Thomas v. Wright Medical Technology Inc et al

Filing 4

CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER (CTO-5) transferring this case to the Northern District of Georgia to be included In Re: Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Conserve Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2329. Signed by Jeffery N. Luthi, Clerk of the Panel, on 4/11/12. (kpr)

UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL

on

MULTlDISTRICT LlTIGATION

IN RE: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY,
INC., CONSERVE HIP IMPLANT PRODUCTS
LIABILITY LITIGATION

MDL No. 2329

(SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE)

CONDITIONAL TRANS.FER ORDER (CTO-S)

On February 8,2012, the Panel transferred 4 civil action(s) to the United States District Court for
the Northern District of Georgia for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28
U.S.c. §1407. See _F.Supp.2d_ (J.P.M.L. 2012). Since that time, 16 additional action(s) have been
transferred to the Northern District of Georgia. With the consent of that court, all such actions have
been assigned to the Honorable William SDuffey, Jr.
it appears that the action(s) on this conditional transfer order involve questions of fact that are
common to the actions previously transferred to the Northern District of Georgia and assigned to
Judge Duffey.
Pursuant to Rule 7.1 of the Ryles of Procedure of tile United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict
the action(s) on the attached schedule are transferred under 28 U.S.C. §1407 to the
Northern District of Georgia for the reasons stated in the order of February 8, 2012, and, with the
consent of that court, assigned to the Honorable William S Duffey, Jr.
Liti~ation,

This order does not become effective until it is filed in the Office of the Clerk of the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The transmittal of this order to said Clerk shall
be stayed 7 days from the entry thereof. Ifany party tiles a notice of opposition with the Clerk of the
Panel within this 7-day period, the stay will be continued until further order of the Panel.

FOR THE PANEL:

Inasmuch as no objection is
pending allhis time, the
stay is lifted

Apr11,2012
CLERK'S OFFICE
UNiTED STATES

JUOI":;IAL PANGL ON

MULTID!STRJCT UTJGAnON

~~.-'-Jeffery N. LUthi
Clerk of the Panel

ATrEST: ATRUX COPY
CERTImID THIS

IN RE: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY,
INC., CONSERVE HIP IMPLANT PRODUCTS
LIABILITY LITIGATION

MOL No. 2329

SCHEDULE CTO-5 - TAG-ALONG ACTIONS

C,A,NO.

CASE CAPTION

ARKANSAS EASTERN
ARE

4

12-00174

Thomas v. Wright Medical Technology Inc et a1

LOUISIANA EASTERN
LAE

2

12-00440

Cowart v. Wright Medical Technology, Inc. et al

MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN

MSS

3

12-00199

Cox et al v. Wright Medical Technology, Inc. et a1

WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN
WVN

2

12-00022

Poling v. Wright Medical Technology, Inc. et al