In re “Agent Orange” Product Liability Litigation, 597 F. Supp. 740 (E.D.N.Y. 1984) (granting
preliminary approval of settlement); In re Agent Orange, 611 F. Supp. 1396 (E.D.N.Y. 1985)
(detailing distribution plan) (the “Distribution Opinion”); In re Agent Orange, 818 F.2d 179 (2d Cir.
1987) (affirming Distribution Opinion in part, reversing in part, and remanding for further
consideration); and In re Agent Orange, 689 F. Supp. 1250 (E.D.N.Y. 1988) (modifying distribution
plan on remand to conform to Second Circuit’s decision).In Re HOLOCAUST VICTIM ASSETS LITIGATION (Swiss Banks)SPECIAL MASTER’S PROPOSAL, September 11, 2000 R&O-698027.1B - 2Zealand and Australian servicemen and their families who claimed injuries as a result of theveterans’ exposure to certain herbicides, including Agent Orange, during the Vietnam War. Theveterans asserted that their exposure caused them to suffer various systemic diseases, their wivesto have miscarriages, and their children to sustain birth defects. The plaintiffs’ claims werebased on a range of legal theories including strict liability, negligence, breach of warranty,intentional tort and nuisance.3Then-Chief Judge Jack Weinstein of the United States District Court for theEastern District of New York certified the plaintiff class asthose persons who were in the United States, New Zealand or Australian Armed Forces at any time from 1961 to 1972 who were injured while in or near Vietnam by exposure to Agent Orange or
other phenoxy herbicides . . . .