Legal Opinion
In Re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided May 30, 2008No. MDL 1657PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER & REASONS
ELDON FALLON, District Judge.
THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO ALL CASES.
Before the Court are Certain Plaintiffs’ Emergency Motion for Modification and/or Suspension of Pre-Trial Order No. 28 (Rec. Doc. 14157). For the following reasons, the motion is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.
1. BACKGROUND
On November 9, 2007, the parties announced the establishment of a Vioxx Resolution Program that encompasses all claims that allege a heart attack, sudden cardiac death, or stroke. Also on that date, the Court entered two pre-trial orders requiring Plaintiffs to provide certain information to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Acuna v. Brown & Root Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- Steering Committee v. Exxon Mobil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
- In Re Silica Products Liability LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 2005
- In Re Rezulin Products Liability LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2006
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- Magaly Pinares v. United Technologies CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
- Dier v. Merck & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
- Russell v. Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2015
- In re Digitek® Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 2010
- Abbatiello v. Monsanto Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 2008
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