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Show LEGAL NOTICE If you purchased prescription thyroid medication: You mayhave a claim undera newclass action settlement. A new proposed nationwide settlement of class action lawsuitsrelated to the marketing of the prescription thyroid medi sodium tablets USP (“Synthroid”) has been reached in the Synthroid Marketing Litigation, pending as Case No. 97 C 6017, MDL No. 1182, in the United States District Court for the Northern District ofIllinois (the “Court”). This does not involve the safety or effectiveness of Synthroid any way. you filed a claim in the earlier id settlement, and youstill wish to be eligible to receive payment, you do not need to file a new claim now. y You may comment on, or object to, the terms of the proposed settlement by March 10, 2000. The detailed Notice describes how to submit comments or objections. The Court will hold a hearing on April 27, 2000 to The proposed settlement establishes a Settlement Fundof $87.4 million plusinterest, for consumers only. consider whether to approve the proposed settlement and attorneys’ fees in an If you are a class member amount not to exceed as described below, you How yourclaim is valued: 29% of the Settlement . will be eligible to receive Fund, and reimbursement money from the SettleBelow are examplesof estimated per claim amounts before of expenses not to exceed ment Fund if the prodeducting any Court-awarded pro rata attorneys’ fees and $2,500,000. You have the expenses. Actual per claim amounts depend on the number posed agreement is right to appear at the of actual claims and whenthose claimants began taking approvedby the Court. hearing, although you do Synthroid": not haveto. You are a Class Member Numberof Post-1994 Pre-1995 if you lived in the United Claimants Purchasers Purchasers States or Puerto Rico Howto exclude 500,000 $127 $191 and purchased Synthroid yourself from the 800,000 $79 $119 between January 1, 1990 settlement: and October 21, 1999. “Theillustrations above assumethat 75% ofall claims are made by pre-1995 purchasers. 420,000claims were filed in the earlier settlement. Synthroid tablets come in If you do not wish to many colors, have the participate in or be bound word “FLINT” stamped on one side and a number bythe proposedsettlement, you must exclude yourself indicating the dosage onthe other. as describedin the detailed notice, by March 10, 2000 or youwill be barred from prosecuting any legal action Howtofile a claim: against the defendants relating to the settled disputes. If you exclude yourself, you will NOTbe able to claim If you did not previously file a claim, you must a portion of the Settlement Fund. submit a valid claim form postmarked on or before March 10, 2000,to be eligible to receive money from For a detailed notice and claim form or for more the Settlement Fund. Tofile a claim please request a information,call toll free 1-800-853-4853 or see the detailed notice and claim form. Whenyoufile a claim website, www.synthroidclaims.com. You may also you will be asked when you began taking Synthroid write in confidence to: Synthroid Marketing Litigation, and where you purchased it. The chart above shows P.O. Box 7090, San Rafael, CA 94912-7090. PLEASE how youcan estimate the value of your valid claim. DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT. elesetose www.svoth Te Children Up for Grabs On Oct. 1, 1904, accompanied byni 40 orphansaged 2 to 6 arrived bytra in the Arizona copper-mining towns q Clifton and Morenci. They had bed sent by the New York Foundling Ho! pital for placement with Catholicfa ilies who had agreed to adopt them. Bi the families—whowere of Mexican o gin, though most were U.S. citize e ergotthem. A crowdof “Anglo” tow! folk, gazing at the children (mainly q Irish descent) as they arrived, decided] was wrongfor “Mexicans”to have ther So begins The Great Arizona 0 phan Abduction, by Linda Gordon (Ha vard University Press, $29.95), a stoi of racism,vigilantism andinjustice that retains its grim fascination after | nearly a century. | Despite the protests of the nuns and a courageous local priest, the Anglos terrorized the adopting families, threatened to lynch anyone who stood their way, and took some ofthe childrg for themselves. No wonder the Foundlit Hospital’'s chief agenttold the mob Thesordid but suspensefulstory is to againsta background that encompas: this little-remembered migration in sympathetic text and poignant photo PAGE 6 « JANUARY 9, 2000 - PARADE MAGAZ] |
