UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 

EASTERN DIVISION 

NICK PEARSON, FRANCISCO PADILLA, 

CECILIA LINARES, AUGUSTINA BLANCO, 

ABEL GONZALEZ, and RICHARD 

JENNINGS, on Behalf of Themselves and All 

Others Similarly Situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

NBTY, INC., a Delaware corporation; and 

REXALL SUNDOWN, INC., a Florida 

corporation; TARGET CORPORATION, a 

Minnesota Corporation, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 11 CV 07972 

CLASS ACTION 

Judge James B. Zagel 

PLAINTIFFS’ SUPPLEMENTAL SUBMISSION REGARDING TOTAL PAYMENTS 

TO BE MADE TO CLASS MEMBERS 

Stewart M. Weltman 

STEWART M. WELTMAN, LLC 

53 W. Jackson, Suite 364 

Chicago, Illinois 60604

Telephone: 312-588-5033 

(Of Counsel: Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman) 

Elaine A. Ryan 

Patricia N. Syverson 

BONNETT, FAIRBOURN, FRIEDMAN & 

BALINT, P.C. 

2325 E. Camelback Rd., Suite 300 

Phoenix, Arizona 85016 

Telephone: 602-274-1100 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Nick Pearson, Francisco 

Padilla, Cecilia Linares, Augustina Blanco, and 

Abel Gonzalez 

Peter N. Freiberg 

Jeffrey I. Carton 

James R. Denlea 

DENLEA & CARTON LLP 

One North Broadway, Suite 509 

White Plains, New York 10601 

Telephone: (914) 920-7400 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Richard Jennings 

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Pursuant to this Court’s December 5, 2013 Order, Plaintiffs submit the report of Heffler 

Claims Group setting forth the total number of claims made and the amounts to be paid to class 

members who have submitted claims (Exhibit A). 30,245 claims were filed, amounting to 

$865,284.00 to be distributed to the members of the Class. As set forth in the Settlement 

Agreement, upon Court approval, an additional $1,134,716.00 will be provided as a cy pres

award to Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation. See Hughes v. Kore of Indiana 

Enterprise, Inc., 731 F.3d 672, 675-676 (7th Cir. 2013) (Seventh Circuit’s most recent 

affirmation of cy pres awards as an appropriate settlement vehicle in cases involving relatively 

small claims). 

The Court has also invited Plaintiffs’ Counsel to opine on the significance of the data 

presented in the Heffler report. This is not a coupon settlement under CAFA, which might 

otherwise require a determination of the actual claims made and the value of the redress (i.e., the 

coupons) provided to such claimants. 28 U.S.C. §1712. The law is clear that in a non-coupon, 

claims-made settlement, the valuation of the monetary component of the settlement is, under 

Boeing Co. v. Van Gemert, 444 U.S. 472 (1980) and its progeny,1

 the amount made available to 

all class members eligible to submit a claim. (Parties’ Joint Response to Objections, pp. 2, 4-7, 

Docket No. 113). The notice to the Class was designed to reach as many households as possible, 

and the amount of claims made should not be viewed in isolation given the significant labeling 

changes required by the Parties’ settlement agreement, which directly redress the allegations 

made in Plaintiffs’ Complaint. As further set forth in previous briefing, under the applicable 

valuation approach from Boeing, the minimum total benefit of the monetary relief is “either 

 1

 That CAFA’s provisions were limited to coupon settlements means that the Boeing approach to 

valuation is still valid as to non-coupon settlements such as this. 

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$33.3 million or $20.2.” (Parties’ Joint Response to Objections p. 2, Docket No. 113). On this 

basis alone, “the attorneys’ fees and expenses requested by Class Counsel are proportional to that 

value.” (Id.) 

Moreover, the settlement provides “substantial and valuable injunctive relief....” (Parties 

Joint Response to Objections p. 10, Docket No.113). The Settlement requires a substantial 

labeling change that (1) will result in a more truthful marketplace, and (2) inevitably lead to 

more appropriate pricing. See FTC v. QT, Inc., 512 F.3d 858, 863 (7th Cir. 2008) (“One 

important reason for requiring truth is so that competition in the market will lead to appropriate 

prices.”). Thus, as more fully set forth in Plaintiffs’ recently filed Supplemental Memorandum 

in Support of Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement, Attorneys’ Fees and 

Expenses, and Incentive Awards (Docket No. 137), even without placing a precise monetary 

value on the injunctive relief, it can and should serve as the basis for final approval of the 

settlement, a substantial attorneys’ fee and expense award, and incentive awards. The Court has 

Plaintiffs’ lodestar calculation before it, and should consider a reasonable multiplier to reward 

Class Counsel for the significant result obtained for the Class. Reducing the agreed-upon fee 

(which is in proportion to the value of the settlement) will not benefit the Class. 

