Bower v. Johnson & Johnson

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KATZ, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, Plaintiffs opposition, Defendants’ reply, Plaintiffs sur-reply thereto. This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332. For the reasons that follow, Defendants’ motion for summary judgment is granted in part and denied in part.

I. Brief Background

This case is one of many to arise out of the litigation involving the Ortho Evra® birth control patch. In March 2006, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, centralized all civil litigation…