US Glass - April 2008 - USGlass Magazine

Legislation&Legal
Plaintiffs Move to Consolidate
Price-Fixing Suits
The plaintiffs in a class-action
price-fixing suit have filed a
motion requesting that all
pending and later-filed anti-trust actions
relating to a conspiracy to fix
prices in the flat glass market be consolidated
in the U.S. District Court for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
The motion was filed by counsel for
Draper’s Auto Glass, Jackson Glass Co.
Inc. and Colonial Glass Solutions in
the U.S. District Court for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania in February
before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict
Litigation (see February 2008
USGlass, page 30, for related story).
The plaintiffs claim that the Pennsylvania
court is the most appropriate
forum for coordination and consolidation
of the actions as three of the
pending cases were filed there, and
the suit filed by Draper et al was the
first of all the cases filed. Likewise,
they argue that because
one of the defendants, PPG Industries
Inc., is located in
close proximity to the
court, it is a “locus of
witnesses and relevant
evidence.”
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Finally, the claimants
allege that this action
is sensible as several
of the defendants,
which include Nippon
Sheet Glass, Saint-Gobain,
Asahi Glass Co. and Guardian
Industries, have international offices,
Philadelphia is a central location with
an international airport, making it
convenient for all parties.
On February 21, the plaintiffs voluntarily
dismissed Pilkington plc from the
case, which originally was filed in early
December. ■
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