Abbott v. Chesley

Opinion of the Court by

Justice VENTERS.

This case arose in the aftermath of the settlement of Darla S. Guard, et' ál. v. American Home Products, Inc. (Guard).1 The Guard case, which is also known as “Jonetta Moore, et al. v. American Home Products, Inc.,” or the “Moore ” case, was brought by Kentucky residents who had taken the popular diet drug known as Fen-Phen. Each Appellant/Cross-Appel-lee (collectively “Appellants”) was a plaintiff in the Guard case and was represented under a contingent fee contract by Appel-lees/Cross-Appellants (collectively “Appel-lees”) 2 Shirley A. Cunningham,…