Abarca, et. al. vs. Merck & Co., et.al.

Filing 1934

ORDER Appointing the Honorable John K. Trotter (Ret.) and the Honorable Edward A. Panelli (Ret.) to Act as Fed. R. Civ.P. 53 Special Masters as it Relates to Settlement between the Plaintiffs and Defendants, Merck & Company,Inc., Amsted Industries, Inc., and Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc., signed by District Judge David O. Carter on 8/19/13. (Martin-Gill, S)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Michael G. Marderosian, No. 77296 Heather S. Cohen, No. 263093 MARDEROSIAN, RUNYON, CERCONE & COHEN 1260 Fulton Mall Fresno, CA 93721 Telephone: (559) 441-7991 Facsimile: (559) 441-8170 Michael J. Bidart, No. 60582 Ricardo Echeverria, No. 166049 SHERNOFF BIDART ECHEVERRIA BENTLEY, LLP 600 South Indian Hill Boulevard Claremont, CA 91711-5498 Telephone: (909) 621-4935 Facsimile: (909) 625-6915 Thomas V. Girardi, No. 36603 Shawn McCann, No. 227553 GIRARDI & KEESE 1126 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90017 Telephone: (213) 977-0211 Facsimile: (213) 481-1554 Jack Silver, No. 160575 LAW OFFICE OF JACK SILVER Post Office Box 5469 Santa Rosa, CA 95402 Telephone: (707) 829-0934 Facsimile: (707) 528-8675 Attorneys for: Plaintiffs UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA / FRESNO DIVISION 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 MARDEROSIAN, RUNYON, CERCONE & COHEN 1260 Fulton Mall Fresno, CA 93721 ABARCA, RAUL VALENCIA, et ) al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) MERCK & CO., INC., et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) ) Case No. 1:07-CV-388-DOC-SAB ORDER APPOINTING THE HONORABLE JOHN K. TROTTER (RET.) AND THE HONORABLE EDWARD A. PANELLI (RET.) TO ACT AS FED. R. CIV. P. 53 SPECIAL MASTERS AS IT RELATES TO SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANTS, MERCK & COMPANY, INC., AMSTED INDUSTRIES, INC., AND BALTIMORE AIRCOIL COMPANY, INC. ORDER 1 2 3 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 4 The Honorable John K. Trotter (Ret.) and the Honorable Edward A. Panelli 5 (Ret.) are hereby appointed to act as Special Masters in the above action and in 6 Hernandez v. Merck, State of California, County of Merced, Case No. CU 151897, for 7 purposes of assisting the plaintiffs in implementing the Settlement Agreement. 8 The responsibilities of the Special Masters will include: (i) administering 9 allocation of settlement funds from the Qualified Settlement Fund and Reserve Fund; 10 (ii) allocating settlement funds; (iii) collecting and retaining for the benefit of 11 Defendants all Releases and Lien Satisfactions; and (iv) assuring every plaintiff is paid 12 his or her allocated share only after delivering to the Special Masters an executed 13 Release and any required Lien Satisfactions. 14 15 Justices Trotter and Panelli will serve as trustees of the Qualified Settlement Fund to be established pursuant to the parties’ agreement. 16 The Special Masters may appoint third-party administrators to assist the Special 17 Masters in administering the Qualified Settlement Fund and supervising the 18 distribution of the settlement funds. 19 20 The Special Masters’ fees and any third-party administrator’s fees will be considered a cost and will come out of the settlement proceeds. 21 22 IT IS SO ORDERED. 23 24 25 Dated: August 19, 2013 ________________________________ DAVID O. CARTER, Judge of the U. S. District Court Central District of California 26 27 28 MARDEROSIAN, RUNYON, CERCONE & COHEN 1260 Fulton Mall Fresno, CA 93721 2

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