UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

IN RE: DIET DRUGS *

(PHENTERMINE, FENFLURAMINE, *

DEXFENFLURAMINE) PRODUCTS * MDL DOCKET NO. 1203

LIABILITY LITIGATION *

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THIS DOCUMENT APPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING CLAIMS:

1. MARILYN MELDER * MDL NO.: 02-20142 

2. ANN FRANZ * MDL NO.: 02-20130 

3. PEGGY MARTINEZ * MDL NO.: 02-20220

4. BRENDA BRICE * MDL NO.: 02-20144

5. CYNTHIA ACOSTA * MDL NO.: 02-20143

6. GWENDOLYN HART * MDL NO.: 02-20141

7. CAROL CREIGHTON * MDL NO.: 02-20137

8. ROSALIE BERGERON * MDL NO.: 02-20136

9. CATHY CHERAMIE * MDL NO.: 02-20131

10. VIRGIN L. CONZANERE * MDL NO.: 02-20186

11. DOLORES LAWSON * MDL NO.: 02-20242

12. SHELITA D. HUNT * MDL NO.: 02-20240

13. ROSELYN DAIGLE * MDL NO.: 03-20130

14. ROSE HITCHEN * MDL NO.: 03-20129

15. BOBBIE WILLIAMS * MDL NO.: 03-20095

16. GRACE KING * MDL NO.: 03-20132

17. KATHERINE HEGEMAN * MDL NO.: 03-20151

18. AMELIA MEYERS * MDL NO.: 04-23150

19. LAURA LUNEAU * MDL NO.: 04-1178

20. AUDREY LOGOS * MDL NO.: 04-27238 

21. LISA M. THIEL * MDL NO.: 05-22145 

22. KENNETH WELLS * MDL NO.: 05-22101

23. CYNTHIA ROSENTHAL TUCKER * MDL NO.: 05-22244

24. SANDRA DAGONS * MDL NO.: 05-22247

25. REGINA RANKIN * MDL NO.: 05-22153

26. MAXINE VANKANEGON * MDL NO.: 05-22259

27. CARRIE VARNADO * MDL NO.: 05-22205

28. RONALD BREAUX * MDL NO.: 03-20136

29. SHELIA JETER * MDL NO.: 05-22083

30. PAULA ARMSTRONG * MDL NO.: 03-20138

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31. MILLIE AREAUX * MDL NO.: 02-20239

32. FLORA AUGUST * MDL NO.: 05-22282

33. DOLORES BENQUIST * MDL NO.: 02-20244

MOTION AND ORDER TO SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL OF RECORD

NOW INTO COURT, through undersigned counsel, comes defendant, SmithKline Beecham

Corporation, upon representing to the Court that SmithKline Beecham Corporation desires to

substitute J. Marie Rudd and William B. Hidalgo with the law firm of Hidalgo & Associates,

P.L.L.P., 516 W. 21 Avenue, Covington, LA 70433, in place of Charles M. Steen with the law firm st

of Steen & Williamson, L.L.C., as counsel of record for SmithKline Beecham. 

WHEREFORE, SmithKline Beecham respectfully prays that the Court enter the attached

Order substituting J. Marie Rudd and William B. Hidalgo with the law firm of Hidalgo &

Associates, P.L.L.P., 516 W. 21 Avenue, Covington, LA 70433, in place of Charles M. Steen with st

the law firm of Steen & Williamson, L.L.C., as counsel of record for SmithKline Beecham. 

ORDER

CONSIDERING THE FOREGOING Motion to Substitute Counsel; 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that J. Marie Rudd and William B. Hidalgo with the law firm

of Hidalgo & Associates, P.L.L.P., be, and are hereby, substituted as counsel of record for

SmithKline Beecham, and Charles M. Steen with the law firm of Steen & Williamson, L.L.C. is

deleted as counsel of record for SmithKline Beecham,

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this ____ day of ______________, 2006.

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J U D G E

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Respectfully Submitted,

HIDALGO & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.P.

 s/ J. Marie Rudd 

J. MARIE RUDD (#22534)

WILLIAM B. HIDALGO (#20220)

516 W. 21 Avenue st

Covington, LA 70433

Telephone: (985) 249-5195

Fax: (985) 809-5787

Attorneys for SmithKline Beecham Corporation 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that SmithKline Beecham Corporation’s Motion to Substitute Counsel was

filed electronically this 21 day of March, 2006 and is available for viewing and downloading from st

the ECF System of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

I further hereby certify that I have on this 21 day of March, 2006, served a copy of the st

foregoing Motion and Order to Substitute Counsel of Record, by mailing the same by United States

mail, properly addressed, and first class postage prepaid to the following:

Kathleen A. Manning

Deborah Van Meter

Margaret Wollverton Triebes

643 Magazine Street

New Orleans, LA 70130

Doug Moore

Irwin, Fritchie, Urquhart & Moore, L.L.C.

400 Poydras Street

Suite 2700

New Orleans, LA 70130

Stanton E. Shuler, Jr.

1100 Poydras Street.

Suite 1700

New Orleans, LA 70163

Ann Koppel

Adams & Reese 

701 Poydras Street

Suite 4500 One Shell Square

New Orleans, LA 70139

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Terry Christovich Gay

Christovich & Kearney, LLP

Suite 2300 Pan American Life Center

601 Poydras Street

New Orleans, LA 70130-6078

W. Luther Wilson, Esq.

Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, L.L.P.

Post Office Box 2471

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821

Vance A. Gibbs

Kean Miller, et al

P.O. Box 3513

Baton Rouge, LA 70821

Darleen Jacobs

823 St. Louis Street

New Orleans, LA 70112

Robert G. Harvey, Sr.

Harvey, Jacobson & Gilago

2609 Canal Street, 5 Floor th

New Orleans, LA 70119

Susan Ernest

O’Quinn, Laminack & Pirtle, L.L.P.

2752 Canal Street

New Orleans, LA 70119 

Joe Bruno

Bruno & Bruno

825 Baronne Street

New Orleans, LA 70113

s/ J. Marie Rudd

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