Winfield v. Pfizer Inc et al
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ORDER denying without prejudice Defendants' Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings. Plaintiffs are permitted to amend their individual complaints within 3 weeks of the date of this Order. Signed by Judge Billy Roy Wilson on 9/11/2012.(mcz)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
WESTERN DIVISION
IN RE:
PREMPRO PRODUCTS LIABILITY
LITIGATION
:
:
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MDL DOCKET NO. 4:03-CV-1507-BRW
ALL CASES
ORDER
Pending are Defendants’ Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings (Doc. Nos. 3082, 3087).
Plaintiffs have responded1 and Defendants have replied.2 The parties presented oral argument at
a July 20, 2012 hearing.3
Defendants, manufacturers of generic hormone replacement drugs, assert that PLIVA,
Inc. v. Mensing,4 preempts any strict liability failure to warn claim against Defendants.
Additionally, Defendants contend that the reasoning in Mensing would foreclose any design
defect claims. Plaintiffs disagree, and request that, at the very least, they be permitted to amend
their complaints.
At this point, it seems to me that permitting the plaintiffs leave to amend their complaints
is reasonable. Accordingly, the plaintiffs whose cases are listed in Exhibit A must amend their
complaints within three weeks of the date of this Order -- this is plenty of time considering that
the request to amend complaints should have been made months, if not years, ago.
After a cursory review of several of the complaints in these cases, it appears that many
make only basic failure to warn claims and are devoid of the claims Plaintiffs’ counsel posited at
1
Doc. Nos. 3094, 3095.
2
Doc. No. 3102.
3
Doc. No. 3106.
4
131 S. Ct. 2567 (2011).
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the July 20, 2012 hearing. If a plaintiff does not amend her complaint by the deadline,
Defendants may refile their motion for judgment on the pleadings in the individual case. Word to
the wise: If a plaintiff fails to amend her complaint, and Defendants again seek dismissal, it is
unlikely that I will again allow the plaintiff leave to amend her complaint.
Additionally, each amended complaint must set out, in plenary detail, the factual basis for
the plaintiff’s claims. For example, if the plaintiff is asserting “off-label promotion,” the
complaint must set out sufficient facts to support this claim. In other words, the specific who,
what, when, and where will be required (considering that Plaintiffs have been accumulating
discovery against Defendants for nearly 10 years, this requirement is reasonable). Each plaintiff
also will be required to show, with specificity, how she was directly affected by each
Defendant’s conduct. Generally claiming that Defendants practiced “off-label promotion” will
be considered insufficient, and may result in dismissal of the case.
CONCLUSION
Based on the findings of fact and conclusions of law above, Defendants’ Motions for
Judgment on the Pleadings (Doc. Nos. 3082, 3087) are DENIED without prejudice. Plaintiffs
are permitted to amend their individual complaints as set out above.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 11th day of September, 2012.
/s/ Billy Roy Wilson
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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EXHIBIT A
Scott, Patsy
Lund, Judy
Gallegos, Margaret
Mesojedec, Ann Marie
Brown, Nona
3:07-CV-00147
4:04-CV-00717
4:04-CV-00723
4:04-CV-00809
4:04-CV-00816
Glier, Nancy
Watson, Patricia
Jenkins, Linda
Lopez, Amada
Trinnaman, Mary
4:04-CV-00899
4:04-CV-00938
4:04-CV-00996
4:04-CV-01068
4:04-CV-01071
Alexander, Janet
Cheltra, Denise M.
Anderson, Darlene Kay
Barnard, Avis
Trommer, Edith
4:04-CV-01223
4:04-CV-01294
4:04-CV-01297
4:04-CV-01308
4:04-CV-01620
Kiss, Marie S.
Griggs, Esther R.
Tsubota, Elaine
Baker, Carol
Newman, Beverly
4:04-CV-01863
4:04-CV-01959
4:04-CV-02212
4:04-CV-02256
4:04-CV-02316
Clouser, Mary J.
Lawson, Barbara
Lee, Darlene
Herman, Linda
Dye, Susan
4:05-CV-00075
4:05-CV-00077, 4:11-CV-00101
4:05-CV-00146
4:05-CV-00167
4:05-CV-00195
Posey, Janelle
Palomo, Olivia
Indyk, Rebeca
McMurray, Elaine
Daly, Eleanor
4:05-CV-00206
4:05-CV-00253
4:05-CV-00380
4:05-CV-00382
4:05-CV-00396
Shareff, Karen
Weissmer, Willa
Mullikin, Virginia
Pannell, Deborah
Strickland, Sandra
4:05-CV-00406
4:05-CV-00423
4:05-CV-00427
4:05-CV-00498
4:05-CV-00530
Burbridge, Pat
Toomey, Janet
Andenoro, Janice
Paquin, Ethel
Campbell, Delores
4:05-CV-00544
4:05-CV-00549
4:05-CV-00558
4:05-CV-00598; 4:08-CV-01833
4:05-CV-00614
3
Thompson, Gaye
Nickle, Lovena
Spicer, Barbara A.
