Free Stipulation to EXTEND Time - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:06-cv-00083-GMS

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS LOCAL 22 HEALTH & WELFARE FUND; AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES DISTRICT COUNCIL 47 HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND; and UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION LOCAL 1776 AND PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP, ASTRAZENECA LP, ASTRAZENECA AB, and AKTIEBOLAGET HASSLE, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

C.A. No. 06-83 (GMS)

STIPULATION AND ORDER IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, subject to the approval of the Court, that the time for each of the defendants AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, AstraZeneca LP, AstraZeneca AB, and Aktiebolaget Hassle to answer, move, or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this action shall be extended through and including April 13, 2006. This extension is required because the parties have today filed a proposed Case Management Order covering this action and other related actions filed by end payors. The Case Management Order contemplates that these end-payor actions will be consolidated and that the plaintiffs will file a Consolidated Amended Complaint. If the Case Management Order is approved by the Court, the defendants would be not be required to answer, move or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this action, but instead would respond solely to the Consolidated Amended Complaint.

Case 1:06-cv-00083-GMS

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MORRIS AND MORRIS LLC

MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP /s/ Leslie A. Polizoti Jack B. Blumenfeld (#1014) Karen Jacobs Louden (#2881) Leslie A. Polizoti (#4299) [email protected] 1201 N. Market Street P.O. Box 1347 Wilmington, Delaware 19899 (302) 658-9200 Attorneys for Defendants

/s Karen L. Morris Karen L. Morris Patrick F. Morris 4001 Kennett Pike, Ste. 300 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 (302) 426-0400 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

SO ORDERED this ________ day of __________, 2006.

_______________________________ Judge Gregory M. Sleet
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on February 24, 2006 I electronically filed the foregoing document with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF, which will send notification of such filing to Patrick Francis Morris. I further certify that I caused copies of the foregoing be served on the following counsel, by hand: Pamela S. Tikellis Robert R. Davis CHIMICLES & TIKELLIS LLP One Rodney Square Wilmington DE 19801 Patrick F. Morris MORRIS & MORRIS LLC 4001 Kennett Pike, Suite 300 Greenville DE 19807 J. Clayton Athey PRICKETT JONES & ELLIOTT, P.A. 1310 King Street Wilmington DE 19081

Ralph N. Sianni MILBERG WEISS BERSHAD SCHULMAN LLP 919 North Market Street, Suite 980 Wilmington DE 19801

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/s/ Leslie A. Polizoti (#4299) MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP 1201 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 658-9200 [email protected]

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