Novy et al v. C R Bard Incorporated et al

Filing 28

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER NO. 49 - The dismissal orders in the cases listed on Attachment A are vacated. The Clerk is directed to reinstate each case in this MDL. See Order for Details. Signed by Senior Judge David G Campbell on 2/1/2021. (MAP)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE DISTICT OF ARIZONA

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IN RE: Bard IVC Filters Products
Liability Litigation,

No. MDL 15-02641-PHX-DGC
CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER NO. 49

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Pursuant to Case Management Order (“CMO”) No. 48 (Doc. 21740), the parties

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have filed status reports identifying previously dismissed cases that are ripe for

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reinstatement. Docs. 21750 at 2, 21776 at 2 & n.2. A number of cases were voluntarily

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dismissed without prejudice and without being settled, the parties having entered into a

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tolling agreement so they could continue settlement discussions outside the confines of this

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MDL. See Doc. 21526 at 1-2. Some Plaintiffs in these cases have since opted out of the

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proposed settlements. See id. Because CMO 42 – which governs the settlement process

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in this MDL – does not permit cases that have failed to settle to be dismissed from the

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MDL without prejudice only to be refiled as new cases, the Court has concluded that the

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dismissal orders in these opt-out cases must be vacated and the cases reinstated in the MDL.

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See Docs. 16343, 21527, 2154. After reinstatement, the cases will be remanded or

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transferred to appropriate courts for further litigation consistent with the MDL of which

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they have been a part. See Doc. 21740 at 2.

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On January 27, 2021, a telephonic status hearing was held to address 217 dismissed

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cases in which the Plaintiffs had not accepted or opted out of settlements. See id. at 3;

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Doc. 21734 at 5-6. Of the 217 cases at issue, counsel state that thirteen Plaintiffs have

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accepted the settlement and four have chosen to opt-out. Doc. 21776 at 2. Plaintiffs in the

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remaining 200 cases either cannot be located, are not responding to counsel’s inquiries, are

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deceased with no known heirs, or have not yet made a decision on the offered settlements.

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Id. at 2-4.

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The Court will grant counsel’s request to continue until March 15, 2021 their efforts

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to locate, contact, and secure settlement decisions from these Plaintiffs. As stated on the

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record and agreed to by counsel for both sides, the Court will dismiss with prejudice any

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cases in which, by March 15, 2021, the Plaintiffs or their heirs cannot be located, the

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Plaintiffs remain non-responsive, or the Plaintiffs fail to make a settlement decision. These

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cases will be dismissed with prejudice for failure to prosecute. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b).

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IT IS ORDERED:

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The dismissal orders in the cases listed on Attachment A are vacated. The

Clerk is directed to reinstate each case in this MDL.
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Settlement decisions from the Plaintiffs in the remaining 200 dismissed

cases (see Doc. 21776) must be made by March 15, 2021.
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A telephonic hearing is set for March 19, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. Plaintiffs’

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counsel shall file an updated status report, and provide the dial-in information for the

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hearing to counsel for all parties and the Court, no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 17, 2021.

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Dated this 1st day of February, 2021.

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In Re Bard IVC Filter Products Liability Litigation, No. MDL 15-2641
Order Vacating Dismissal Orders and Reinstating Cases in the MDL
(February 1, 2021)
Attachment A to CMO 49

Plaintiffs

Case Number

Dismissal
Order
(Doc. No.)