Cummings, Morene
McCormack, Nancy
4:05-CV-00651
4:05-CV-00657
4:05-CV-00697
4:05-CV-00798
4:05-CV-00800
Weaver, Mary Jo
Mason, Barbara
Amdur, Patricia
Wilkerson, Shirley
Shea, Kathryn
4:05-CV-00810
4:05-CV-00832
4:05-CV-00841
4:05-CV-00910
4:05-CV-00969
Higginbotham, Carla
Douglass, Barbara Louise
Nikolchev, Grigorina
Anderson, Irene
Schoenberg, Carol
4:05-CV-00974
4:05-CV-01133
4:05-CV-01245
4:05-CV-01246
4:05-CV-01248
Cain, Helen
Smith, Jo Ann
Byrd, Laura
Moisi, Rose
Anderson, Barbara
4:05-CV-01366
4:05-CV-01378
4:05-CV-01402
4:05-CV-01404
4:05-CV-01408
Bowling, Virginia
Roth, Laura
Steinert, Minnie
Beaver, Eula M.
Miller, Doris
4:05-CV-01433
4:05-CV-01446
4:05-CV-01516
4:05-CV-01573
4:05-CV-01575
Blanco, Mercedes G.
Perotti, Deborah
South, Mary
Clark, Sylvia E.
Keener, Norma
4:05-CV-01620
4:05-CV-01633
4:05-CV-01680
4:05-CV-01754
4:05-CV-01793
Kamsch, Carole
Vernon, Beverly
Moore, Barbara J.
Johnson, Deborah E.
Smith, Helga K.
4:05-CV-01803
4:05-CV-01858
4:05-CV-01866
4:05-CV-01896
4:05-CV-01909
Robertson, Darline J.
Quinn, Marjorie A.
Hinkle, Joy
Gorski, Virginia
Cantwell, Lynn
4:06-CV-00001
4:06-CV-00050
4:06-CV-00079
4:06-CV-00110
4:06-CV-00121
4
Giambrone, Patti H.
Engle, Connie
Merricks, Lillian P.
Wilson, Sharon
Ridgeway, Ann
4:06-CV-00160
4:06-CV-00228
4:06-CV-00233
4:06-CV-00240
4:06-CV-00294
Ford, Linda
Brooks, Marilyn
Dudley, Ann
Stark, Audrey A.
Baker, Jacqueline
4:06-CV-00384
4:06-CV-00403
4:06-CV-00430
4:06-CV-00435
4:06-CV-00441
Trautman, Janet
Plowman, Joyce
Bolton, Barbara
Norwood, Keith Hunter
Abbey, Francine
4:06-CV-00442
4:06-CV-00443
4:06-CV-00493
4:06-CV-00517
4:06-CV-00537
Pick, Roslyn
Broussard, Angela
Briscoe, Brenda Kaye
Guillot, Claudia
Barr, Rebecca
4:06-CV-00581
4:06-CV-00636
4:06-CV-00661
4:06-CV-00697
4:06-CV-00704
Mahoney, Julia
Moffett, Linda W.
Kell, Rayjeana
Naquin, Carol
Flint, Mary Jo
4:06-CV-00714
4:06-CV-00722
4:06-CV-00772
4:06-CV-00784
4:06-CV-00793
Thomas, Jo Anne
Goldberg, Marlene
Stepp, Onie Lorene
Calhoun, Sharon
Russell, Barbara
4:06-CV-00800
4:06-CV-00821
4:06-CV-00873
4:06-CV-00878
4:06-CV-00879
Pinkerton, Bertha L.
Lyons, Mary
Wright, Bertha Lee
Harrison, Carolyn
Rosenberry, Mary Verna
4:06-CV-00881
4:06-CV-00916
4:06-CV-00938
4:06-CV-00940
4:06-CV-00959
Durain, Wanda
Duncan, Arizona L.
Black, Karen A.
Goodman, Donna K.
Brownewell, Dorothy
4:06-CV-00988
4:06-CV-00993
4:06-CV-01022
4:06-CV-01048
4:06-CV-01049
5
White-Brown, Margaret D.
Wojcik, Rosemary S.
