Legal Opinion
In re Zyprexa Products Liability Litigation
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided December 7, 2006No. 04-MD-01596 JBWPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER MOTION TO REMAND; PROPOSED STATUTORY AMENDMENT
JACK B. WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.
I. Introduction
A motion has been made to remand over two thousand pending cases to state courts. After the settlement of some eight thousand cases, the remand motion involves approximately a quarter of this court’s current MDL docket in In re Zyprexa Prods. Liab. Litig., No. 04-MD01596. Argument on the motion revealed the need for further briefing. See Part II, infra.
The extent and nature of the motion suggests serious problems in supervising a massive quasi-class action of this kind. See…
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- Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. v. Darue Engineering & ManufacturingSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Dow Chemical Co. v. StephensonSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- In Re Zyprexa Products Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2006
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- In Re Zyprexa Products Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2007
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- West Virginia Ex Rel. McGraw v. Eli Lilly & Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 2007