In Re Luminex International, Inc. Products Liability Litigation

OPINION AND ORDER

Before JOHN MINOR WISDOM, Chairman, and EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER, * JOSEPH S. LORD, III, * STANLEY A. WEIGEL and ANDREW A. CAFFREY, Judges of the Panel.

This litigation consists of three actions pending in two federal districts — two in the District of Montana and one in the Western District of Louisiana. The defendant in each action is Luminex International, Inc., a company which manufactures lenses. Admiral Insurance Co., Luminex’s liability insurer, is also a defendant in the Louisiana action. The plaintiff in each of the three actions purchased…