Opinion
3:09-md-02100-DRH-PMF, MDL No. 2100.
February 22, 2011
ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO AMEND
ORDER
This matter is before the Court on motions filed by the Plaintiffs in the above captioned cases for leave to amend their complaints.
Plaintiff Ann Emesibe seeks leave to file a First Amended Complaint for the purpose of adding Ocella, Barr Laboratories, Inc., and Teva Pharmaceuticals, USA, Inc., as Defendants ( Emesibe, 3:10-cv-13238 Doc. 6).
Plaintiff Sonia Bailey passed away on October 11, 2010 ( Bailey, 310-cv-11869 Doc. 8 ¶ 4). As a result, Plaintiff' Sonia Bailey's husband, Charles Bailey, has been named administrator of her estate and seeks leave to file a Second Amended Complaint for the purposes of (1) naming Charles Bailey, individually, and as administrator of the Estate of Sonia Bailey and (2) adding a claim for wrongful death ( Bailey, 310-cv-11869 Doc. 8 ¶¶ 5-7). Upon consideration of Plaintiffs' motions the Court finds as follows:
Plaintiff Ann Emesibe's motion for leave to file a First Amended Complaint for the purpose of adding Ocella, Barr Laboratories, Inc., and Teva Pharmaceuticals, USA, Inc. is GRANTED. FURTHER, Plaintiff is DIRECTED to file the amended complaint INSTANTER. Plaintiff Sonia Bailey's motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint for the purposes of (1) naming Charles Bailey, individually, and as administrator of the Estate of Sonia Bailey and (2) adding a claim for wrongful death is GRANTED. FURTHER, Plaintiff is DIRECTED to file the amended complaint INSTANTER. SO ORDERED: