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A federal judge has approved a $74 million class action lawsuit settlement between Bayer Corp. and consumers who say the company conspired with other drug manufacturers to keep lower-cost generic versions of the drug Cipro off the market. Consumers who purchased Cipro in California between 1997 and 2004 can claim at least $25 cash – maybe more – from the class action settlement.
The Cipro settlement is with Bayer Corp. only; the case against the other manufacturers continues.
Plaintiffs accuse Bayer, Barr Laboratories Inc., Hoechst Marion Rousse, Inc., Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc., and The Rugby Group Inc. of violating antitrust and consumer protection laws by agreeing not to compete with each other, and by keeping lower-cost generic versions of Cipro off the market. The manufacturers deny these claims. Bayer agreed to settle its portion of the case to avoid the cost of further litigation.
No one is claiming that Cipro is unsafe or ineffective.
Who’s Eligible
Class Members of the Bayer Cipro settlement include all persons and entities that purchased the prescription antibiotic drug Cipro in California between January 8, 1997 and October 31, 2004.
The Class includes both consumers and third-party payors:
- Consumer Class Members are people that paid for some or all of the cost of Cipro in California. A Consumer Class Member purchased Cipro from a pharmacy or was administered Cipro in a hospital. These Class Members must have lived in California at any time between January 8, 1997 and October 31, 2004, and paid for some or all of the total cost of a Cipro prescription in California during that time.
- A Third-Party Payor Class Member is an entity that is a party to a contract, issuer of a policy, or sponsor of a plan, and that must pay or reimburse all or part of the cost of Cipro dispensed to its California members.
Potential Award
The amount of money you can receive from the Cipro class action settlement will be based on how many people file valid claims, but it will be at least $25.
Claim Form
Claim Form Deadline
3/31/14
UPDATE: Settlement checks were mailed the week of Feb. 12, 2015.
Case Name
Cipro Cases I & II, Case Nos. 4154 and 4220, in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Diego.
Final Hearing
11/15/13
UPDATE: A federal judge granted final approval to the Bayer Cipro settlement at the Final Fairness Hearing.
Settlement Website
Claims Administrator
Rust Consulting
PO Box 3034
Faribault, MN 55021-2633
Toll Free Hotline 1-866-404-0135
Class Counsel
Eric B. Fastiff
LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP
Dan Drachler
ZWERLING, SCHACHTER & ZWERLING, LLP
Joseph R. Saveri
JOSEPH SAVERI LAW FIRM, INC.
Ralph Kalfayan
KRAUSE, KALFAYAN, SLAVENS & BENINK, LLP
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114 thoughts onBayer Cipro Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
So Kelrok…you ever plan on getting one of your random pulled out of that hat guesses right. January and no payment, and you promised so many people on other message boards payout dates. Being a liar is a very naughty habit and gets you punished.
Still waiting on payment…What magical date are you going to pull out of your ass this time?
I was told today 02/12/15 checks was mailed out for bayer cipro on 02/11/15
FROM READING THE COMMENTS,THIS IS ONE SETTLEMENT WHERE EVERYONE THAT FILED,WAS DID SO WRONG IN PAYMENTS AMOUNT,THIS IS REALLY SAD.RUST CONSULANT IS ON HIS WAY TO PRISON,BECAUSE HE IS TOO GREADY OVER MONEY.MARK MY WORDS,YOU WILL READ ABOUT HIM.
December 31, 2014, no checks. This is outrageous, we need to contact the courts and sue RUST. They are crooks. We all waited patiently. Let’s sue the money grubbin crooks.
kelrok is lying he or she just making crap up how does he or she know when we will be getting the checks. he or she post on every site saying late December early January or mid march. oh please
Thank you Dana….exactly Kelrok is on numerous different class action pages and claiming mid March. Nothing but a lying troll.
Sure hope you are right.smh
Read page 8 sections c,d,e,f, for the information on payment in the Settlement or Final information on the Cipro site
Just hot off the phone with a rude rust employee, she states that she has no updated info on when checks will be mailed. There is no date as to when checks will be mailed. Rust is sitting on 73 million and I’m sure the attorneys will have a wonderful holiday. Call the CSR number and complain.
The way the lawyers keep dragging this out I’m going with never. There is no possible way there still verifying claims but yet none of the lawyers will give a date for distribution. Its always maybe in the next couple of months. Late December isn’t even a real answer, that will turn into maybe in January or February because of the holidays. And before you know it they will have sucked all the money away into there legal fees of doing absolutely nothing for the past year.
Today is December 2, 2014. Does anyone know when the checks will be distributed?
There has been no update to the Cipro site so I’m not sure where you would have gotten the late December date.
I agreement with that comment
The class administrator said late December. I called the 1-800 number,
cipro distribution late December 2014