Ryan v. Dow Chemical Co., 79 C 747. MDL No. 381.

• Decision Date: 09 July 1985
• Docket Number: No. 79 C 747. MDL No. 381.,79 C 747. MDL No. 381.
• Citation: 618 F. Supp. 623
• Parties: Michael F. RYAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, Monsanto Company, Hercules Incorporated, T H Agriculture & Nutrition Company, Inc., Diamond Shamrock Chemicals Company, Uniroyal, Inc., and Thompson Chemicals Corporation, Defendants. In re "AGENT ORANGE" PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION.
• Court: U.S. District Court — Eastern District of New York

618 F. Supp. 623

Michael F. RYAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, Monsanto Company, Hercules Incorporated, T H Agriculture & Nutrition Company, Inc., Diamond Shamrock Chemicals Company, Uniroyal, Inc., and Thompson Chemicals Corporation, Defendants.

In re "AGENT ORANGE" PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION.

No. 79 C 747. MDL No. 381.

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

July 9, 1985.

ORDER AND FINAL JUDGMENT OF DISMISSAL

WEINSTEIN, Chief Judge.

On June 18, 1985, the Court issued a final judgment approving the Settlement Agreement made as of May 7, 1984 by the parties to this class action. Paragraph 13 of the Settlement Agreement contemplates entry of a judgment dismissing with prejudice and without costs plaintiffs' claims, including claims for punitive damages, and defendants' cross-claims. Accordingly,

UPON consideration of all prior orders, opinions, memoranda, briefs, proceedings, transcripts and documents on file in the Court under MDL No. 381, subject to all limitations in the memoranda, orders and judgments filed to date,

IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED THAT:

1. The Settlement Agreement is a fair, reasonable and adequate settlement of this class action, and is hereby approved, according to its terms and pursuant to Rule 23(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

2. The Settlement Agreement shall be consummated in accordance with its terms.

3. All complaints in this class action, and all claims of each and every plaintiff and member of the Rule 23(b)(3) class, are hereby dismissed on the merits, with prejudice and without costs, in favor of all the defendants.

4. All claims for punitive damages by each and every member of the Rule 23(b)(1)(B) class in this class action are hereby dismissed on the merits, with prejudice and without costs, in favor of all the defendants.

5. Each and every plaintiff and member of the Rule 23(b)(3) class is hereby forever barred from instituting or maintaining any action against any of the defendants, or any of their foreign and domestic predecessors, successors, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates or insurers, as well as any of their stockholders, directors, officers, employees and agents, arising out of or relating to, or in the future arising out of or relating to, the subject matter of any of the complaints in this class action.

6. Each and every member of the Rule 23(b)(1)(B) class is hereby forever barred from instituting or maintaining any claim for punitive damages against any of the defendants, or any of their foreign and domestic predecessors, successors, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates or insurers, as well as any of their stockholders, directors, officers, employees and agents, arising out of or relating to, or in the future arising out of or relating to, the subject matter of...