Cavaliere, Geraldine
Burton, Mary Lou
Richardson, Lucille
4:06-CV-01120
4:06-CV-01127
4:06-CV-01165
4:06-CV-01186
4:06-CV-01193
Willenbrock, Darylle D.
Campbell, Sylvia
Cagle, Theda
Campbell, Bonnie
Bradley, Mary
4:06-CV-01200
4:06-CV-01219
4:06-CV-01220
4:06-CV-01222
4:06-CV-01224
Fortner, Doris
Derefield, Pamela S.
Mallin, Beverly
Hinton, Sarah A.
Kinser, Frances
4:06-CV-01252
4:06-CV-01260
4:06-CV-01282
4:06-CV-01324
4:06-CV-01339
Clement, Joyce
Martin, Elizabeth A.
Bikos, Bonnie
Puzzuole, Margaret
Sponza, Regina
4:06-CV-01345
4:06-CV-01389
4:06-CV-01392
4:06-CV-01398
4:06-CV-01399
Hunter, Shirley A.
Kagay, Joyce
Anthony, Sandra
Zimmerman, Joyce
Johnson, Sherry
4:06-CV-01403
4:06-CV-01431
4:06-CV-01433
4:06-CV-01438
4:06-CV-01443
Neubarth, Marie
Frank, Francis, Jr.
Roseman, Charlotte
Rosenbloom, Susan
Balis, Nancy A.
4:06-CV-01455
4:06-CV-01474
4:06-CV-01488
4:06-CV-01502
4:06-CV-01506
Schultz, Marilyn
Morgan, Alice
Sayers, Marjorie
Koch, Dorothy J.
Orgel, Lynne
4:06-CV-01516
4:06-CV-01555
4:06-CV-01564
4:06-CV-01617
4:06-CV-01645
Chambers, Zona
Rittenberry, Linda
Burbach, Julaine
Tipton, Janice
Hagstrand, Janet L.
4:06-CV-01650
4:06-CV-01679
4:06-CV-01696
4:06-CV-01700
4:06-CV-01712
6
Prickett, Judy C.
Strickland, Anne J.
Williams, Sharon J.
Kidd, Judith R.
Simpson, Arleane
4:07-CV-00090
4:07-CV-00093
4:07-CV-00095
4:07-CV-00100
4:07-CV-00126
McKnight, Marilyn
Battiste, Thelma
Lonsiak, Kathleen
Regan, Peggy
Spangler, Edith
4:07-CV-00156
4:07-CV-00189
4:07-CV-00211
4:07-CV-00232
4:07-CV-00251
Payne, Patricia Ann
Lopez, Melissa
Anderson, Carolyn
Snyder, Debbie
Tangman, Frances
4:07-CV-00321
4:07-CV-00323
4:07-CV-00332
4:07-CV-00340
4:07-CV-00419
Williams, Christine S.
McCune, Lavon
Kota, Miriam
Nussbaum, Gale
Harding, Joann D.
4:07-CV-00427
4:07-CV-00430
4:07-CV-00467
4:07-CV-00469
4:07-CV-00478
Dale, Jane R.
Kirschstein, Janet
McMichael, Linda
Irwin, Vivian
Stolbun, Judith Greer
4:07-CV-00558
4:07-CV-00653
4:07-CV-00655
4:07-CV-00731
4:07-CV-00816
Mills, Stanley
Scott, Toni
Turner, Mildred
Miller, Joan P.
Payne, Patty
4:07-CV-00884
4:07-CV-01078
4:08-CV-00035
4:08-CV-00062
4:08-CV-00185
Johnson, Eloise
Kielty, Cheryl
Smylie, Carol
Okon, Marilyn
Jewell, Paula
4:08-CV-00290
4:08-CV-00402
4:08-CV-00443
4:08-CV-00462
4:08-CV-00617
Draper, Helen
Amador, Silvia
Barnes, Marita A.
Chen, Margaret L.
Archbold, Sharon
4:08-CV-00699
4:08-CV-00779
4:08-CV-00864
4:08-CV-01268
4:08-CV-01288
7
Fisher, Terri L.
Peterson, Sandra
Shanle, Sheila
Reddy, Jeanne Marie
Redman, Virginia
4:08-CV-01393
4:08-CV-01687
4:08-CV-01793
4:08-CV-01811
4:08-CV-01816
Weaver, Brenda
Nichols, Linda
Costa, Frances
Shuckhart, Mary
Weaver, Rise L.
4:08-CV-01848
4:08-CV-01856
4:08-CV-01860
4:08-CV-01876
4:08-CV-01999
Blaisdell, Norman
Marshall, Valerie A.
