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IN RE AGENT ORANGE PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION

MDL No. 381. CV-82-1734.

611 F.Supp. 1285 (1985)

In re "AGENT ORANGE" PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION. Clara FRATICELLI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The DOW CHEMICAL CO., et al., the United States of America, etc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

May 9, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Taylor, Jr., Ashcraft & Gerel, Washington, D.C., Michael R. Salling, Fernandes, Salling & Salling, Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii, for plaintiffs.

Leonard Rivkin, Rivkin, Leff, Sherman & Radler, Garden City, N.Y., Philip Pakula, Townley & Updike; Wendell B. Alcorn, Jr., Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft; William Krohley, Kelley, Drye & Warren; Thomas Beck, Arthur, Dry & Kalish; Bruce Hecker, Shea & Gould, New York City, of counsel; David R. Gross, Budd, Larner, Kent, Gross, Picillo & Rosenbaum, New York City; Paul V. Esposito, Lewis, Overbeck & Furman, Chicago, Ill.; Henry G. Miller, Clark, Gagliardi & Miller, White Plains, N.Y.; Tany S. Hong, Atty. Gen.; Michael A. Lilly, Lawrence K. Lau & Gerald C. Yoshi, Deputy Attys. Gen., Honolulu, Hawaii; Arvin Maskin, Robert C. Longstreth, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

WEINSTEIN, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Defendants have moved to dismiss or in the alternative for summary judgment. They are the seven manufacturers of Agent Orange; its purchaser, the United States; and the former Regents of the University of Hawaii which tested the product. Plaintiffs Clara Fraticelli, wife of William Fraticelli (deceased), James K. Oshita, and Masao Takatsuki, sue on behalf of themselves and a class of 35,000 unnamed residents of Kauai...

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