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May 30, 2008 - UPDATE: COURT GRANTS PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT OF CONTAMINATED PET FOOD CLASS ACTION CASES.

On May 30, 2008, Judge Noel L. Hillman of the United States District Court for the District Court for the District of New Jersey granted preliminary approval of a class-wide settlement of claims relating to contaminated pet food.

The Court appointed the firm of Heffler, Radetich & Saitta LLP to be the Claims Administrator for the class wide settlement. The terms of the Settlement are contained in the Notice, which is available at the following website: http://www.petfoodsettlement.com

The Claims Administrator has set up a website that contains information regarding the claims procedures, including, the Notice to Class Members, the Claim Form, the preliminary settlement agreement and the Court's order granting preliminary approval of the settlement. The website also contains an extensive FAQ section. Please visit http://www.petfoodsettlement.com

If you wish to participate in the class wide settlement, you must submit your claim by November 24, 2008. The claim form is available at http://www.petfoodsettlement.com

Anyone who wishes to opt out of the class wide settlement is required to provide the Claims Administrator with written notice to be received by the Claims Administrator by August 15, 2008. For information about "opting out" please visit http://www.petfoodsettlement.com

Further, anyone who wishes to object to the proposed settlement must file an objection with the court by September 12, 2008 and serve copies of the objection on the appropriate parties. The procedure for filing objections is set forth in the Court's May 30, 2008 order and is contained at www.petfoodsettlement.com

The Court will conduct a hearing regarding the fairness of the proposed settlement on October 14, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. The hearing will be held before Judge Hillman at the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Mitchell H. Cohen Building & U.S. Courthouse, 4th and Cooper Streets, Room 1050, Camden, New Jersey, 08101.

If you have any questions concerning the proposed settlement, please contact the Claims Administrator, Heffler, Radetich & Saitta LLP, 1515 Market Street, Suite 1700, Philadelphia, PA 19102, 1-800-392-7785 or visit the website http://www.petfoodsettlement.com

July 16, 2007 - UPDATE: PET FOOD CASES TRANSFERRED TO NEW JERSEY DISTRICT COURT

In addition to our class action lawsuit (Grady, et al v. Menu Foods et al), approximately 120 other class action lawsuits have been filed around the Country as a result of the contaminated pet food. On May 31, 2007, a Multi-District Litigation ("MDL") hearing took place in Las Vegas, Nevada to determine what form these lawsuits should take (e.g., whether they should be consolidated into one large lawsuit) and, if so, in what court they should proceed. We had asked the MDL panel of judges to consolidate all of these related lawsuits into a single action in federal court in Los Angeles, California.

On June 19, 2007, the MDL panel issued its order transferring our case and all related pet food cases to the U.S. District Court in New Jersey. Although we would have preferred that these actions be consolidated in California, the MDL panel of judges decided to transfer the case to New Jersey federal court for pre-trial proceedings. Nonetheless, our law firm will continue to prosecute this action on behalf of all persons whose pets either died or became ill from ingesting contaminated pet food.

In a related development, the federal district court Judge in New Jersey (to whom all cases have been assigned) ordered Menu Foods to stop the contacting the plaintiffs and class members directly. For more information about this development, go to Law.com (http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1180688733567) which has an in-depth article about the Judge's ruling.

March 27, 2007, Los Angeles, California - Helmer Friedman LLP filed a class action lawsuit against Menu Foods, Nutro Products, Inc., and PETCO - the manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of the pet food linked to the deaths and severe kidney problems of numerous cats and dogs.

For up-to-date information about this lawsuit, please visit one of our two websites devoted specifically to this case --

This is an Attorney Solicitation from Gregory D. Helmer and Andrew H. Friedman of Helmer Friedman, LLP. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.