Price v. Merck Co., Inc.

Full title: TERRY PRICE, Plaintiff, v. MERCK CO., INC., Defendant

Court: United States District Court, D. Nebraska

Date published: Aug 30, 2005

8:05CV361 (D. Neb. Aug. 30, 2005)

Opinion

8:05CV361.

August 30, 2005

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

RICHARD KOPF, Chief Judge, District

Pursuant to the attached correspondence and conditional transfer order from the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation received in my chambers on August 29, 2005, I shall order the parties to advise the court when the referenced transfer order has been filed with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

IT IS ORDERED:

1. The Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska shall file the attached correspondence and conditional transfer order from the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, along with this memorandum and order; and

2. The parties shall advise the court when the referenced transfer order has been filed with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION

August 24, 2005

Honorable Eldon E. Fallon U.S. District Judge 500 Poydras Street C-456 Hale Boggs Federal Building U.S. Courthouse New Orleans, LA 70130

Re: MDL-1657 — In re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation

(See Attached Schedule CTO-22)

Dear Judge Fallon:

For your information, I am enclosing a copy of a conditional transfer order filed today by the Panel in this matter.

DOCKET NO. 1657 BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION

IN RE VIOXX PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

(SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE) CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER (CTO-22)

On February 16, 2005, the Panel transferred 138 civil actions to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. Since that time, 1,259 additional actions have been transferred to the Eastern District of Louisiana. With the consent of that court, all such actions have been assigned to the Honorable Eldon E. Fallon.

It appears that the actions on this conditional transfer order involve questions of fact which are common to the actions previously transferred to the Eastern District of Louisiana and assigned to Judge Fallon.

Pursuant to Rule 7.4 of the Rules of Procedure of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 199 F.R.D. 425, 435-36 (2001), these actions are transferred under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 to the Eastern District of Louisiana for the reasons stated in the order of February 16, 2005, 360 F.Supp.2d 1352 (J.P.M.L. 2005), and, with the consent of that court, assigned to the Honorable Eldon E. Fallon.

This order does not become effective until it is filed in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The transmittal of this order to said Clerk shall be stayed fifteen (15) days from the entry thereof and if any party files a notice of opposition with the Clerk of the Panel within this fifteen (15) day period, the stay will be continued until further order of the Panel.