Weaver, Rita
Kropf, Karen Leanne
McCarthy, Cynthia
4:08-CV-02116
4:08-CV-02188
4:08-CV-02313
4:08-CV-02314
4:08-CV-02388
Cook, Carol L.
Jenkins, Gwendolyn
Barnett, Jacklynn
Sands, Joyce
Geiser, Dorothy
4:08-CV-02413
4:08-CV-02514
4:08-CV-02695
4:08-CV-02745
4:08-CV-02787
Schlenk, Lois
Estell, Shirley
Reed, Mae Frances
Bumpas, Vickie E.
Johann, Apollonia
4:08-CV-02796
4:08-CV-03119
4:08-CV-03121; 4:09-cv-00132
4:08-CV-03167
4:08-CV-03178
Beaver, Donna
McLain, Judy
Haupert, Karen
Weinfurtner, Carol
Kaiser, Barbara J.
4:08-CV-03204
4:08-CV-03207
4:08-CV-03211
4:08-CV-03213
4:08-CV-03237
Crestelle, Carole
Jones, Sharon Lee
Hill, Jeanne
Kurinko, Ann Marie
Blattl, Kurt
4:08-CV-03333
4:08-CV-03338
4:08-CV-03339
4:08-CV-03340
4:08-CV-03358
Hicks, Mary E.
Woods, Dorothy
Finn, Kathleen
Morgan, Nancy
Alvarran, Bonnie
4:08-CV-03523
4:08-CV-03548
4:08-CV-03560
4:08-CV-03572
4:08-CV-03631
8
Sanford, Glenda
Burton, Sharon
Carter, Linda
Hennin, Pat
Cornell, Nancy
4:08-CV-03671
4:08-CV-03677
4:08-CV-03690
4:08-CV-03699
4:08-CV-03723
Goodman, Lorraine
Humphreys, Nancy
Mayo, Mary
Roy, Thelma
Saunders, Doris
4:08-CV-03777
4:08-CV-03833
4:08-CV-03905
4:08-CV-03913
4:08-CV-03923
Scarbro, Frances
Scott, Minnie
Mitchell, Iva
Utt, Brenda
Poe, Sharon
4:08-CV-03927
4:08-CV-03932
4:08-CV-03985
4:08-CV-04017
4:08-CV-04087
Midili, Denise
Huff, Beverly C.
Frambs, Geraldyne
Mackiewicz, Kerma
Whatley, Ernest Joe
4:09-CV-00059
4:09-CV-00103
4:09-CV-00741
4:09-CV-00748
4:10-CV-00128
Cox, Marsha
Turk, Jean
Banks, Linda
Steele, Carolyn
Bledsoe, Shirley
4:10-CV-00285
4:10-CV-00291
4:10-CV-00350
4:10-CV-00370
4:10-CV-00421
Plain, Diane
Langren, Roberta
Knutson, Linda
Slaton, Mary
Baker, Mary
4:10-CV-00435
4:10-CV-00438
4:10-CV-00457
4:10-CV-00461
4:10-CV-00464
Green, Kenneth
Hart, Marlene
Evosevich, Felecisima
Walton, Doris
Geneve, Barbara
4:10-CV-00465
4:10-CV-00475
4:10-CV-00478
4:10-CV-00505
4:10-CV-00542
Williams, Lucille
Hansmann, Kathleen
Lopez, Delfina
Kerns, Margie
Krcmarik, Janet
4:10-CV-00569
4:10-CV-00578
4:10-CV-00587
4:10-CV-00600
4:10-CV-00601
9
Oberg, Jeanne
Sargent, Patricia
Walther, Rose
Sundall, Kathleen
Ely, Carol
4:10-CV-00602
4:10-CV-00605
4:10-CV-00609
4:10-CV-00611
4:10-CV-00619
Vincent, Sandra
Lindsay, Helen
Winfield, Cynthia
Mehr, Jeanette
Erickson, Roberta
4:10-CV-00620
4:10-CV-00626
4:10-CV-00629
4:10-CV-00632
4:10-CV-00649
Wilson, Evie
Foster, Thressa
Garcia, Gloria
Genco, Lucille
Ferguson, Sandra
4:10-CV-00656
4:10-CV-00669
4:10-CV-00681
4:10-CV-00682
4:10-CV-00683
Bell, Greg
Clausen, Lois
McGilvray, Anne
King, Marilyn
Grossman, Herbert
4:10-CV-00685
4:10-CV-00687
4:10-CV-00782
4:10-CV-00792
4:10-CV-00797
Cox, Carolyn
Hagle, Irene
Swanson, Mary
Johnson, Barbara
Fornberg, Loretta
4:10-CV-00798
4:10-CV-00805
4:10-CV-00813
4:10-CV-00817
4:10-CV-00818
Kirchhoff, Rose
Holden, Kathleen
Cassidy, Theresa
Sivils, Sharon
Tallent, Patricia
4:10-CV-00823
4:10-CV-00827
4:10-CV-00828
4:10-CV-00830
4:10-CV-00839
Beedle, Joyce
Bolster, Sharon
Allgood, Tanya
Sedwick, Mary
Wille, Lois
4:10-CV-00842
4:10-CV-00846
4:10-CV-00848
4:10-CV-00871
4:10-CV-00886
Brandt, Judith
Gouge, Delores
Jacquemart, Sharron
Bussart, Norma
Moore, John
4:10-CV-00890
4:10-CV-00891
4:10-CV-00912
4:10-CV-00921
4:10-CV-00922
10
Meranto, Oneida
Fields, Dorothy
Gordon, Sharon
Wood, Ann M.
