Blaszkowski et al v. Mars Inc. et al

Filing 480

NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Colgate Palmolive Company, Del Monte Foods, Co., NUTRO PRODUCTS, INC., Menu Foods, Inc., Menu Foods Income Fund, Menu Foods Holding, Inc., Iams Company, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., Mars Petcare US, Inc., Nestle Purina Petcare Co., All Plaintiffs, Mars Inc., Proctor and Gamble Co. (MacIvor, Catherine)

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Blaszkowski et al v. Mars Inc. et al Doc. 480 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION CASE NO. 07-21221 CIV ALTONAGA/Brown RENEE BLASZKOWSKI, et al., individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs/Class Representatives, vs. MARS INC., et al Defendants. ________________________________/ STIPULATION FOR ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE BETWEEN DEFENDANTS THE IAMS COMPANY; DEL MONTE FOODS, CO.; HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC.; NESTLE PURINA PETCARE CO.; MENU FOODS, INC. AND MENU FOODS INCOME FUND; MARS, INCORPORATED; MARS PETCARE US, INC.; AND NUTRO PRODUCTS, INC. AND PLAINTIFFS BLASZKOWSKI, DAMRON, MURPHY, PETERS, THOMAS, TREGOE, BROWN, GAGLIONE, HERRING, HOCK, ISERN, KOTZAMPALTIRIS, LUCARELLI, LUPO, MATHIESEN, NELSON, QUINN, RUCKER, SHORE, STONE, WILSON, HANRAHAN, HOPKINS-JONES, MCGREGOR, VALORAS, WHITE, AND WIGGINS Plaintiffs, Renee Blaszkowski, Jennifer Damron, Jo-Ann Murphy, Susan Peters, Yvonne Thomas, Cindy Tregoe, Linda Brown, Raul Isern, Tone Gaglione, Jane Herring, Deborah Hock, Claire Kotzampaltiris, Michele Lucarelli, Marian Lupo, Sharon Mathiesen, Julie Nelson, Ann Quinn, Marlena Rucker, Sandy Shore, Stephanie Stone, Beth Wilson, Patricia Hanrahan, Donna Hopkins-Jones, Debbie McGregor, Danielle Valoras, Carolyn White, and Lou Wiggins, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), hereby stipulate and agree that they voluntarily dismiss with prejudice their claims set forth in the Fourth Amended Complaint in the above-entitled case as to Defendants The Iams Company; Del Monte Foods, Co.; Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.; Nestlé Purina Dockets.Justia.com Petcare Co.; Menu Foods, Inc. and Menu Foods Income Fund; Mars, Incorporated; Mars Petcare US, Inc.; and Nutro Products, Inc., with no assessment of costs, including attorneys' fees or other expenses in this litigation, as between these Plaintiffs and these Defendants. These Plaintiffs further stipulate and agree that they voluntarily withdraw with prejudice their allegations set forth in the Fourth Amended Complaint in the aboveentitled case as to any defendant class. [D.E. 349, ¶¶ 110, 119-25.] These Plaintiffs and these Defendants also further stipulate that the voluntary dismissal with prejudice in this case is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of these Plaintiffs to any settlement or recovery or benefit obtained in the Multi-District Litigation pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey known as In Re Pet Foods Products Liability Litigation, Case No. 1:2007cv02867, MDL No. 1850. Dated this 11th day of September, 2008 -2- /s Catherine J. MacIvor Catherine J. MacIvor E-mail: cmacivor@mflegal.com Jeffrey Eric Foreman E-mail: jforeman@mflegal.com Jeffrey Bradford Maltzman E-mail: jmaltzman@mflegal.com Darren W. Friedman E-mail: dfriedman@mflegal.com Bjorg Eikeland E-mail: beikeland@mflegal.com MALTZMAN FOREMAN PA One Biscayne Tower 2 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33131-1803 Telephone: (305) 358-6555 Facsimile: (305) 374-9077 Patrick N. Keegan pkeegan@keeganbaker.com Jason E. Baker jbaker@keeganbaker.com KEEGAN & BAKER, LLP 4370 La Jolla Village Drive Suite 640 San Diego, CA 92122 Telephone: 858-552-6750 Facsimile: 858-552-6749 Attorneys for Plaintiffs /s D. Jeffrey Ireland D. Jeffrey Ireland E-mail: djireland@ficlaw.com Brian D. Wright E-mail: Bwright@ficlaw.com Laura A. Sanom E-mail: lsanom@ficlaw.com FARUKI IRELAND & COX P.L.L. 