John Doe v. Abbott Labortories

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOHN DOE 1 and JOHN DOE 2, on  behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, No. 08-17699 Defendant-Appellant. D.C. Nos.  4:04-cv-01511-CW; 4:04-cv-4203-CW SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL (consolidated)

UNION HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND,

on behalf of themselves and all OPINION other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v.

ABBOTT LABORATORIES,

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Claudia Wilken, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 13, 2009—San Francisco, California

Filed July 7, 2009

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Stephen Reinhardt and Pamela Ann Rymer, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Rymer COUNSEL

James F. Hurst, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, Illinois, (argued); Jeffrey I. Weinberger, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellant.

Richard R. Wiebe, Law Office of Richard R. Wiebe, San Francisco, California,…