Dismissal
Date

Burroughs, Ronnie D

2:19-cv-00459-PHX-DGC

20896

11/20/2019

Coats, Russell

2:16-cv-02136-PHX-DGC

21015

1/3/2020

Davis, Donald

2:19-cv-03501-PHX-DGC

20988

12/9/2019

Keene, Thomas

2:17-cv-03996-PHX-DGC

21217

1/9/2020

Thomas, Vincent Wayne

2:16-cv-01221-PHX-DGC

20990

12/16/2019

Paxton, James A

2:17-cv-01775-PHX-DGC

21041

1/14/2020

Sutton, Rodney V

2:17-cv-02208-PHX-DGC

21014

12/18/2019

Wilhite, Cindy Denise

2:17-cv-01933-PHX-DGC

21017

1/3/2020

Contreras, Junnigh

2:17-cv-00857-PHX-DGC

21015

1/3/2020

Dew, John

2:19-cv-01873-PHX-DGC

21047

1/10/2020

Lee, Rumell Gerard

2:19-cv-01136-PHX-DGC

20900

11/21/2019

Vanderupwich, Robert

2:19-cv-00145-PHX-DGC

21005

12/17/2019

Williams, Juanita L

2:19-cv-01646-PHX-DGC

21017

1/3/2020

Encalade, Tammy

2:18-cv-04558-PHX-DGC

20897

11/20/2019

Lee, Micheline Elaine

2:19-cv-03977-PHX-DGC

20999

12/16/2019

Lee, Mister JC

2:19-cv-01897-PHX-DGC

21003

1/2/2020

Olsen, Joseph E

2:18-cv-02044-PHX-DGC

20987

1/8/2020

Smith, James B

2:18-cv-01831-PHX-DGC

21002

1/8/2020

Leyva, Elizabeth

2:16-cv-01758-PHX-DGC

21041

1/14/2020

Ortiz, Rosa

2:19-cv-04229-PHX-DGC

21269

1/13/2020

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In Re Bard IVC Filter Products Liability Litigation, No. MDL 15-2641
Order Vacating Dismissal Orders and Reinstating Cases in the MDL
(February 1, 2021)

Plaintiffs

Case Number

Dismissal
Order
(Doc. No.)

Dismissal
Date

Perez, Manuel

2:17-cv-01064-PHX-DGC

20981

12/10/2019

Dengler, Mary

2:18-cv-00592-PHX-DGC

20974

12/10/2019

Forbes, Christopher L

2:19-cv-00464-PHX-DGC

20897

11/20/2019

Fletcher, Louis Floyd

2:16-cv-01820-PHX-DGC

21015

1/3/2020

Bernstein, Helene

2:16-cv-01775-PHX-DGC

21015

1/3/2020

Coleman, Curtis E

2:17-cv-03698-PHX-DGC

20897

11/20/2019

Conner, Franklin Glenn

2:17-cv-04387-PHX-DGC

20978

12/4/2019

Hepler, Kim M

2:16-cv-00630-PHX-DGC

21041

1/14/2020

Hunter, Kemene A

2:18-cv-04369-PHX-DGC

20898

11/21/2019

Jordan, Eileen

2:18-cv-01343-PHX-DGC

20898

11/21/2019

Loewer, Sr, Sean Parker

2:17-cv-02966-PHX-DGC

21045

1/10/2020

Shockley, Sr, William Joseph

2:18-cv-00314-PHX-DGC

21001

1/7/2020

Tait, Virginia

2:19-cv-03028-PHX-DGC

21002

1/8/2020

Trenkle, Angel Damaris

2:19-cv-01018-PHX-DGC

21002

1/8/2020

Turner, Janet V

2:19-cv-01233-PHX-DGC

20972

12/4/2019

Hiatt, Neal

2:19-cv-00799-PHX-DGC

21045

1/10/2020

MacEachern, David A

2:17-cv-02497-PHX-DGC

21419

1/31/2020

Chery, Antoine J

2:18-cv-03523-PHX-DGC

20896

11/20/2019

Haas, James

2:17-cv-04177-PHX-DGC

21037

12/30/2019

Pinckney, VaRawn

2:19-cv-01964-PHX-DGC

21033

12/18/2019

Sherwin, Louis Lee

2:16-cv-03962-PHX-DGC

21017

1/3/2020

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In Re Bard IVC Filter Products Liability Litigation, No. MDL 15-2641
Order Vacating Dismissal Orders and Reinstating Cases in the MDL
(February 1, 2021)

Plaintiffs

Case Number

Dismissal
Order
(Doc. No.)

