Pet-Food Lawsuits Are Near Settlement, Say Attorneys Recall involved 90 brands of pet food
Maria Vogel-Short
New Jersey Law Journal
March 10, 2008
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Reprints & Permissions New Jersey's federal district has been made the venue for litigation charging that contaminated food caused death or injury to pets, and attorneys on both sides say a settlement could be a few weeks away.
On Feb. 19, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated suits from around the nation, finding they involve questions of fact common to 31 cases already assigned to U.S. District Judge Noel Hillman, who sits in Camden.
Menu Foods' lawyer, Amy Schulman of DLA Piper in New York City, wrote to Hillman on Feb. 28, saying the parties have made substantial progress during mediation. Hillman gave them until March 19 to report back.
Michael Ferrara Jr. of Cherry Hill, N.J.'s Ferrara Law Firm, who along with co-counsel in Chicago and San Francisco represent a dozen plaintiffs, agrees that his cases are likely to be resolved soon.
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