wexler Eagel & Morgenstern, LLP, New York, NY, for Appellant Seymour Eagel., Jeffrey S. Friedman, Silverman & McDonald, Wilmington, DE, Edward Cochran (Argued), Shaker Heights, OH, Hilton F. Tomlinson, Pritchard, McCall & Jones, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Paul Rothstein, Gainesville, FL, N. Albert Bacharach, Jr., Gainesville, FL, Robert W. Bishop, Bishop & Associates, Louisville, KY, for Appellants Willie Hutchinson, Jr., Vincent Palazzola;  Alex Galperin;  Shirley Bruce;  Madison W. O'Kelly, Jr.;  Garey L. McCarty., John J. Pentz (Argued), Maynard, for Appellant Alan Shapiro., J. Arnold Fitzgerald, Andrew F. Tucker (Argued), Dayton, TN, Sidney Balick, Balick & Balick, Wilmington, DE, for Appellant Mary Cleusman.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bernard Persky (Argued), Barbara J. Hart, Vaishali Shetty, Goodkind Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow LLP, New York, NY, for Appellees John Kusnerick, et al.;  Sara Altman;  Samuel Gordon Tischler;  Marie A. Steckel;  Robert Bareiss;  John Civatte, Jr.;  Mary Banten;  Arkansas Carpenters' Health & Welfare Fund;  Operating Engineers Local 312 Health & Welfare Fund;  United Food and Commercial Union and Employers Midwest Health Benefits Fund;  United Wisconsin Services, Inc., now known as Cobalt Corporation;  Louisiana Health Service and Indemnity Corporation doing business as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana., William R. Kane, Miller, Faucher and Cafferty, Philadelphia, PA, Alan H. Rolnick, Hanzman & Criden, Coral Gables, FL, Marvin A. Miller and Jennifer W. Sprengel, Miller, Faucher and Cafferty LLP, Chicago, IL, for Appellees John Kusnerick, et al.;  Sara Altman;  Samuel Gordon Tischler;  Marie A. Steckel;  Arkansas Carpenters' Health & Welfare Fund;  Operating Engineers Local 312 Health & Welfare Fund;  United Food and Commercial Union and Employers Midwest Health Benefits Fund;  United Wisconsin Services, Inc., now known as Cobalt Corporation;  Louisiana Health Service and Indemnity Corporation doing business as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana., Pamela S. Tikellis, Chimicles & Tikellis, Wilmington, DE, for Appellees John Kusnerick, et al.;  Sara Altman;  Samuel Gordon Tischler;  Marie A. Steckel;  Robert Bareiss;  John Civatte, Jr.Mary Banten., Richard W. Cohen (Argued), Lowey, Dannenberg, Bemporad & Selinger, White Plains, NY, for Appellee United Wisconsin Services, Inc., now known as Cobalt Corporation., Donald J. Wolfe, Jr., Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, DE, George D. Ruttinger (Argued), Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC, for Appellee Dupont Pharmaceutical Company.