Companies named in class action complaints in '04

A list of companies and individuals named in this year's Madison County Circuit Court class action filings, which dropped from 106 in 2003 to 74 in 2004, is as follows:

AIM Advisors
Allied Property and Casulty
Allstate
Amco Insurance Company
America Online
American Century Investment Management
American Home Assurance
American States Insurance Company
Apex Oil
Argosy Gaming Co (two times)
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.
AT&T Wireless
Atlantic Richfield
Bassett Furniture
Bayer AG
Beelman River Terminals
BP Products
Bristol Myers Squibb
CCN Managed Care
Charming Shoppers
Citigroup Global Market
Columbia Wanger Asset Management
Corvell Corporation
DaimlerChrysler
Diane M. Felty
Discover Financial
Dow Agrosciences
Drexel Chemical
E I Dupont De Nemours
Edward Brennan (two times)
Edwards Medical Supply
Enterprise Rent-a-car
Equitable Life Assurance Society
F. Lance Callis (two times)
Federated Mutual Insurance
First Banks
First Health Group
Ford Motor Company (two times)
Franklin/Templeton Distributors LLC
Gateway Reigonal Medical Center
General Nutrition Company
George Bristol (two times)
Growmark Inc. (six times)
Hewlett Packard
Jack In the Box Inc
James Perry (two times)
Janus Capital
Jimmy Gallagher (two times)
John Pratt Sr. (two times)
K-Mart
Lauher Forrest
Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Makhteshim Agan of North America
Maryland Casulty
Merck & Co. (three times)
Merrill Lynch (two times)
Michael Scott (two times)
Monsanto
Nationwide Life Insurance
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Netco Inc.
Novastar
Ohio Casulty
Old Republic Union Insurance
Option One Mortgage
Pacific Life Insurance
Pekin Insurance Company (two times)
Pfizer (five times)
Philips Electronics
Pioneer Hi Bred International
Premcor Refining Group
Putnam Investment Management
Richard Glasier (two times)
Samsung Telecommunications
SBC Ameritech
SBC Communications
Seagate
Sears Roebuck
Shell Oil
Sinclair Oil
Sipcam Agro
SmithKline Beechman (two times)
Solomon Smith Barney
Sony
Sprint
St. Anthony's Health Systems
Steve Haug
Syngenta
Templeton Funds
Thomas Firchett
Union Planters Bank
United Agri Products
US National Bank Association
USB PaineWebber
Van Kampen Funds
Van Kampen Investment Advisory
Walgreen Co.
Wal-Mart
Warner Lambert (two times)
West American Insurance Company
Westport Insurance
William Cellini (two times)
Zurich Services