Legal Opinion
Kaiser v. Cigna Corp.
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided February 21, 2003No. MDL-1334PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
TRANSFER ORDER
On December 16, 2002, the Panel ordered the parties in this litigation to show cause why this action (.Kaiser) should not be transferred, under 28 U.S.C. § 1407, to the Southern District of Florida for inclusion in MDL-1334 pretrial proceedings already in progress there before Judge Federico A. Moreno as the transferee judge. The Kaiser plaintiffs and defendant Cigna Corp. (Cigna) oppose inclusion of Kaiser in MDL-1334 on the grounds that i) Kaiser has been extensively litigated in Illinois state court and further pretrial proceedings in the action are not necessary; ii) a…
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