Dismissal
Date

Weber, III, Louis Henry

2:19-cv-01169-PHX-DGC

21004

1/8/2020

Jester, Dena J

2:19-cv-03945-PHX-DGC

20999

12/16/2019

Dukes, Benjamin

2:18-cv-03629-PHX-DGC

20897

11/20/2019

Jackson, Edna M

2:18-cv-03427-PHX-DGC

20996

1/6/2020

Jett, John

2:18-cv-03634-PHX-DGC

20685

10/25/2019

Johnson-Winfrey, Sophelia

2:17-cv-04301-PHX-DGC

21041

1/14/2020

Williams, Tamika E

2:15-cv-01956-PHX-DGC

21017

1/3/2020

Kirkland, Jr, Robert

2:17-cv-03936-PHX-DGC

20974

12/10/2019

Mathis, Reginald

2:17-cv-03469-PHX-DGC

20998

1/7/2020

Turner, John Trevor

2:16-cv-00816-PHX-DGC

20978

12/4/2019

Grant, James L

2:17-cv-04425-PHX-DGC

20978

12/4/2019

Schneider, Charles A

2:18-cv-01691-PHX-DGC

21001

1/7/2020

Ostap, Jerry A

2:16-cv-02342-PHX-DGC

21041

1/14/2020

Zeledon, Frank

2:18-cv-04423-PHX-DGC

20902

11/21/2019

Stevens, Bill R

2:18-cv-03823-PHX-DGC

21108

12/11/2019

Godsell, Daniel E

2:18-cv-02091-PHX-DGC

21014

12/18/2019

Foy, Darrin

2:19-cv-00443-PHX-DGC

20897

11/20/2019

Boggs, Kristina R

2:19-cv-02947-PHX-DGC

20984

12/9/2019

Agnelly, John

2:16-cv-00608-PHX-DGC

21007

12/17/2019

Hall, Joshua

2:19-cv-01140-PHX-DGC

20898

11/21/2019

Stuart, Michael B

2:18-cv-03381-PHX-DGC

21108

12/11/2019

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In Re Bard IVC Filter Products Liability Litigation, No. MDL 15-2641
Order Vacating Dismissal Orders and Reinstating Cases in the MDL
(February 1, 2021)

Plaintiffs

Case Number

Dismissal
Order
(Doc. No.)