SCHEDULE CTO-22 — TAG-ALONG ACTIONS DOCKET NO. 1657 IN RE VIOXX PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

DIST. DIV. C.A. # CASE CAPTION DIST. DIV. C.A. # CASE CAPTION ALABAMA NORTHERN ALN 2 05-1505 Bonnie Morrow v. Merck Co., Inc. ALN 6 05-1512 Patricia Sutherland v. Merck Co., Inc., et al. ALABAMA SOUTHERN ALS 2 05-425 Marquerite Woods v. Merck Co., Inc., et al. ARKANSAS WESTERN ARW 6 05-6052 Betty Featherston, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc. CALIFORNIA NORTHERN CAN 3 05-2881 Peggy Johnson v. Merck Co., Inc., et al. CAN 3 05-2894 David McArthur v. Merck Co., Inc. FLORIDA MIDDLE FLM 3 05-683 Carol Lee Watkins v. Merck Co., Inc. FLM 3 05-684 Brenda Schneble v. Merck Co., Inc. FLM 3 05-685 Jacqueline Silva, etc. v. Merck Co., Inc., et al. FLM 3 05-686 Ann Danziger, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc., et al. FLORIDA SOUTHERN FLS 9 05-80662 Alice Thomashefski v. Merck Co., Inc. ILLINOIS NORTHERN ILN 1 05-4103 Norbert Cipowski, etc. v. Merck Co., Inc., et al. ILLINOIS SOUTHERN ILS 3 05-508 Betty Herrick v. Merck Co., Inc. KENTUCKY WESTERN KYW 1 05-100 Sharron Haynes v. Merck Co., Inc. LOUISIANA MIDDLE LAM 3 05-965 Aujest Cheramie v. Merck Co., Inc. MAINE ME 1 05-111 Carol Lally v. Merck Co., Inc. MINNESOTA MN 0 05-1407 John Utke v. Merck Co., Inc. MN 0 05-1466 Connie S. Bell v. Merck Co., Inc. MN 0 05-1475 Elizabeth M. Skofich v. Merck Co., Inc. MN 0 05-1534 Marjorie J. Savoie v. Merck Co., Inc. MISSOURI EASTERN MOE 4 05-1129 Geraldine Moore, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc., et al. MOE 4 05-1161 John Fischer v. Merck Co., Inc. MOE 4 05-1164 Robert O'Conner v. Merck Co., Inc. MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN MSN 1 05-176 Dora Prince v. Merck Co., Inc. MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN MSS 3 05-435 Kathy DeKay, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc. MONTANA MT 2 05-47 Stanley Hanson, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc. NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN NCE 7 05-138 Daisy Stevens v. Merck Co., Inc. NEBRASKA NE 8 05-361 Terry Price v. Merck Co., Inc. NEW MEXICO NM 1 05-597 Kirk Bailey, etc. v. Merck Co., Inc. NEW YORK EASTERN NYE 1 05-3336 Teresa Binkowska v. Merck Co., Inc. NYE 1 05-3337 Anna Lambropoulos, et al v. Merck Co., Inc. NYE 1 05-3391 Mark Bergman v. Merck Co., Inc., et al. NEW YORK SOUTHERN NYS 1 05-6630 Gene Stein v. Merck Co., Inc. OHIO NORTHERN OHN 4 05-1512 Frank W. Bodak, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc. OHIO SOUTHERN OHS 2 05-648 Glenna M. Moyer, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc. OHS 2 05-680 Thomas Holowitz v. Merck Co., Inc. OHS 2 05-694 Kathy Melvin-Knodel, etc. v. Merck Co., Inc. OREGON OR 3 05-1105 Robert Kanable v. Merck Co., Inc. PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN PAE 2 05-3560 Louis LaPila, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc., et al. PAE 2 05-3681 Linda Gates, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc. PAE 2 05-3684 Richard M. Armour, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc. PAE 2 05-3693 Diana M. Trakimas v. Merck Co., Inc. PAE 2 05-3696 Karen S. Krout, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc. PAE 2 05-3740 Milo Magnan, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc., et al. PAE 2 05-3773 Sharon McClinton Jones, etc. v. Merck Co., Inc., et al. PAE 2 05-3832 Barbara Salyers v. Merck Co., Inc., et al. PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN PAW 3 05-306 Donald Graham, Sr., etc. v. Merck Co., Inc. RHODE ISLAND RI 1 05-325 Shirley Asan v. Merck Co., Inc. TENNESSEE WESTERN TNW 1 05-1168 John J. Stockton, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc. TNW 1 05-1209 LeRoyce Wallace, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc., et al. TNW 1 05-1210 Tilda N. Simmons v. Merck Co., Inc., et al. TNW 1 05-1211 James H. Oliver, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc., et al. TNW 2 05-2534 Edmund Raines v. Merck Co., Inc., et al. TEXAS EASTERN TXE 2 05-335 Larry G. Burdett, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc., et al. TXE 2 05-336 Charleen R. Hranicky, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc., et al. TEXAS SOUTHERN TXS 1 05-210 Jackie Roberts, etc. v. Juan Marcos Garcia, M.D., et al. TXS 4 05-2556 John O'Neill, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc. TEXAS WESTERN TXW 1 05-531 Ronald D. Boyd, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc. TXW 1 05-540 Marilyn J. Walters v. Merck Co., Inc. TXW 3 05-270 Martin Galindez v. Merck Co., Inc. WASHINGTON EASTERN WAE 2 05-221 John Stephen Moore, et al. v. Merck Co., Inc.

INVOLVED JUDGES LIST (CTO-22) DOCKET NO. 1657 IN RE VIOXX PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

Hon. Henry Lee Adams, Jr. U.S. District Judge United States District Court

11-200 U.S. Courthouse 300 N. Hogan Street Jacksonville, FL 32202-4245

Hon. William H. Barbour, Jr. U.S. District Judge 430 James O. Eastland U.S. Courthouse 245 East Capitol Street Jackson, MS 39201

Hon. James J. Brady U.S. District Judge

369 Russell B. Long Federal Bldg. 777 Florida Street Baton Rouge, LA 70801-1712

Hon. Frederick R. Buckles U.S. Magistrate Judge U.S. District Court Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse 111 South Tenth Street St. Louis, MO 63102-9958

Hon. Elaine E. Bucklo U.S. District Judge Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse

219 South Dearborn Street Chicago, IL 60604

Hon. Maxine M. Chesney U.S. District Judge Phillip Burton U.S. Courthouse Box 36060 450 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102-3489

Hon. Robert T. Dawson U.S. District Judge U.S. District Court P.O. Box 1624 Fort Smith, AR 72902-1624

Hon. Peter C. Economus U.S. District Judge 313 Federal Building U.S. Courthouse 125 Market Street, Room 313 Youngstown, OH 44503

Hon. Keith P. Ellison U.S. District Judge Bob Casey U.S. District Court

515 Rusk Street Room 8631 Houston, TX 77002

Hon. Patricia C. Fawsett Chief Judge, U.S. District Court

611 George C. Young U.S. Courthouse 80 North Hughey Avenue Orlando, FL 32801

Hon. Louise Wood Flanagan Chief Judge, U.S. District Court U.S. District Court 413 Middle Street New Bern, NC 28560