Mangan, Beverly
4:10-CV-00923
4:10-CV-00926
4:10-CV-00933
4:10-CV-00935
4:10-CV-00941
Provasnik, Judith
Anglin, Linda
Dahlman, Emma Louise
Weddle, Georganne
Raatz, Dixie
4:10-CV-00955
4:10-CV-00988
4:10-CV-00989
4:10-CV-00992
4:10-CV-01018
Marcus, Sandra
Beylen, Joan
Contreras, Sandra
Howard, Carolyn
Stanionis, Lee
4:10-CV-01021
4:10-CV-01029
4:10-CV-01030
4:10-CV-01034
4:10-CV-01035
Gilmore, Sheila
Crane, Livia Salazar
Sherril, Janie
Grossman, Shirley
Meiller, Jean
4:10-CV-01039
4:10-CV-01040
4:10-CV-01041
4:10-CV-01042
4:10-CV-01046
Sain, Sudarshain
Struckmann, Jean A.
Knobel-Besa, Penny
Dasen, Paula
Denney, Marge
4:10-CV-01060
4:10-CV-01061
4:10-CV-01063
4:10-CV-01080
4:10-CV-01212
Guerra, Rosemary
Owen, Joyce
Wynkoop, Joanne
Martin, Rose
Owens, Evelyn
4:10-CV-01214
4:10-CV-01236
4:10-CV-01239
4:10-CV-01241
4:10-CV-01267
Mosely, Patty Ann
Thomas, Sharon
Trout, Geraldine
Onody, Marilyn
Krueger, Ruth
4:10-CV-01272
4:10-CV-01286
4:10-CV-01289
4:10-CV-01298
4:10-CV-01306
Friedberg, Carolyn
DeBell, Alma
Miner, Nola Jean
Facer, Kelleen
Funk, Judith
4:10-CV-01313
4:10-CV-01317
4:10-CV-01324
4:10-CV-01347
4:10-CV-01351
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Zand, Tabandeh
Peterson, Darlene
Unlandt, Leena
Hudman, Dorothy M.
Williams, Mary Ann
4:10-CV-01360
4:10-CV-01363
4:10-CV-01428
4:10-CV-01576
4:10-CV-01583
Lininger, Linda
Polk, Geneva
Nichols, Ginger G.
Ryan, Faye
Rackle, Karen
4:10-CV-01617
4:10-CV-01618
4:10-CV-01620
4:10-CV-01625
4:10-CV-01627
Robbins, Ruby
Pitsinger, Muriel
Gattis, Melissa
Weber, Jane S.
Belnap, Gary
4:10-CV-01676
4:10-CV-01701
4:10-CV-02020
4:10-CV-02049
4:10-CV-02074
Westerfield, Arlene
Boles, Dorothy
Eden, Barbara
Grobstein, Elaine
Hruska, Judith
4:10-CV-02081
4:11-CV-00096
4:11-CV-00097
4:11-CV-00098
4:11-CV-00100
Clark, Charlotte A.
Johnson, Carole
Weiford, Marjorie
Fields, Jo Ann
Monroe, Rosie
4:11-CV-00109
4:11-CV-00110
4:11-CV-00111
4:11-CV-00113
4:11-CV-00131
Terry, Carol Jane
Whatley, Dolores
Weymouth, Genevieve
Mari, Linda
Riegle, Virginia A.
4:11-CV-00132
4:11-CV-00203
4:11-CV-00293
4:11-CV-00322
4:11-CV-00787
Cline, Carolyn
4:12-CV-00340
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