Dismissal
Date

Gerideau, Derick Jermaine

2:17-cv-00411-PHX-DGC

20990

12/16/2019

Realy, Paulette M

2:18-cv-04477-PHX-DGC

20900

11/21/2019

Mills, Stephanie

2:16-cv-03401-PHX-DGC

20985

12/11/2019

Vukovich, Linda

2:19-cv-00980-PHX-DGC

21004

1/7/2020

Lauer, Timothy

2:19-cv-00113-PHX-DGC

21003

1/2/2020

Nicol, James

2:16-cv-02853-PHX-DGC

3815

10/28/2016

Henley, Ginger Geraldine

2:19-cv-03949-PHX-DGC

20999

12/16/2019

Mace, Larry Melvin

2:18-cv-02731-PHX-DGC

21271

1/13/2020

Barnett, Stephanie

2:19-cv-02875-PHX-DGC

20984

12/9/2019

Morgan, Albert R

2:18-cv-04447-PHX-DGC

20978

12/4/2019

Thomas, Carrie L

2:18-cv-04450-PHX-DGC

21108

12/11/2019

Hamilton, Gary F

2:16-cv-01581-PHX-DGC

20978

12/4/2019

Haralson, Candace D

2:19-cv-00642-PHX-DGC

20898

11/21/2019

Huffman, Roger N

2:18-cv-03488-PHX-DGC

20898

11/21/2019

Pitts, Robin

2:19-cv-01081-PHX-DGC

21001

1/7/2020

Mitchell, Mary

2:19-cv-02528-PHX-DGC

21006

12/17/2019

Watts, Christy A

2:17-cv-03449-PHX-DGC

20902

11/21/2019

Terrell, Donald

2:18-cv-04490-PHX-DGC

21108

12/11/2019

Mason, Devin L

2:18-cv-03768-PHX-DGC

20900

11/21/2019

Parsons, Latiesha Lashea

2:16-cv-00887-PHX-DGC

21041

1/14/2020

Ross, Charles Theodore

2:18-cv-03278-PHX-DGC

21108

12/11/2019

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In Re Bard IVC Filter Products Liability Litigation, No. MDL 15-2641
Order Vacating Dismissal Orders and Reinstating Cases in the MDL
(February 1, 2021)

Plaintiffs

Case Number

Dismissal
Order
(Doc. No.)

Dismissal
Date

Simpson, Bradley J

2:18-cv-00098-PHX-DGC

20972

12/4/2019

Britt, Stephanie

2:18-cv-03170-PHX-DGC

21015

1/3/2020

Murphy, Orndary Foster

2:17-cv-01225-PHX-DGC

20987

1/7/2020

Stephens, Chico

2:19-cv-04211-PHX-DGC

20999

12/16/2019

Gallegos, Anna

2:19-cv-03436-PHX-DGC

20995

1/6/2020

Izor, William

2:19-cv-03495-PHX-DGC

20996

1/6/2020

Edging, Michael W

2:17-cv-02960-PHX-DGC

21003

1/2/2020

Fairchild, Patricia

2:17-cv-03885-PHX-DGC

21021

1/10/2020

Griego, Nestor

2:19-cv-00929-PHX-DGC

20981

12/10/2019

Benitez, Shashawna E Jones

2:16-cv-04111-PHX-DGC

21041

1/14/2020

Costanzo, Nicole

2:17-cv-00460-PHX-DGC

21015

1/3/2020

Edwards, Monica

2:16-cv-02785-PHX-DGC

21015

1/3/2020

Murphy, Cecilia

2:19-cv-01924-PHX-DGC

21003

1/2/2020

Turner, Clevon

2:19-cv-02029-PHX-DGC

21017

1/3/2020

Forkey, Ann M

2:18-cv-01938-PHX-DGC

20995

1/6/2020

Pasha, Yusef S

2:17-cv-03899-PHX-DGC

21030

1/9/2020

Rhoden, Sr, Hugh M

2:19-cv-00593-PHX-DGC

21108

12/11/2019

Vails, Eleanor L

2:17-cv-03413-PHX-DGC

20902

11/21/2019

Amatore, Rosalie M

2:17-cv-03864-PHX-DGC

21018

1/8/2020

McGreath, John

2:19-cv-00659-PHX-DGC

20900

11/21/2019

Burrows, Jr, Albert W

2:18-cv-01645-PHX-DGC

21048

12/30/2019

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In Re Bard IVC Filter Products Liability Litigation, No. MDL 15-2641
Order Vacating Dismissal Orders and Reinstating Cases in the MDL
(February 1, 2021)

Plaintiffs

Case Number

Dismissal
Order
(Doc. No.)

