Jones v. Merck Co., Inc. (N.D.Ind. 11-3-2006)

Full title: SETH JONES, Plaintiff, v. MERCK CO., INC., Defendant

Court: United States District Court, N.D. Indiana, Hammond Division

Date published: Nov 3, 2006

Cause No. 2:06-CV-363-RLM (N.D. Ind. Nov. 3, 2006)

Opinion

Cause No. 2:06-CV-363-RLM.

November 3, 2006

ORDER

PAUL CHERRY, Magistrate Judge

This matter is before the Court on a Joint Motion to Stay all Proceedings Pending Transfer Decision by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation [DE 9], filed by the parties on November 1, 2006.

The parties represent that they expect that this case will be transferred to the Eastern District of Louisiana to be heard with other consolidated cases in the In re VIOXX Prods. Liab. Litig. MDL No. 1657, which has been established to coordinate all product liability cases involving alleged health risks from VIOXX. See 360, F. Supp. 2d 1352 (J.P.M.L. 2005). The MDL Proceeding No. 1657 was established on February 16, 2005. The Defendant represents that it will shortly provide notice to the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation of the pendency of this litigation and that it expects a conditional transfer order to be issued shortly thereafter.

Having reviewed the motion, the Court now GRANTS the Joint Motion to Stay all Proceedings Pending Transfer Decision by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation [DE 9]. The Court now ORDERS that this matter is STAYED.

SO ORDERED.