In re Rezulin Products Liability Litigation

Full title: In re: REZULIN PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION (MDL NO. 1348). This Document…

Court: United States District Court, S.D. New York

Date published: Sep 7, 2005

Master File 00 Civ. 2843 (LAK) (S.D.N.Y. Sep. 7, 2005)

Opinion

Master File 00 Civ. 2843 (LAK).

September 7, 2005

PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 401 (Stay Requests Pending Finalization of Settlements)

LEWIS KAPLAN, District Judge

The Court has been advised that the Warner-Lambert defendants have reached an agreement in principle with Herman, Mathis, Casey, Kitchens Gerel, LLP; The Mathis Law Firm, P.C.; Herman, Herman, Katz Cotlar, L.L.P.; Levin, Fishbein, Sedrah Berman; and Taylor, Martino Kuykendall (collectively, "Negotiating Counsel"), on a mechanism for potentially resolving most of the remaining Rezulin claims pending in this Court and elsewhere. To allow sufficient time for other plaintiffs' counsel who intend to be bound by the terms of the settlement agreement to communicate with their clients regarding the settlement program, Negotiating Counsel and counsel for the Warner-Lambert defendants have moved jointly for an order that will govern requests for stays in this litigation, pending finalization of the settlement. As used herein, "Agreeing Counsel" shall mean plaintiffs' counsel other than Negotiating Counsel who agree to be bound by the proposed settlement.

The Court finds it is in the interest of justice and judicial economy to have an orderly process in place to govern the granting of stay requests made pursuant to the confidential settlement agreement. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that:

1. All proceedings are hereby stayed in all Rezulin cases pending in this Court in which the plaintiffs are represented by Negotiating Counsel. All such cases are listed in Exhibit A.

2. Counsel for the Warner-Lambert defendants have agreed periodically to notify Charles A. Mathis, Jr. (or his designee) and the Clerk of this Court when they learn of new Agreeing Counsel. All proceedings will be stayed in all Rezulin cases pending in this Court in which the plaintiffs are represented by one or more Agreeing Counsel. The first list of cases represented by Agreeing Counsel is in Exhibit B.

3. Upon receipt of this Order, and upon receipt of any notice of additional Agreeing Counsel provided by counsel for defendants, the Clerk shall place in the docket of each identified individual case ( i.e., each case in which plaintiffs are represented by Negotiating Counsel or Agreeing Counsel) a copy of this Order, which shall signify that all such proceedings in that case have been stayed until further Order of the Court. The Clerk shall do so forthwith with respect to all cases listed in Exhibits A and B to this Order.

SO ORDERED.

Exhibit A ATTACHMENT "A"

Civil Action # Caption

1:00cv08065 Bedford v. Parke-Davis, et al. 1:00cv09013 Jisonna v. Parke-Davis, et al. 1:00cv09016 Sessions v. Parke-Davis, et al. 1:01cv01714 Hicks, et al v. Parke-Davis, et al. 1:01cv01966 Lee v. Parke-Davis 1:01cv02244 Nelson v. Parke-Davis, et al. 1:01cv03312 Hughes, et al v. Parke-Davis, et al. 1:01cv03867 Prevatte v. Parke-Davis, et al. 1:01cv05757 Lester v. Parke-Davis, et al. 1:01cv05768 Jewell, et al v. Parke-Davis, et al. 1:01cv05775 Morrison v. Parke-Davis, et al. 1:01cv05776 Williams, et al v. Parke-Davis, et al. 1:01cv06079 Melilli v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:01cv06511 Jones, et al v. Parke-Davis, et al. 1:01cv06513 Harper, et al v. Parke-Davis, et al. 1:01cv08166 Deboyace v. Warner-Lambert Co., et al. 1:01cv09118 McCarson v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:01cv11864 Carlton v. Parke-Davis Company, et al. 1:02cv04536 Dronet, et al. v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:02cv05373 Ferreira v. Warner-Lambert Co., et al. 1:04cv04932 Garcia Mendez v. Parke-Davis, et al. 1:04cv07808 Wilmoth v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:04cv07809 Soucier v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:04cv10057 Cox v. Warner-Lambert, et al.

Exhibit B ATTACHMENT "B"

Civil Action # Caption

1:00cv6085 Martin v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv6086 Elam v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv6087 Roskie v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv6088 Lewis, Sr. v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv6089 Bowers v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv6090 Adkins v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7046 Ramirez-Cruz v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7047 Quirimdongo-Suarez v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7048 Candelaria-Reyes v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7049 Rivera-Santos v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7050 Guadier-Moya v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7051 DeJesus v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7052 Nieves-Montesino v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7053 Mercado-Quinones v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7054 Berrios v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7055 Almedina-Torres v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7056 Torrens-Laureano v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7059 Suarez-Comas v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7061 Sanchez-Rosado v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7063 Collazo-Martinez v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7064 Delgado v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7066 Gonzales-Morrell v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7075 Wafner v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7076 Skeens v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7077 Barton v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv7078 Banner v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv8075 Rivera v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv8077 Santos-Nieves v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv8078 Cordova-Ortiz v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv8079 Franco-Lopez v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv8080 Rodriguez-Kercado v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv8081 Marrero v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv8086 DeMeyers v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv8087 McReynolds v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv8088 Sandidge v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv8089 Blankenship v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv8090 Shuler v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv8091 McGlothlin v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv8518 W. Johnson v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv9036 Causey v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv9037 Bailey v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:00cv9038 Whitt v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:01cv0052 Santos-Catala, et al. v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:01cv0053 M. Garcia, et al. v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:01cv0054 Gonzales-Sanabria, et al. v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:01cv0055 Torres-Marrero, et al. v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:01cv0056 Rivera-Carasquillo, et al. v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:01cv0057 Marrero-Cabrera, et al. v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:01cv1715 Bordoy-Sanabria, et al. v. Warner-Lambert, et al. 1:01cv9823 Lewis, Jr., et al. v. Warner-Lambert, et al.