United States Eighth Circuit

In a product liability suit, the district court did not abuse its discretion in removing a law firm from the plaintiffs' steering committee as a sanction for violating three pretrial rules and for acting in bad faith.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/19/2005
• Published 08/19/2005

Judges

• BYE, Circuit Judge., Before BYE, HEANEY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard Allen Lockridge, Lockridge & Grindal, Minneapolis, MN; Charles S. Zimmerman, Zimmerman & Reed, Minneapolis, MN, for plaintiff Plaintiffs' Baycol Steering Committee., Eric John Magnuson, Peter D. Gray, Patrick D. Robben, Rider & Bennett, Minneapolis, MN; Warren Lupell, Weinberg & Richmond, Chicago, IL, Deane B. Brown, Beermann & Swerdlove, Chicago, IL, for appellants Kenneth B. Moll, Kenneth B. Moll & Associates, Ltd., John Michael Degnan, Jesse R. Orman, Briggs & Morgan, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant K. Amy Lemon.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter W. Sipkins, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN; Susan A. Weber, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL; Gene C. Schaerr, Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC; Philip S. Beck, Adam L. Hoeflich, Bartlit & Beck, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees Bayer Corporation, Bayer AG., Robert A. Limbacher, Fred T. Magaziner, Dechert & Price, Philadelphia, PA; Tracy Joan Van Steenburgh, Halleland & Lewis, Minneapolis, MN, for defendants-appellees GlaxoSmithKline.