For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs respectfully submit that the settlement should be 

finally approved and Plaintiffs and their counsel should be rewarded for producing this result. 

Dated: December 6, 2013 By: /s/Stewart M. Weltman 

Stewart M. Weltman 

STEWART M. WELTMAN, LLC 

 53 W. Jackson, Suite 364 

Chicago, Illinois 60604 

Telephone: 312-588-5033 

(Of Counsel: Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman) 

 

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Elaine A. Ryan (ID 021870) 

Patricia N. Syverson (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

BONNETT, FAIRBOURN, FRIEDMAN & 

BALINT, P.C. 

2325 E. Camelback Rd., Suite 300 

Phoenix, Arizona 85016 

Telephone: 602-274-1100 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Nick Pearson, Francisco 

Padilla, Cecilia Linares, Augustina Blanco, and 

Abel Gonzalez 

Peter N. Freiberg (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

Jeffrey I. Carton (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

James R. Denlea (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

DENLEA & CARTON LLP 

One North Broadway, Suite 509 

White Plains, New York 10601 

Telephone: (914) 920-7400 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Richard Jennings 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on December 6, 2013, a true and correct copy of the following 

document was electronically filed and served on all counsel of record in this action who are 

deemed to have consented to electronic service via the Court’s CM/ECF system: 

SUPPLEMENTAL SUBMISSION REGARDING TOTAL PAYMENTS TO BE MADE 

TO CLASS MEMBERS

I also certify that the foregoing document is being served by U.S. Mail this day on all 

counsel of record or pro se parties identified below who are not authorized to receive 

electronically Notices of Electronic Filing. 

C. Jane Radlinski 

309 E. Church Street 

Jacksonville, FL 32202-2725 

(904) 633-2699 

Pro se Objector 

John Michael Buckley 

370 Canyon Spring Dr. 

Rio Vista, CA 94571 

(707) 374-3853 

Pro se Objector 

 

Peggy Thomas 

2109 N.W. 12th Avenue 

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311 

(954) 761-1589 

Pro se Objector 

 

Simone Thomas 

2109 N.W. 12th Avenue 

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311 

(305) 903-6935 

Pro se Objector 

 

Rhonda L. Paulson 

13383 E. Marie Creek Road 

Couer d’Alene, ID 83814 

Pro se Objector 

Donald Charles Koneval 

8314 Manorford Drive 

Parma, OH 44129-5309 

(440) 842-6232 

Pro se Objector 

 

Anthony Leardi 

1813 Renwick Street 

Bethlehem, PA 18017 

(610) 865-7821 

Pro se Objector 

 

 

Joseph Darrell Palmer 

Law Office of Darrell Palmer PC 

603 N. Highway 101, Suite A 

Solana Beach, CA 92075 

(858) 792-5600 

Attorney for Objectors Kathleen 

McNeal and Alison Paul 

 

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Melissa A. Holyoak 

Center for Class Action Fairness 

1718 M Street NW, No. 236 

Washington, DC 20036 

(573) 823-5377 

Attorney for Objector Ted Frank 

 

Jonathan E. Fortman #40319 

250 Saint Catherine Street 

Florissant, Missouri 63031 

(314) 522-2312 

Attorney for Objector Pamela 

Easton 

 

Steve A. Miller 

Steve A. Miller, PC 

1625 Larimer Street, No. 2905 

Denver, CO 80202 

(303) 892-9933 

Attorney for Objector Pamela Easton 

 

Maureen Connors (0074094OH) 

6625 Pearl Road 

Parma Heights, OH 44130 

(216) 640-9860 

Attorney for Objector Pamela 

Easton

John C. Kress (53396MO) 

The Kress Law Firm, LLC 

4247 S. Grand Blvd. 

St. Louis, MO 63111 

(314) 631-3883 

Attorney for Objector Pamela Easton 

 

By: /s/Stewart M. Weltman 

Stewart M. Weltman 

STEWART M. WELTMAN, LLC 

 53 W. Jackson, Suite 364 

Chicago, Illinois 60604 

Telephone: 312-588-5033 

(Of Counsel: Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman) 

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