Stone v. Johnson & Johnson et al

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CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER CTO-13 MDL No. 2782 Transferring case 5:17-cv-00197-JLH to the Northern District of Georgia. Signed by Jeffery N. Luthi, Clerk of the Panel on 8/11/2017. (ljb)

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Case MDL No. 2782 Document 153 Filed 08/11/17 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL on MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION IN RE: ETHICON PHYSIOMESH FLEXIBLE COMPOSITE HERNIA MESH PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION MDL No. 2782 (SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE) CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER (CTO 13) On June 2, 2017, the Panel transferred 16 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.3d_ (J.P.M.L. 2017). Since that time, 68 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 Richard W. Story. 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 Story. Pursuant to Rule 7.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 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 June 2, 2017, and, with the consent of that court, assigned to the Honorable Richard W. Story. 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. If any party files 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. Aug 11, 2017 FOR THE PANEL: Jeffery N. Lüthi Clerk of the Panel Case MDL No. 2782 Document 153 Filed 08/11/17 Page 2 of 2 IN RE: ETHICON PHYSIOMESH FLEXIBLE COMPOSITE HERNIA MESH PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION SCHEDULE CTO 13 DIST MDL No. 2782 TAG ALONG ACTIONS DIV. C.A.NO. CASE CAPTION 2 17 02508 Jackman v. Johnson & Johnson Incorporated et al 17 00197 Stone v. Johnson & Johnson et al ARIZONA AZ ARKANSAS EASTERN ARE 5

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