US District Court Civil Docket as of 01/04/2001 Retrieved from the court on Thursday, August 18, 2005 United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 2:97-cv-06811-JP HERSKOWITZ, et al v. AETNA INC., et al Assigned to: HONORABLE JOHN R. PADOVA Demand: $0 Case in other court: USDC EDPA, RELATEDTO #95-04176 Cause: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act Date Filed: 11/05/1997 Jury Demand: Plaintiff Nature of Suit: 850 Securities/Commodities Jurisdiction: Federal Question Plaintiff EILEEN HERSKOWITZ represented by DEBORAH R. GROSS LAW OFFICES BERNARD M. GROSS, PC JUNIPER & MARKET STREETS JOHN WANAMAKER BLDG, SUITE 450 Email: debbie@bernardmgross.com ROBERT P. FRUTKIN LAW OFFICES BERNARD M. GROSS PC 450 JOHN WANAMAKER BLDG JUNIPER & MARKET STS. Email: rpf@bernardmgross.com STUART H. SAVETT 1735 MARKET ST 3200 MELLON BK CTR PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-7503 TEL 215-575-7279 Fax: FAX 215-575-7200
WARREN RUBIN LAW OFFICES OF BERNARD M.GROSS PC JOHN WANAMAKER BLDG SUITE 450 JUNIPER & MARKET STS. 100 PENN SQUARE EAST Email: warren@bernardmgross.com Plaintiff MICHAEL WOLIN individually and on behalf of all those similarly situated represented by DEBORAH R. GROSS ROBERT P. FRUTKIN STUART H. SAVETT WARREN RUBIN V. AETNA INC. DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10017 TEL 212-450-4000 DUANE MORRIS LLP
ONE LIBERTY PLACE PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-7396 TEL 215-979-1000 Fax: FAX 215-979-1020 RICHARD HUBER LEONARD ABRAMSON represented by LEONARD BARRACK BARRACK, RODOS & BACINE 2001 MARKET STREET 3300 TWO COMMERCE SQUARE PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-7087 215-963-0600 Fax: 215-963-0838 Email: lbarrack@barrack.com RONALD E. COMPTON Date Filed # Docket Text 11/05/1997 1 Complaint. filing fee $ 150.00 receipt # 648932. (fe) (Entered: 11/06/1997)
11/05/1997 Summons(es) issued, 4 originals mailed to counsel 11/6/97. (fe) (Entered: 11/06/1997) 11/05/1997 Demand for jury trial by PLAINTIFF EILEEN HERSKOWITZ, PLAINTIFF MICHAEL WOLIN. (fe) (Entered: 11/06/1997) 11/05/1997 Special Case Management Track. (fe) (Entered: 11/06/1997) 11/20/1997 2 Appearance of LEONARD BARRACK for DEFENDANT LEONARD ABRAMSON, certificate of service. (adr) Modified on 11/20/1997 (Entered: 11/20/1997) 11/20/1997 3 MOTION BY DEFENDANT LEONARD ABRAMSON FOR UNRELATEDNESS OF PRIOR ACTION, MEMORANDUM, CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE. (adr) (Entered: 11/20/1997) 11/26/1997 4 Response by PLAINTIFF EILEEN HERSKOWITZ, PLAINTIFF MICHAEL WOLIN in opposition to LEONARD ABRAMSON'S motion for unrelatedness of prior action, Certificate of Service. (jl) (Entered: 11/28/1997) 12/03/1997 5 Reply Memorandum of Leonard Abramson in Support of Motion for Unrelatedness of Prior Action, Certificate of Service. (dt) (Entered: 12/03/1997) 12/05/1997 6 ORDER THAT THE MOTION OF DEFT LEONARD ABRAMSON FOR UNRELATEDNESS OF PRIOR ACTION IS GRANTED; THE ACTION IS RETURNED TO THE CLERK FOR RANDOM REASSIGNMENT PURSUANT TO LOCAL CIVIL RULE 40.1(c)(1). (SIGNED BY JUDGE HARVEY BARTLE III) ENTERED 12/8/97; COPIES FAXED 12/5/97. (adr) (Entered: 12/08/1997) 12/09/1997 7 ORDER, REASSIGNING FROM THE CALENDAR OF JUDGE HARVEY BARTLE III TO THE CALENDAR OF JUDGE JOHN R. PADOVA. ( SIGNED BY CLERK OF COURT MICHAEL E. KUNZ ) 12/10/97 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED AND FAXED 12/9/97. (sc) (Entered: 12/10/1997) 12/19/1997 8 Copy of Motion by defts Aetna Inc., Ronald E. Compton and Richard Huber for Transfer to and Consolidation in the USDC for the District of Connecticut, Memorandum, Certificate of Service, filed with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. (td) Modified on 12/19/1997 (Entered: 12/19/1997) 01/05/1998 9 MOTION by PLAINTIFF EILEEN