Dismissal
Date

Mattwig, Michael J

2:17-cv-01505-PHX-DGC

21041

1/14/2020

Overton, Victoria

2:18-cv-00150-PHX-DGC

21003

1/2/2020

Shehadeh, Abdel Hameed

2:18-cv-00768-PHX-DGC

21424

1/31/2020

Smith, Carol

2:19-cv-00904-PHX-DGC

21002

1/8/2020

Liston, Jessica

2:19-cv-01167-PHX-DGC

20998

1/7/2020

Allen, George R

2:17-cv-03484-PHX-DGC

20896

11/20/2019

Deane, Betsie C

2:17-cv-03288-PHX-DGC

21003

1/2/2020

Guiteras, Gregory

2:18-cv-02495-PHX-DGC

20995

1/6/2020

Holmes, Troy A

2:17-cv-03841-PHX-DGC

21023

1/8/2020

James, Priscilla

2:17-cv-01951-PHX-DGC

21003

1/2/2020

Confer, Sr, Robert E

2:17-cv-04678-PHX-DGC

21020

1/8/2020

Henry, James E

2:16-cv-00228-PHX-DGC

20898

11/21/2019

Kissinger, David A

2:17-cv-03074-PHX-DGC

20660

10/29/2019

Samuels, Robert A

2:19-cv-00658-PHX-DGC

21108

12/11/2019

Lanham, Jasson T

2:18-cv-03699-PHX-DGC

20900

11/21/2019

Morgan, James Ronald

2:16-cv-04109-PHX-DGC

21041

1/14/2020

Tanner, Laura C

2:17-cv-03988-PHX-DGC

21005

12/17/2019

Buchanan, Barbara

2:16-cv-02090-PHX-DGC

20973

12/4/2019

Cole, Samuel

2:19-cv-01413-PHX-DGC

21424

1/31/2020

Royston, Larry D

2:17-cv-03423-PHX-DGC

21108

12/11/2019

Adams, Timothy Ora

2:19-cv-01078-PHX-DGC

21099

12/9/2019

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In Re Bard IVC Filter Products Liability Litigation, No. MDL 15-2641
Order Vacating Dismissal Orders and Reinstating Cases in the MDL
(February 1, 2021)

Plaintiffs

Case Number

Dismissal
Order
(Doc. No.)

Dismissal
Date

McNeal, Curtisteen

2:17-cv-03642-PHX-DGC

20900

11/21/2019

Cobb, Lance Anthony

2:18-cv-04691-PHX-DGC

21038

12/30/2019

Phillips, Jimmy

2:19-cv-02270-PHX-DGC

21424

1/31/2020

Buie, Hal Wesley

2:19-cv-00759-PHX-DGC

20984

12/9/2019

Gordon, Beulah

2:19-cv-03411-PHX-DGC

20995

1/6/2020

Hayes, Curley Gene

2:16-cv-02061-PHX-DGC

21041

1/14/2020

Miller, Ben

2:19-cv-01437-PHX-DGC

21003

1/2/2020

Moore, Carlton Lamon

2:19-cv-00165-PHX-DGC

20987

1/7/2020

Vela, Jeffery S

2:18-cv-02941-PHX-DGC

20902

11/21/2019

Ameel, Alexis A

2:16-cv-02766-PHX-DGC

20983

12/5/2019

Barker, James A

2:17-cv-03656-PHX-DGC

20896

11/20/2019

Fontenot, Effie

2:18-cv-01166-PHX-DGC

20995

1/6/2020

Irwin, Alvis Lynn

2:17-cv-03084-PHX-DGC

20898

11/21/2019

Robinson, Lonnie Mae

2:19-cv-02547-PHX-DGC

21108

12/11/2019

Timberlake, Calvin R

2:16-cv-03999-PHX-DGC

21017

1/3/2020

Floyd, Kenneth

2:19-cv-02526-PHX-DGC

21006

12/17/2019

Savetwith, Susan L

2:18-cv-03465-PHX-DGC

21038

12/30/2019

Crum, Terry G

2:19-cv-00630-PHX-DGC

20897

11/20/2019

Ablan, Charles John

2:19-cv-00825-PHX-DGC

21185

1/3/2020

Keaton, Terry Kenneth

2:19-cv-03948-PHX-DGC

21128

12/16/2019

Blair, Edward

2:16-cv-01677-PHX-DGC

21185

1/3/2020

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In Re Bard IVC Filter Products Liability Litigation, No. MDL 15-2641
Order Vacating Dismissal Orders and Reinstating Cases in the MDL
(February 1, 2021)

Plaintiffs
Jett-Williams, Sandy L

Case Number
2:18-cv-04621-PHX-DGC

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Dismissal
Order
(Doc. No.)
20967

Dismissal
Date
11/21/2019