IN RE SULZER ORTHOPEDICS AND KNEE PROSTHESIS PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

Nos. 03-4325, 03-4518, 03-4519, 04-3293, 04-3360, 04-3361.

398 F.3d 782 (2005)

In re: SULZER ORTHOPEDICS AND KNEE PROSTHESIS PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. Certified Class, Plaintiffs, Linda Mediate (03-4325/4518; 04-3360); Cecee C. Kane and Joseph P. Kane (03-4519; 04-3293/3361), Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Sulzer Medica et al., Defendants-Appellees, Sulzer Settlement Trust, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 22, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Bonnie I. Robin-Vergeer, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Irene C. Keyse-Walker, Tucker, Ellis & West, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Bonnie I. Robin-Vergeer, Brian Wolfman, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., Thomas J. Brandi, Law Offices of Thomas J. Brandi, San Francisco, California, Kevin P. Mahoney, Roberts & Mahoney, Spokane, West Virginia, for Appellants. Irene C. Keyse-Walker, Tucker, Ellis & West, Cleveland, Ohio, David W. Brooks, Harvey L. Kaplan, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Missouri, Cullen D. Seltzer, Brown Greer, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

Before: MARTIN, COLE, and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

Linda Mediate, Cecee Kane, and Joseph P. Kane, plaintiffs in this consolidated appeal, attempted to challenge in the district court findings of the Special Master regarding their entitlement to benefits resulting from the multi-district litigation class action Settlement Agreement. The district court refused jurisdiction over their challenge and we AFFIRM that judgment.

The Settlement Agreement between the...

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