Legal Opinion
In Re Diet Drugs (Phentermine/Fenfluramine/Dexfen-Fluramine) Products Liability Litigation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 5, 2004No. 03-2025, 03-2063, 03-2072PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FUENTES, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises from the multi-dis-trict litigation (MDL) 1203 diet drug product liability litigation. The appeal concerns the validity of an amendment (the “Sixth Amendment”) to the Nationwide Class Action Settlement Agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) executed between Appellants and American Home Products Corporation (a.k.a. “Wyeth”) 1 in relation to the diet drugs litigation. The Sixth Amendment was approved by the District Court in Pretrial Order (“PTO”) No. 2778. The Amendment gives claim ants who would otherwise have been bound by the…
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