Opinion
Nos. 07-13883 to 07-13891 Non-Argument Calendar.
August 26, 2008.
Michael D. Hook, Hook Bolton, P.A., Pensacola, FL, J. Nixon Daniel, III, Mary Jane Bass, Beggs Lane, Pensacola, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Paul W. Schmidt, Covington Burling LLP, Washington, DC, Edward A. Moss, Law Offices of Shook, Hardy Bacon L.L.P., Miami, FL, Michael X. Imbroscio, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. D.C. Docket Nos. 03-01729-CV-T-30-TBM, 03-02614-CV-T-30-TBM, 04-02641-CV-T-30-TBM, 04-02642-CV-T-30-TBM, 04-02643-CV-T-30-TBM, 05-00370-CV-T-30-TBM, 05-01478-CV-T-30-TBM, 06-01063-CV-T-30-TBM, 06-01546-CV-T-30-TBM.
Several plaintiffs, whose product-liability claims against Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc., were consolidated, appeal the summary judgment in favor of Hoffman-LaRoche that was based on a ruling by the district court that their causation evidence was inadmissible. See In re Accutane Prods. Liab., 511 F.Supp.2d 1288 (M.D.Fla. 2007). We have considered the briefs, the relevant parts of the record, and the well-reasoned opinion by the district court and conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion by excluding the evidence and properly granted summary judgment.