HERSKOWITZ, PLAINTIFF MICHAEL WOLIN TO CONSOLIDATE CASES, FOR APPOINTMENT OF LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND APPROVAL OF CO-LEAD COUNSEL MEMORANDUM, CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE. (see 97cv7362) (cb) (Entered: 01/06/1998) 01/15/1998 10 Reply Memorandum by DEFENDANT AETNA INC., DEFENDANT RICHARD HUBER, DEFENDANT RONALD COMPTON in further support of defts' motion for transfer to and consolidation in the USDC for the District of Conneticut, certificate of service. (adr) Modified on 01/15/1998 (Entered: 01/15/1998) 01/21/1998 11 Appearance of for DEFENDANT AETNA INC., DEFENDANT RICHARD HUBER, DEFENDANT RONALD E. COMPTON, Certificate of Service. (jl) (Entered: 01/22/1998) 02/02/1998 12 Affidavits of: John Lepito re: served summons and complaint upon DEFENDANT
AETNA INC., DEFENDANT RICHARD HUBER, DEFENDANT RONALD E. COMPTON. Served by: personal service on 1/14/98. (adr) (Entered: 02/02/1998) 02/02/1998 13 Stipulation extending time to answer the complaint. Answer due on 3/3/98 for RONALD E. COMPTON, for RICHARD HUBER, with Clerk's approval. (adr) (Entered: 02/03/1998) 02/09/1998 14 Notice of change of address by Steven Toll, certificate of service. (adr) (Entered: 02/09/1998) 02/27/1998 15 STIPULATION AND ORDER THAT WITHIN 45 DAYS FOLLOWING A DECISION BY THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION ON MOTIONS TO CONSOLIDATE THIS CASE WITH CASES PENDING IN THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT, PLFFS WILL FILE AN AMENDED AND CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT, AND DEFTS SHALL HAVE 45 DAYS AFTER SERVICE OF THE AMENDED AND CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT TO ANSWER, PLEAD OR OTHERWISE MOVE IN RESPONSE TO THE AMENDED AND CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT. (SIGNED BY JUDGE JOHN R. PADOVA) 3/2/98 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED; COPIES FAXED 2/27/98. (adr) (Entered: 03/02/1998) 04/30/1998 **Set MDl flag. (aa) (Entered: 04/30/1998) 05/20/1998 16 ORDER THAT PLFFS' MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE CASES IS DENIED AS MOOT. (SIGNED BY JUDGE JOHN R. PADOVA) 5/20/98 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED AND FAXED. (adr) (Entered: 05/20/1998) 01/04/2001 17 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER AND FINAL JUDGMENT; THIS COURT AFFIRMS AND MAKES FINAL ITS ORDER AND MEMORANDUM ENTERED 8/9/99 CERTIFYING THE CLASS, ETC., THE SETTLEMENT SET FORTH IN THE STIPULATION IS FAIR, REASONABLE, ADEQUATE AND IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CLASS, AND IT SHALL BE CONSUMMATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND PROVISION OF THE STIPULATION; THE PLAN OF ALLOCATIONS IS APPROVED; JUDGMENT IS ENTERED DISMISSING THE LITIGATION WITH PREJUDICE, ON THE MERITS, AND WITHOUT COSTS (EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THE STIPULATION) TO ANY PARTY AS AGAINST ANY OTHER, ETC. MDL 1219 ( SIGNED BY JUDGE JOHN R. PADOVA ) 1/5/01 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED AND FAXED. (sc) (Entered: 01/05/2001) 01/04/2001 Case closed (kv) (Entered: 01/09/2001) Note: Links in this docket are stored in the PACER system (Public Access to Court Electronic Records). PACER is a service of United States Judiciary. To view and retrieve the linked documents from PACER you must be a registered user. To register, fill out one of the registration forms available on the PACER site. The United States Congress has given the Judicial Conference of the United States, the judicial governing body of the U.S. Federal Courts, authority to impose user fees for electronic access to case information. For more information visit the PACER site at http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/pacerdesc.html