Legal Opinion
In Re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Tires Products Liability Litigation
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided April 11, 2003No. Master File IP 00-9373-C-B/S; MDL 1373; Nos.IP 00-5155-C-B/S, IP 00-5052-C-B/S, IP 00-5040-C-B/S, IP 00-5003-C-B/S, IP 00-5001-C-B/S, IP 00-5007-C-B/S, IP 00-5035-C-B/S, IP 00-5136-C-B/S, IP 00-5071-C-B/S, IP 00-5074-C-B/S, IP 00-5073-C-B/S, IP 00-5217-C-B/SPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR REMAND
BARKER, Judge.
In October of 2000, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“Panel”) issued its Transfer Order establishing the “In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. ATX, ATX II, and Wilderness Tires Products Liability Litigation” for the purpose of coordinated or consolidated proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. Since that original transfer order, the Panel has transferred, under 47 certified transfer orders, a total of 740 cases. The vast majority of the cases in this MDL are actions seeking damages for personal injury or wrongful death.
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