Aranda et al v. Walgreen Co et al.

Filing 29

ORDER The Clerk of Court shall sever each plaintiff indicated in the Notice (Dkt. 28), other than the first plaintiffs named in the Notice (Gaby and Jose Aranda), so that there will be 40 new cases. These new cases should group related plaintiffs to gether, where indicated in the Notice. For each new case, the Clerk of Court shall create a member association to 8:04-MD-02523-JSM-TBM, the lead case for the MDL, and enter the Practice and Procedure Order that is entered after the transfer of these cases to the MDL. Each plaintiff shall electronically file in his or her individual civil action number an amended complaint setting forth the specific factual basis of their claims withinfourteen (14) days from the date of the assignment of their i ndividual civil action number. At that time, the severed plaintiff shall also pay a filing fee to the Clerk of Court. All filings subsequent to the filing of the amended complaints, including the responses, shall be filed in the master case, 8:04-MD-2523-T-30TBM. The style of the filing should include the related individual case number. Signed by Judge James S. Moody, Jr on 10/1/2012. (JNB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION
IN RE: ACCUTANE PRODUCTS
LIABILITY LITIGATION MDL #1626
GABY ARANDA, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
Master Case 8:04-md-2523-T-30TBM
Case No. 8:12-cv-1426-T-30TBM

v.
HOFFMAN-LAROCHE, INC., et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER
Before the Court is the Notice to the Court of Individual Plaintiffs Who Intend to
Pursue Claims (Dkt. 28 in 8:12-cv-1426-T-30TBM ), filed in response to this Court’s
September 20, 2012 order granting Defendants’ motion to sever Plaintiffs’ claims into
separate civil actions (Dkt. 1105 in 8:04-md-2523-T-30TBM).
Upon consideration of the Notice and, consistent with the Court’s September 20, 2012
order (Dkt. 1105), it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:
1.

The Clerk of Court shall sever each plaintiff indicated in the Notice (Dkt. 28),

other than the first plaintiffs named in the Notice (Gaby and Jose Aranda), so that there will
be 40 new cases. These new cases should group related plaintiffs together, where indicated
in the Notice.

2.

For each new case, the Clerk of Court shall create a member association to

8:04-MD-02523-JSM-TBM, the lead case for the MDL, and enter the Practice and Procedure
Order that is entered after the transfer of these cases to the MDL.
3.

Each plaintiff shall electronically file in his or her individual civil action

number an amended complaint setting forth the specific factual basis of their claims within
fourteen (14) days from the date of the assignment of their individual civil action number.
At that time, the severed plaintiff shall also pay a filing fee to the Clerk of Court.
4.

All filings subsequent to the filing of the amended complaints, including the

responses, shall be filed in the master case, 8:04-MD-2523-T-30TBM. The style of the filing
should include the related individual case number.
DONE and ORDERED in Tampa, Florida on October 1, 2012.

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