500 Courthouse Plaza, S.W. 10 North Ludlow Street Dayton, Ohio 45402 Alan G. Greer E-mail: agreer@richmangreer.com RICHMAN GREER, P.A. Miami Center ­ Suite 1000 201 South Biscayne Boulevard Miami, FL 33131 Telephone: (305) 373-4000 Facsimile: (305) 373-4099 Attorneys for Defendant The Iams Company -3- /s Alexander Shaknes Alexander Shaknes E-mail: Alex.Shaknes@dlapiper.com DLA PIPER U.S. LLP 1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 Lonnie L. Simpson E-mail: Lonnie.simpson@dlapiper.com Douglas Knox E-mail: Douglas.knox@dlapiper.com DLA PIPER US LLP 100 North Tampa Suite 2200 Tampa, FL 33602-5809 Attorneys for Defendants Menu Foods, Inc. and Menu Foods Income Fund /s Philip A. Sechler Philip A. Sechler E-mail: psechler@wc.com Dane H. Butswinkas E-mail: dbutswinkas@wc.com Thomas G. Hentoff E-mail: thentoff@wc.om Patrick J. Houlihan E-mail: phoulihan@wc.com WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP 725 Twelfth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 200005 Omar Ortega E-mail: oortega@dortaandortega.com DORTA AND ORTEGA, P.A. Douglas Entrance 800 S. Douglas Road, Suite 149 Coral Gables, Florida 33134 Telephone: (305) 461-5454 Facsimile: (305) 461-5226 Attorneys for Defendants Mars, Incorporated, Mars Petcare U.S., Inc. and Nutro Products, Inc. -4- /s Craig A. Hoover Craig A. Hoover E-mail: cahoover@hhlaw.com Miranda L. Berge E-mail: mlberge@hhlaw.com HOGAN & HARTSON LLP 555 13th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 Telephone: (202) 637-5600 Facsimile: (202) 637-5910 Carol A. Licko E-mail: calicko@hhlaw.com HOGAN & HARTSON LLP Mellon Financial Center 1111 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 Telephone: (305) 459-6500 Facsimile: (305) 459-6550 Attorneys for Defendant Nestlé Purina Petcare Co. /s Richard Fama Richard Fama E-mail: rfama@cozen.com COZEN O'CONNOR 45 Broadway New York, New York 10006 Telephone: (212) 509-9400 Facsimile: (212) 509-9492 Sherril M. Colombo E-mail: scolombo@cozen.com COZEN O'CONNOR Wachovia Center, Suite 4410 200 South Biscayne Boulevard Miami, FL 33131 Telephone: (305) 704-5945 Facsimile: (305) 704-5955 John F. Mullen E-mail: jmullen@cozen.com COZEN O'CONNOR 1900 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone: (215) 665-2179 Facsimile: (215) 665-2013 Attorneys for Defendant Del Monte Foods, Co. -5- /s James D. Arden James D. Arden E-mail: jarden@sidley.com John J. Kuster E-mail: jkuster@sidley.com SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 787 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 Telephone: (212) 839-5300 Facsimile: (212) 839-5599 Benjamine Reid E-mail: breid@carltonfields.com Olga M. Vieira E-mail: ovieira@carltonfields.com Ana M. Craig E-mail: acraig@carltonfields.com CARLTON FIELDS, P.A. 100 S.E. Second Street, Suite 4000 Bank of America Tower at International Place Miami, Florida 33131-9101 Telephone: (305) 530-0050 Facsimile: (305) 530-0055 Attorneys for Defendant Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing was electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court via CM/ECF on this September 11, 2008. I also certify that the foregoing was served on all counsel or parties of record on the attached Service List either via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF or in some other authorized manner for those counsel or parties who are not authorized to receive electronic Notices of Filing. /s Catherine J. MacIvor Catherine MacIvor (FBN 932711) -6- SERVICE LIST CASE NO. 07-21221 ALTONAGA/Brown CATHERINE J. MACIVOR cmacivor@mflegal.com JEFFREY B. MALTZMAN jmaltzman@mflegal.com JEFFREY E. FOREMAN jforeman@mflegal.com DARREN W. FRIEDMAN dfriedman@mflegal.com MALTZMAN FOREMAN, PA One Biscayne Tower 2 South Biscayne Boulevard -Suite 2300 Miami, Florida 33131 Tel: 305-358-6555 / Fax: 305-374-9077 Attorneys for Plaintiffs EDGAR R. NIELD enield@nieldlaw.com 4370 La Jolla Village Drive Suite 640 San Diego, CA 92122 Telephone: 858-552-6745 Facsimile: 858-552-6749 