On September 08, 2020 a
Clerk Notice
was filed
involving a dispute between
Acevedo, Steven,
Allison Kerns,
Alyce Bull,
Artemeise Jackson,
Ashford, William,
August, Michael,
Barbara O'Grady,
Bemis, Sebastian,
Blair, Leonard,
Booth, Shirley,
Bo Peterson,
Boyd, James,
Bremenour, Dale,
Brett Lazerus,
Brett Martin,
Brian Gawley,
Bruce Macdougall,
Bryant, Mildred,
Bull, Alyce,
Cabral, Richard,
Carmina Lavalle,
Charles Crane,
Crane, Charles,
Dale Bremenour,
Danny Marlenee,
David Mccarroll,
David Roberts,
Denise Hernandez,
Donner-Leak, Herma,
Earl Quarteman, Jr.,
Edna Youngwirth,
Eric Mckelvey,
Fife, Rebecca,
Floyd Patterson,
Frederick Glass,
Frederick Perry,
Gawley, Brian,
Glass, Frederick,
Harrod, Jacqueline,
Herma Donner-Leak,
Hernandez, Denise,
Hollabaugh, Robert,
Ingram, Robert,
Irene Steckler,
Jackson, Artemeise,
Jacqueline Harrod,
James Boyd,
James Parks,
Joan Jones,
Johnson, Robert,
Jones, Joan,
Jones, Natlie,
Juanita Papanicolas,
Judy Vincent,
Karen Thomas,
Katrina Winn,
Kerns, Allison,
Laurie Scott,
Lavalle, Carmina,
Lazerus, Brett,
Lengele, Rodney,
Leonard Blair,
Lilly, Michael,
Louis Makell,
Macdougall, Bruce,
Makell, Louis,
Maldonaldo, Mary,
Marlenee, Danny,
Martha Rios,
Martin, Brett,
Mary Maldonaldo,
Mary Price,
Marzett, Robin,
Mccarroll, David,
Mckelvey, Eric,
Michael August,
Michael Lilly,
Mildred Bryant,
Natlie Jones,
O'Grady, Barbara,
Papanicolas, Juanita,
Parks, James,
Patterson, Floyd,
Perry, Frederick,
Peterson, Bo,
Peuse, Wendy,
Phyllis Smith,
Price, Mary,
Quarteman, Earl Jr.,
Rebecca Fife,
Richard Cabral,
Rios, Martha,
Robert Hollabaugh,
Robert Ingram,
Robert Johnson,
Roberts, David,
Robin Marzett,
Rodney Lengele,
Scott, Laurie,
Seabaugh, Timothy,
Sebastian Bemis,
Sharron Shorter,
Shirley Booth,
Shorter, Sharron,
Smith, Phyllis,
Steckler, Irene,
Steven Acevedo,
Swanson, William,
Thomas, Karen,
Tifeney Williams,
Timothy Seabaugh,
Vincent, Judy,
Wendy Peuse,
William Ashford,
Williams, Tifeney,
William Swanson,
Winn, Katrina,
Youngwirth, Edna,
and
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
Boehringer Ingelheim Usa Corporation,
Glaxosmithkline Llc,
Grocery Outlet,
Kaiser Permanente International,
Pfizer Inc.,
Safeway Health, Inc.,
Safeway, Inc.,
Sanofi-Aventis U.S. Llc,
Sanofi Us Services Inc.,
The Vons Companies, Inc.,
for Unlimited Civil
in the District Court of Alameda County.
