Legal Opinion
Boyle v. Giral
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 10, 2003No. 01-CV-600, 02-CV-305PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REID, Associate Judge:
Before us are consolidated appeals involving challenges to the trial court’s (1) denial of motions to intervene filed by appellants Joy Boyle, Daniel Owen and others (collectively “the consumer class member objectors”) in a class action suit against various vitamin product manufacturers and distributors; and (2) final approval of the class action settlement agreement which, instead of a distribution to individual members of the consumer class, provides for a cy pres allocation to a fund administered by the District of Columbia “for the improvement of the health and/or…
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