Attorney for Plaintiffs Attorneys for Defendants Menu Foods, Inc. and Menu Foods Income Fund LONNIE L. SIMPSON E-Mail: Lonnie.Simpson@dlapiper.com S. DOUGLAS KNOX E-Mail: Douglas.knox@dlapiper.com DLA PIPER US LLP 100 N. Tampa Street, Suite 2200 Tampa, Florida 33602-5809 Telephone: (813) 229-2111 Facsimile: (813) 229-1447 Attorneys for Defendants Menu Foods, Inc. and Menu Foods Income Fund WILLIAM C. MARTIN E-Mail: william.martin@dlapiper.com DLA PIPER RUDNICK GRAY CARY US LLP 203 North LaSalle Street Suite 1900 Chicago, Illinois 60601-1293 Attorneys for Defendants Menu Foods, Inc. and Menu Foods Income Fund ALEXANDER SHAKNES E-Mail: Alex.Shaknes@dlapiper.com AMY W. SCHULMAN E-Mail: Amy.schulman@dlapiper.com DLA PIPER US LLP 1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 Telephone: (212) 335-4829 PATRICK N. KEEGAN pkeegan@keeganbaker.com JASON E BAKER jbaker@keeganbaker.com KEEGAN & BAKER, LLP 4370 La Jolla Village Drive Suite 640 San Diego, CA 92122 Telephone: 858-552-6750 Facsimile: 858-552-6749 Attorneys for Plaintiffs -7- MARK C. GOODMAN mgoodman@ssd.com SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY LLP One Maritime Plaza Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94111-3492 Telephone: (415) 954-0200 Facsimile: (415) 393-9887 JOHN B.T. MURRAY, JR. E-Mail: jbmurray@ssd.com BARBARA BOLTON LITTEN blitten@ssd.com SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY LLP 1900 Phillips Point West 777 South Flagler Drive West Palm Beach, Florida 33401-6198 Telephone: (561) 650-7200 Attorneys for Defendants PETCO Animal Facsimile: (561) 655-1509 Supplies Stores Inc., PetSmart, Inc., WalMart Stores, Inc. and Target Corporation Attorneys for Defendants PETCO Animal Supplies Stores Inc., PetSmart, Inc., WalMart Stores, Inc. and Target Corporation JEFFREY S. YORK E-Mail: jyork@mcguirewoods.com MICHAEL GIEL E-Mail: mgiel@mcguirewoods.com McGUIRE WOODS LLP 50 N. Laura Street, Suite 3300 Jacksonville, FL 32202 Telephone: (904) 798-2680 Facsimile: (904) 360-6330 Attorneys for Defendant Natura Pet Products, Inc. KRISTEN E. CAVERLY E-Mail: kcaverly@hcesq.com TONY F. FARMANI tfarmani@hcesq.com HENDERSON & CAVERLY LLP 16236 San Dieguito Road, Suite 4-13 P.O. Box 9144 (all US Mail) Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067-9144 Telephone: 858-756-6342 x)101 Facsimile: 858-756-4732 Attorneys for Natura Pet Products, Inc. ALAN G. GREER agreer@richmangreer.com RICHMAN GREER WEIL BRUMBAUGH MIRABITO & CHRISTENSEN 201 South Biscayne Boulevard Suite 1000 Miami, Florida 33131 Telephone: (305) 373-4000 Facsimile: (305) 373-4099 Attorneys for Defendants The Iams Co. OMAR ORTEGA Email: ortegalaw@bellsouth.net DORTA & ORTEGA, P.A. Douglas Entrance 800 S. Douglas Road, Suite 149 Coral Gables, Florida 33134 Telephone: (305) 461-5454 Facsimile: (305) 461-5226 Attorneys for Defendant Mars, Inc. and Mars Petcare U.S. and Nutro Products, Inc. -8- BENJAMIN REID E-Mail: bried@carltonfields.com ANA CRAIG E-Mail: acraig@carltonfields.com CARLTON FIELDS, P.A. 100 S.E. Second Street, Suite 4000 Miami, Florida 33131-0050 Telephone: (305)530-0050 Facsimile: (305) 530-0050 Attorneys for Defendants Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. KARA L. McCALL kmccall@sidley.com SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP One S. Dearborn Street Chicago, ILL 60633 Telephone: (312) 853-2666 Attorneys for Defendants Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. JOHN J. KUSTER jkuster@sidley.com JAMES D. ARDEN jarden@sidley.com SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 787 Seventh Avenue New York, New York 10019-6018 Telephone: (212) 839-5300 Attorneys for Defendants Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. RICHARD FAMA E-Mail: rfama@cozen.com JOHN J. McDONOUGH E-Mail: jmcdonough@cozen.com COZEN O'CONNOR 45 Broadway New York, New York 10006 Telephone: (212) 509-9400 Facsimile: (212) 509-9492 Attorneys for Defendant Del Monte Foods SHERRIL M. COLOMBO E-Mail: scolombo@cozen.com COZEN