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COORDINATION PROCEEDING SPECIAL | CASENO. RG20073373
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NOTICE REGARDING ORDER
16 IN RE RANITIDINE CASES, ASSIGNING COORDINATION TRIAL
JCCP NO. 5150 JUDGE WINIFRED Y.'SMITH;
17 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
18 THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:
19 Andalis, et al.v. Safeway, Inc., etal., Alameda Location: Superior Court ofCalifornia
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County Superior Court, Case No. RG20073766 1225 Pall on Street
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21 Bonvino, et al.v. Safeway, Inc.,et al.,Alameda | Judge: Hon. Winifred Y. Smith
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Bryant, et al.v. Safeway, Inc., etal., Alameda
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County Superior Court, Case No. RG20073622
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Chung, et al.v. Safeway, Inc., et al.,Alameda
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NOTICE REGARDING ORDER ASSIGNING COORDINATION TRIAL JUDGE WINIFRED Y. SMITH
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Plaintiffs and Petitioners hereby lodge acopy of the Order Assigning Coordination Tnal Judge
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assigning the Honorable Judge Winifred Y. Smith of the Superior Court of California, County of
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Alameda as the Coordination Trial Judge. A true,and correct copy of the April 27, 2021 Order is
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ALAMEDA COUNTY
APR 27 2021
CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
BY Ceca Lief oe eputy
‘SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA |
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA
[N RE RANITIDINE CASES | No. JCCP 5150
ORDER ASSIGNING COORDINATION
TRIAL JUDGE
ORDER ASSIGNING COORDINATION TRIAL JUDGE
On 1/5/21, the Chair of the Judicial Council issued an OrderAssigning Coordination
Motion Judge, authorizing the presiding Judge in Alameda County to appoint aCoordination
16 Motion Judge. (CCP 404; CRC 3.524.)
17 On 1/12/21, the court assigned. Winifred Y. Smith as the coordination motion judge.
18 On 3/3/21, the court granted the petition to coordinate.
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On 4/16/21, the Chair of the Judicial Council issued an Order Assigning Coordination
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Trial Judge, authorizing the presiding Judge in Alameda County to‘appoint a Coordination Trial
Judge. This court must now assign a coordination trial
judge. (CCP 404.3; CRC 3.540.)
The presiding Judge inAlameda County through General Directive 2021-02 designated
Judge-Brad Seligman as Supervising Judge of Complex and delegated to the Supervising Judge
of Complex the case assignment duties setforth in CRC 10.603(b)(1)(B) and 10.603(c)(1(D),
which include. the case assignment duties set forth in CCP 404.3 and CRC 3.540(a).
CASES IDENTIFIED IN PETITION FOR COORDINATION
The identified superior court casés in the Judicial Council-order are:
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Alameda |RG20073240 Sanchez.v. Safeway
Alameda RG20073262 Saldivarv. Safeway
Alameda RG20073289 Chung v. Safeway
Alameda RG20073314 | Henderson v. Safeway
Alameda RG20073321 Bonvino v: Safeway:
Alameda RG20073373 Ingram v,Safeway:
Alameda RG20073389 Lee v. Safeway
Alameda 1RG20073452 Eggersv: Safeway
Alameda RG20073455 Merz v. Safeway’
Alameda RG20073564 ‘Manown v. Safeway
Alaméda | RG20073574 Lupo v. Safeway
Alameda ‘RG20073622 Bryaitt v. Safeway —
Alameda RG20073641 Kinney v.Safeway
“Alameda RG20073715 | Garcia v. Safeway
16 Alameda. RG20073727 Pruitt v. Safeway
WV Alameda RG20073735 Duckworth.v..Safeway
Alameda. RG20073759 Thomas v.Safeway
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Alameda RG20073766 Andalis v. Safeway
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ITIS ORDERED that Judge Winifred Y. Smith, Department 21, is assigned as
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Coordination Trial Judge. (CCP 404.3; CRC 3.540.) Immediately upon this assignment, the
coordination trialjudge may manage thecoordinated cases as permitted by CRC 540(b) and
CRC 3.541.
The Court directs counsel for petitioner (1) tofile a copy of this order in each of the case
identified above, (2) to’serve a copy of thisorder on allparties in each of the identified cases by
personal delivery, fax or next day mail upon receipt ofthis order, and (3)to serve a copy on the
Chair ofthe Judicial Council through Appellate Court Services (CivilCase Coordination), 455
Golden Gate Ave., 5" Floor, San Francisco, CA 94102-3688. (CRC 3.510 & 3.511.)
Pursuant to CRC 3.540, the clerk.of each court in which a coordinated. case ispendingis
directed to file thisorder inthe coordinated case. Pursuant to CRC 3.540(c), every paper filed in
a coordinated case must be accompanied by proof of submission of a copy thereof to the
coordination trialjudge at the following address:
The Honorable Winifred Y. Smith
Alameda County Superior Court
Department 21
1221 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94612
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ITISSO ORDERED.