Hon. Donovan W. Frank U.S. District Judge

738 Warren E. Burger Federal Bldg. 316 North Robert Street St. Paul, MN 55101

Hon. Gregory L. Frost U.S. District Judge

349 Joseph P. Kinneary U.S. Courthouse 85 Marconi Boulevard Columbus, OH 43215

Hon. John P. Fullam Senior U.S. District Judge

15614 James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse 601 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19106-1780

Hon. Kim R. Gibson U.S. District Judge U.S. District Court

104 Penn Traffic Building 319 Washington Street Johnstown, PA 15901

Hon. Callie V.S. Granade Chief Judge, U.S. District Court

123 John A. Campbell U.S. Crthse. 113 St. Joseph Street Mobile, AL 36602-3621

Hon. Clifford Scott Green Senior U.S. District Judge 15613 James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse 601 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19106

Hon. Sam E. Haddon U.S. District Judge United States Post Office Bldg. 215 First Avenue, North Great Falls, MT 59401

Hon. Ancer L. Haggerty Chief Judge, U.S. District Court

1307 Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse 1000 SW Third Avenue Portland, OR 97204-2902

Hon. David R. Herndon U.S. District Judge P.O. Box 259 E. St. Louis, IL 62202-0259

Hon. D. Brock Hornby U.S. District Judge Edward T. Gignoux Federal Courthouse 156 Federal Street Portland, ME 04101

Hon. Inge P. Johnson U.S. District Judge

361 Hugo L. Black U.S. Courthouse 1729 5th Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35203

Hon. Sterling Johnson, Jr. Senior U.S. District Judge U.S. Courthouse 225 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn, NY 11201

Hon. Richard G. Kopf U.S. District Judge

586 Robert V. Denney U.S. Courthouse 100 Centennial Mall North Lincoln, NE 68508

Hon. Mary M. Lisi U.S. District Judge 310 John O. Pastore Federal Bldg. Two Exchange Terrace Providence, RI 02903

Hon. Gerard E. Lynch U.S. District Judge 910 Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse 500 Pearl Street New York, NY 10007

Hon. Jon P. McCalla U.S. District Judge

907 Clifford Davis Federal Bldg. 167 Federal Building Memphis, TN 38103

Hon. Michael P. Mills U.S. District Judge 335 Federal Bldg. U.S. Courthouse 911 Jackson Avenue, West Oxford, MS 38655

Hon. Frank Montalvo U.S. District Judge U.S. Courthouse 511 East San Antonio Avenue El Paso, TX 79901

Hon. John H. Moore, II Senior U.S. District Judge

300 N. Hogan Street Suite 11-400 Jacksonville, FL 32202

Hon. Clarence C. Newcomer Senior U.S. District Judge 13614 James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse 601 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19106-1778

Hon. David D. Noce U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse 111 South Tenth Street St. Louis, MO 63102-9958

Hon. Robert B. Propst Senior U.S. District Judge P.O. Box 820 Anniston, AL 36202

Hon. Justin L. Quackenbush Senior U.S. District Judge P.O. Box 1432 Spokane, WA 99210

Hon. Eduardo C. Robreno U.S. District Judge 11614 James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse 601 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19106-1745

Hon. James M. Rosenbaum Chief Judge, U.S. District Court 15E U.S. Courthouse 300 South Fourth Street Minneapolis, MN 55415

Hon. Thomas B. Russell U.S. District Judge

307 Federal Building 501 Broadway Street Paducah, KY 42001

Hon. Kenneth L. Ryskamp Senior U.S. District Judge

416 Federal Building 701 Clematis Street West Palm Beach, FL 33401

Hon. Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. U.S. District Judge 302 Joseph P. Kinneary U.S. Courthouse 85 Marconi Boulevard Columbus, OH 43215

Hon. Berle M. Schiller U.S. District Judge

5918 James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse 601 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19106-1797

Hon. W. Daniel Schneider U.S Magistrate Judge

720 U.S. States Courthouse 333 Lomas Blvd., N.W. Albuquerque, NM 87102

Hon. Joseph C. Spero U.S. Magistrate Judge Philip Burton U.S. Courthouse Box 36060 450 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102-3489

Hon. Hilda G. Tagle U.S. District Judge Federal Building U.S. Courthouse #306 600 East Harrison Street Brownsville, TX 78520

Hon. James D. Todd Chief Judge, U.S. District Court

444 U.S. Courthouse 111 South Highland Ave. Jackson, TN 38301

Hon. John R. Tunheim U.S. District Judge 13E U.S. Courthouse 300 South Fourth Street Minneapolis, MN 55415

Hon. T. John Ward U.S. District Judge United States District Court 100 E. Houston Street Marshall, TX 75670

Hon. Lee Yeakel U.S. District Judge U.S. Courthouse 200 W. 8th Street Suite 200 Austin, TX 78701