In Re ORTHOPEDIC BONE SCREW PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION, Plaintiffs Legal Committee, Appellant

OPINION OF THE COURT

STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:

This case involves thousands of individual plaintiffs-appellants who claim that they suffered injuries resulting from the implantation of orthopedic bone screws into the pedicles of their spines. Over 2,000 individual actions were consolidated for pre-trial proceedings pursuant to the multi-district litigation statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1407. This appeal involves plaintiffs’ allegations that one defendant, Buckman Company, Inc. (“Buckman”), made misrepresentations to the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) serious enough to play a substantial role in…