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Dated: April’2021 ° L/.
Brad'Seligman
Judge. of the Superior Court
Supervising Judge ofComplex -
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY. OF ALAMEDA
Case Number: JCCP 5150
Case Name: In Re Ranitidine Cases
RE: ORDER ASSIGNING COORDINATION TRIAL JUDGE
CLERK’S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certifythat | am not a party tothis cause and,that atrue and correct copy of theforegoing
document was mailed firstclass,postage prepaid, ina sealed envelope, and that the mailing of the
foregoing and execution of thiscertificateoccurred at1225 Fallon Street,Oakland, California.
Executed: 04/28/2021
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JenniferA. Moore, Esq.
MOORE LAW GROUP, PLLC
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BAUM; HEDLUND, ARISTEI &
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Sophia B. Castillo, Esq.
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DOWNEY BRAND LLP
455 Market Street, Suite 1500 San Francisco,
CA 94105 Attorney for Defendant Grocery Outlet Inc.
Telephone: (415) 848-4814
Facsimile: (415) 848-4801
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Jessica B. Rydstrom (SBN 256600)
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WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP
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ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER
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13 Michael B. Shortnacy (SBN 277035)
KING & SPALDING LLP
14 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1600 Attorneys for Boehringer Ingelheim
Los Angeles, CA 90071 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Boehringer
15 Telephone: (213) 443-4355 Ingelheim USA Corporation
Facsimile: (213) 443-4310
16 mshortnacy@kslaw.com
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18 Mark S. Cheffo (pro hac vice forthcoming)
19 DECHERT LLP
1095 Avenue of the Americas
20 New York, NY 10036 Attorneys for GlaxoSmithKline LLC
Telephone: (212) 698-3500
21 Facsimile: (212) 698-3599
Email: mark.cheffo@dechert.com
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Jonathan Tam (SBN 304143)
24 DECHERT LLP
One Bush Street, Suite 1600
25 San Francisco, CA 94104-4446 Attorneys for GlaxoSmithKline LLC
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Facsimile: (415) 262-4555
27 Email: jonathan.tam@dechert.com
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Safeway, Inc., et al.,Alameda WY N County Superior Court, Case No. RG20073759 F&F WN UN WN DN VP YD wp Co po 2 NOTICE REGARDING ORDER ASSIGNING COORDINATION TRIAL JUDGE WINIFRED Y. SMITH TO THE CLERK OF COURT, DEFENDANTS AND ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: = Pursuant toCode of Civil Procedure §§ 404 and 3.524 of the California Rules of Court, YN Plaintiffs and Petitioners hereby lodge acopy of the Order Assigning Coordination Tnal Judge WD assigning the Honorable Judge Winifred Y. Smith of the Superior Court of California, County of FF Alameda as the Coordination Trial Judge. A true,and correct copy of the April 27, 2021 Order is DW attached as Exhibit A. DH SN Dated: April 29, 2021 BAUM HEDLUND ARISTEI & GOLDMAN, P.C. Oo Oo OC ele R. Brent Wisner (SBN 276023) KF rbwisner@baumhedlundlaw.com BAUM, HEDLUND, ARISTEI & GOLDMAN, P.C. NY 10940 Wilshire Blvd., 17th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90024 WD Re Tel: (310) 207-3233 F&F Fax: (310) 820-7444 A Jennifer A. Moore (SBN 206779) DBD jennifer@moorelaweroup.com MOORE LAW GROUP, PLLC A 1473 South 4th Street Louisville, KY 40208 FB Tel: (502) 717-4080 Fax: (502) 717-4086 FD OO Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Petitioners §—|—§ DN NY N NHN WH F&F NO NO A