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In Re Personal Injury Litigation Against Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.

United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Decided March 7, 2007No. MDL 07-0025PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

ON Review By The Multidistrict Litigation Panel

2Opinion of the Court · McCLUREJustice McCLURE

Great Lakes Dredge & Dry Dock Company, LLC, filed its motion before this panel on January 18, 2007, alleging that twenty cases pending in Hidalgo, Starr, Cameron, and Zapata Counties involve common issues of fact arising from personal injuries suffered by individual maritime workers aboard various company dredges. The suits are filed pursuant to the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., and general maritime law. Succinctly stated, Great Lakes frames these common issues of fact:

• All twenty cases…

3Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re Hurricane Rita Evacuation Bus FireUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2006
  2. In Re Kone, Inc.United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2005
  3. In Re Firestone/Ford LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2004

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