Opinion
Case No.: 4:07cv195 WAP-EMB.
December 21, 2007
JURY TRIAL DEMAND.
ORDER GRANTING STAY PENDING TRANSFER DECISION BY THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
THIS CAUSE came before the Court on the motion of Defendant Merck Co. Inc. to stay all pre-trial proceedings in this action, pending its likely transfer by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to In re VIOXX Products Liab. Litig. (MDL-1657), the proceeding that has been established in the Eastern District of Louisiana to coordinate all product liability cases involving alleged health risks from Vioxx®. The Court, having considered the motion and the entire record in the cause finds that the motion is well-taken and should be granted.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that all pre-trial proceedings in this action shall be stayed, pending its likely transfer by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to In re VIOXX Products Liab. Litig. (MDL-1657).