DH HNO tN NO oO wo 3 NOTICE REGARDING ORDER ASSIGNING COORDINATION TRIAL JUDGE WINIFRED Y. SMITH EXHIBIT A ALAMEDA COUNTY APR 27 2021 CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT BY Ceca Lief oe eputy ‘SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA | IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA [N RE RANITIDINE CASES | No. JCCP 5150 ORDER ASSIGNING COORDINATION TRIAL JUDGE ORDER ASSIGNING COORDINATION TRIAL JUDGE On 1/5/21, the Chair of the Judicial Council issued an OrderAssigning Coordination Motion Judge, authorizing the presiding Judge in Alameda County to appoint aCoordination 16 Motion Judge. (CCP 404; CRC 3.524.) 17 On 1/12/21, the court assigned. Winifred Y. Smith as the coordination motion judge. 18 On 3/3/21, the court granted the petition to coordinate. 19 On 4/16/21, the Chair of the Judicial Council issued an Order Assigning Coordination 20 Trial Judge, authorizing the presiding Judge in Alameda County to‘appoint a Coordination Trial Judge. This court must now assign a coordination trial judge. (CCP 404.3; CRC 3.540.) The presiding Judge inAlameda County through General Directive 2021-02 designated Judge-Brad Seligman as Supervising Judge of Complex and delegated to the Supervising Judge of Complex the case assignment duties setforth in CRC 10.603(b)(1)(B) and 10.603(c)(1(D), which include. the case assignment duties set forth in CCP 404.3 and CRC 3.540(a). CASES IDENTIFIED IN PETITION FOR COORDINATION The identified superior court casés in the Judicial Council-order are: ww [COURT "NUMBER SHORTTITLE Alameda |RG20073240 Sanchez.v. Safeway Alameda RG20073262 Saldivarv. Safeway Alameda RG20073289 Chung v. Safeway Alameda RG20073314 | Henderson v. Safeway Alameda RG20073321 Bonvino v: Safeway: Alameda RG20073373 Ingram v,Safeway: Alameda RG20073389 Lee v. Safeway Alameda 1RG20073452 Eggersv: Safeway Alameda RG20073455 Merz v. Safeway’ Alameda RG20073564 ‘Manown v. Safeway Alaméda | RG20073574 Lupo v. Safeway Alameda ‘RG20073622 Bryaitt v. Safeway — Alameda RG20073641 Kinney v.Safeway “Alameda RG20073715 | Garcia v. Safeway 16 Alameda. RG20073727 Pruitt v. Safeway WV Alameda RG20073735 Duckworth.v..Safeway Alameda. RG20073759 Thomas v.Safeway 18 Alameda RG20073766 Andalis v. Safeway 19 Lake CV 421204 Rasmussen v. Safeway 20 San Fraticisco CGC-20-586605 Cook v.Safeway 22 Ml 23 Mt 24 Mf 25 Mil nN ORDER ITIS ORDERED that Judge Winifred Y. Smith, Department 21, is assigned as bw Coordination Trial Judge. (CCP 404.3; CRC 3.540.) Immediately upon this assignment, the coordination trialjudge may manage thecoordinated cases as permitted by CRC 540(b) and CRC 3.541. The Court directs counsel for petitioner (1) tofile a copy of this order in each of the case identified above, (2) to’serve a copy of thisorder on allparties in each of the identified cases by personal delivery, fax or next day mail upon receipt ofthis order, and (3)to serve a copy on the Chair ofthe Judicial Council through Appellate Court Services (CivilCase Coordination), 455 Golden Gate Ave., 5" Floor, San Francisco, CA 94102-3688. (CRC 3.510 & 3.511.) Pursuant to CRC 3.540, the clerk.of each court in which a coordinated. case ispendingis directed to file thisorder inthe coordinated case. Pursuant to CRC 3.540(c), every paper filed in a coordinated case must be accompanied by proof of submission of a copy thereof to the coordination trialjudge at the following address: The Honorable Winifred Y. Smith Alameda County Superior Court Department 21 1221 Oak Street Oakland, CA 94612 20 ITISSO ORDERED. 