O'CONNOR 200 South Biscayne Boulevard Suite 4410 Miami, Florida 33131 Telephone: (305) 704-5945 Facsimile: (305) 704-5955 Attorneys for Defendant Del Monte Foods Co. DANE H. BUTSWINKAS E-Mail: dbutswinkas@wc.com PHILIP A. SECHLER E-Mail: psechler@wc.com THOMAS G. HENTOFF E-Mail: thentoff@wc.com PATRICK J. HOULIHAN E-Mail: phoulihan@wc.com AMY R. DAVIS adavis@wc.com JULI ANN LUND jlund@wc.com WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP 725 12th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: (202)434-5000 Attorneys for Defendants Nutro Products, Inc. Mars, Incorporated and Mars Petcare U.S. -9- JOHN F. MULLEN E-Mail: jmullen@cozen.com COZEN O'CONNOR 1900 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone: (215) 665-2179 Facsimile: (215) 665-2013 Attorneys for Defendant Del Monte Foods, Co. ROBERT C. TROYER E-Mail: rctroyer@hhlaw.com HOGAN & HARTSON 1200 17th Street One Tabor Center, Suite 1500 Denver, Colorado 80202 Telephone: (303) 899-7300 Facsimile: (303) 899-7333 Attorneys for Defendants Nestle Purina Petcare Co. JAMES K. REUSS E-Mail: jreuss@lanealton.com LANE ALTON & HORST Two Miranova Place Suite 500 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Telephone: (614) 233-4719 Attorneys for Defendant The Kroger Co. of Ohio CAROL A. LICKO E-Mail: calicko@hhlaw.com HOGAN & HARTSON Mellon Financial Center 1111 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1900 Miami, Florida 33131 Telephone (305) 459-6500 Facsimile (305) 459-6550 Attorneys for Defendants Nestle Purina Petcare Co. CRAIG A. HOOVER E-Mail: cahoover@hhlaw.com MIRANDA L. BERGE E-Mail: mlberge@hhlaw.com HOGAN & HARTSON L.L.P. 555 13th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 Telephone: (202) 637-5600 Facsimile: (202) 637-5910 Attorneys for Defendants Nestle Purina Petcare Co. D. JEFFREY IRELAND E-Mail: djireland@ficlaw.com BRIAN D. WRIGHT E-Mail: bwright@ficlaw.com LAURA A. SANOM E-Mail: lsanom@ficlaw.com FARUKI IRELAND & COX 500 Courthouse Plaza, S.W. 10 North Ludlow Street Dayton, Ohio 45402 Attorneys for Defendant The Iams Co. - 10 - W. RANDOLPH TESLIK CRAIG P. KALIL E-Mail: rteslik@akingump.com E-Mail: ckalil@aballi.com ANDREW J. DOBER JOSHUA D. POYER E-Mail: adober@akingump.com E-Mail: jpoyer@abailli.com AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD ABALLI MILNE KALIL & ESCAGEDO 2250 Sun Trust International Center LLP 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, NW One S.E. Third Avenue Washington, D.C. 20036 Miami, Florida 33131 Telephone: (202) 887-4000 Telephone: (303) 373-6600 Facsimile: (202) 887-4288 Facsimile: (305) 373-7929 Attorneys for Defendants New Albertson's Inc. Attorneys for New Albertson's Inc. and and Albertson's LLC Albertson's LLC RALPH G. PATINO E-Mail: rpatino@patinolaw.com DOMINICK V. TAMARAZZO E-Mail: dtamarazzo@patinolaw.com CARLOS B. SALUP E-Mail: csalup@patinolaw.com PATINO & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 225 Alcazar Avenue Coral Gables, Florida 33134 Telephone: (305) 443-6163 Facsimile: (305) 443-5635 Attorneys for Defendants Pet Supplies "Plus" and Pet Supplies Plus/USA, Inc. HUGH J. TURNER, JR. E-Mail: hugh.turner@akerman.com AKERMAN SENTERFITT & EDISON 350 E. Las Olas Boulevard Suite 1600 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301-2229 Telephone: (954)463-2700 Facsimile: (954)463-2224 Attorneys for Defendant Publix Super Markets, Inc. C. RICHARD FULMER, JR. E-Mail: rfulmer@Fulmer.LeRoy.com FULMER, LEROY, ALBEE, BAUMANN, & GLASS 2866 East Oakland Park Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33306 Telephone: (954) 707-4430 Facsimile: (954) 707-4431 Attorneys for Defendant The Kroger Co. of Ohio ROLANDO ANDRES DIAZ E-Mail: rd@kubickdraper.com PETER S. BAUMBERGER E-Mail: psb@kubickidraper.com KUBICKI DRAPER 25 W. Flagler Street, Penthouse Miami, Florida 33130-1712 Telephone: (305) 982-6708 Facsimile: (305) 374-7846 Attorneys for Defendant Pet Supermarket, Inc. - 11 -

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