21 22 Dated: April’2021 ° L/. Brad'Seligman Judge. of the Superior Court Supervising Judge ofComplex - SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY. OF ALAMEDA Case Number: JCCP 5150 Case Name: In Re Ranitidine Cases RE: ORDER ASSIGNING COORDINATION TRIAL JUDGE CLERK’S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certifythat | am not a party tothis cause and,that atrue and correct copy of theforegoing document was mailed firstclass,postage prepaid, ina sealed envelope, and that the mailing of the foregoing and execution of thiscertificateoccurred at1225 Fallon Street,Oakland, California. Executed: 04/28/2021 hulle Coutenede Courtroom Clerk,Dept. 23 JenniferA. Moore, Esq. MOORE LAW GROUP, PLLC 1473 South 4" Street: Attorneysfor Plaintiffs and Pétitioners Louisville,KY 40208 Jennifer@moorelaweroup.com | R. BrettWisner, Esq. BAUM; HEDLUND, ARISTEI & GOLDMAN, P.C. Attorneysfor Plaintiffs and Petitioners 10940 Wilshire Boulevard, 17" Floor Los Angeles, CA 90024 rbwisner@baumhedlundlaw.com Chair,JudicialCouricilof California Attn:Appellate CourtServices JudicialCouncil of California (CivilCase Coordination) ‘ 455 Golden Gate Avenue, 5th Floor San Francisco,CA.94102-3688 Ce: (Sent viaInteroffice Mail) B 1335 jakand;€ hw + ean e exgneener ees PROOF OF SERVICE NYO STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. Ww I am a resident and employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, over the age of 18 and not a party tothe within action or proceedings; my business address is 10940 Wilshire Blvd., F&F 17" Floor, Los Angeles, California 90024. Wn On April 29, 2021, I served the following document(s): Qn NOTICE REGARDING ORDER ASSIGNING COORDINATION TRIAL JUDGE WINIFRED Y. SMITH; CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE feo on the interested parties in this action by placing a true copy thereof enclosed in sealed Oo envelopes addressed as follows: ee O&O SEE SERVICE LIST ee KS [X] BY MAIL: I am “readily familiar” with the firm’s practice of collection and processing YP correspondence for mailing. Under that practice it would be deposited with the U.S. postal service on that same day with postage thereon fully prepaid atLos Angeles, California in the WD Dw ordinary course of business. I am aware that on motion of the party served, service is FP presumed invalid if postal cancellation date or postage meter date ismore than one day after date of deposit for mailing an affidavit. (Chair, Judicial Council of California only) DAH [X] BY ELECTRONIC SERVICE: I caused such document(s) to be served on the above referenced individual(s) by email transmission. The address of the sending computer and the HN address(es) of the receiving computers are listed as: Oo a. Sending: vadlivankina@baumhedlundlaw.com OO b. Receiving: see service listabove CF I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is true and correct. —§— DN NY Executed on April 22, 2021 atLos Angeles, California. DN WY KN Valen PP NN Valer{ya Adlivankina AW KN BN PO NO oN NO 4 NOTICE REGARDING ORDER ASSIGNING COORDINATION TRIAL JUDGE WINIFRED Y. SMITH SERVICE LIST NO Sarah E. Johnston, Esq. WD BARNES & THORNBURG LLP 2029 Century Park East, Suite 300 Los Attorney forDefendants Safeway, Inc.; BP Angeles, CA 90067 Safeway Health, Inc.; and The Vons Telephone: (310) 284-3798 AW Companies, Inc. Facsimile: (310) 284-3894 BDH Sarah. Johnston@btlaw.com HN Robert J. Guite, Esq. fo SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP Oo Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor San Attorney forDefendant Kaiser Permanente Francisco, CA 94111 International CUO Telephone: (415) 774-3176 Facsimile: (415) 403-6014 RGuite@sheppardmullin.com Sophia B. Castillo, Esq. PUL DOWNEY BRAND LLP 455 Market Street, Suite 1500 San Francisco, CA 94105 Attorney for Defendant Grocery Outlet Inc. Telephone: (415) 848-4814 Facsimile: (415) 848-4801 DNC scastillo@downeybrand.com Jessica B. Rydstrom (SBN 256600) MOOS WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP 725 12th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 Attorneys for Pfizer Inc. OO Telephone: (202) 434-5000 Facsimile: (202) 434-5029 jrydstrom@we.com KH NO Anand Agneshwar (pro hac vice forthcoming) anand.agneshwar@arnoldporter.com WD ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER Attorneys for Sanofi US Services Inc. and Se LLP 250 West 55th Street Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC New York, NY 10019 A Telephone: (212) 836-8000 NN Facsimile: (212) 836-8689 NT ao NOTICE REGARDING ORDER ASSIGNING COORDINATION TRIAL JUDGE WINIFRED Y. SMITH Alex Beroukhim (SBN 220722) alex.beroukhim@armoldporter.com N ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP Attorneys for Sanofi US Services Inc. and W 777 South Figueroa Street, 44th Floor Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC FF Los Angeles, CA 90017-5844 Telephone: (213) 243-4000 WNW Facsimile: (213) 243-4199 DD IN Andrew T. Bayman (pro hac vice forthcoming) Oo KING & SPALDING LLP Attorneys for Boehringer Ingelheim 1180 Peachtree Street, Suite 1600 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Boehringer Oo Atlanta, GA 30309 Ingelheim USA Corporation 10 Telephone: (404) 572-4600 Facsimile: (404) 572-5100 11 abayman@kslaw.com 12 13 Michael B. Shortnacy (SBN 277035) KING & SPALDING LLP 14 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1600 Attorneys for Boehringer Ingelheim Los Angeles, CA 90071 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Boehringer 15 Telephone: (213) 443-4355 Ingelheim USA Corporation Facsimile: (213) 443-4310 16 mshortnacy@kslaw.com 17 18 Mark S. Cheffo (pro hac vice forthcoming) 19 DECHERT LLP 1095 Avenue of the Americas 20 New York, NY 10036 Attorneys for GlaxoSmithKline LLC Telephone: (212) 698-3500 21 Facsimile: (212) 698-3599 Email: mark.cheffo@dechert.com 22 23 Jonathan Tam (SBN 304143) 24 DECHERT LLP One Bush Street, Suite 1600 25 San Francisco, CA 94104-4446 Attorneys for GlaxoSmithKline LLC 26 Telephone: (415) 262-4500 Facsimile: (415) 262-4555 27 Email: jonathan.tam@dechert.com 28 6 NOTICE REGARDING ORDER ASSIGNING COORDINATION TRIAL JUDGE WINIFRED Y. SMITH Bernadine M. Adams, Administrative Coordinator NH Judicial Council of California 455 Golden Gate Avenue WD San Francisco, CA 94102-3688 Bernadine.Adams@jud.ca.gov FP WOW Honorable Judge Winifred Y. Smith . Clerk of the Court in: Superior Court of California WBN Andalis, et al. v.Safeway, Inc., etal., County of Alameda Case No. RG20073766 Department 21 YN Bonvino, et al.v. Safeway, Inc.,et al., 1225 Fallon Street Case No. RG20073321 Oakland, CA 94612 co Bryant, et al. v.Safeway, Inc., etal., Case No. RG20073622 Oo Chung, et al.v. Safeway, Inc., etal., Case No. RG20073289 OS ESESlll el Duckworth, et al.v. Safeway, Inc., et al.,Case No. RG20073735 SK Eggers, et al. v.Safeway, Inc., et al., HY Case No. RG20073452 Garcia, et al. v.Safeway, Inc., etal., ESE W Case No. RG20073715 Henderson, etal. v. Safeway, Inc., et FF RF al.,Case No. RG20073314 Ingram, etal. v. Safeway, Inc., et al., DAH OR Case No. RG20073373 Kinney, et al. v.Safeway, Inc., et al., Case No. RG20073641 HN Lee, etal. v.Safeway, Inc., et al.,Case No. RG20073389 DH Lupo, et al. v.Safeway, Inc., etal., DR Oo Case No. RG20073574 Manown, et al. v.Safeway, Inc., etal., FD Case No. RG20073564 Merz, et al. v.Safeway, Inc., etal., NO —§ Case No. RG20073455 Pruitt, et al.v. Safeway, Inc., etal., NY DN Case No. RG20073727 WY Saldivar, et al.v. Safeway, Inc., etal., NO Case No. RG20073262 PF NO Sanchez, etal. v. Safeway, Inc., et al., Case No. RG20073240 A NY Thomas, et al. v.Safeway, Inc., et al., Case No. RG20073759 NO NN whNo ao NO 7 NOTICE REGARDING ORDER ASSIGNING COORDINATION TRIAL JUDGE WINIFRED Y. SMITH