Weis v. Howmedica Osteonics et al

Filing 13

ORDER: The parties' Joint Motion to Stay Pending Transfer to MDL 2768 (Doc. # 10 ) is GRANTED. The Clerk is directed to STAY AND ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSE this case until such time as the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has ruled as to whether this case will be transferred to the consolidated multidistrict litigation. Signed by Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington on 10/10/2017. (KAK)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION
CAROL B. WEIS,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 8:17-cv-2113-T-33TGW

HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP., ET
AL.,
Defendants.
________________________________/
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court pursuant to the
parties’ Joint Motion to Stay Pending Transfer to MDL 2768
(Doc. # 10), filed on October 6, 2017.

The parties seek an

order staying this case until such time as the Judicial Panel
on Multidistrict Litigation has determined whether this case
will be transferred to consolidated multidistrict litigation
in the United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts (In re: Stryker LFIT V40 Femoral Head Prods.
Liab. Lit.).
This Court agrees with the relief sought by the parties,
and in the interest of judicial economy, this Court stays and
administratively closes this matter pending the transfer
decision of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.
In so staying and administratively closing this case,
this Court is mindful of its broad discretion over the manner
in which it manages the cases before it, Chrysler Int’l Corp.
v. Chemaly, 280 F.3d 1358, 1360 (11th Cir. 2002), and finds

that the requested stay is reasonable and appropriate under
the circumstances.
Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED:
(1)

The parties’ Joint Motion to Stay Pending Transfer to MDL
2768 (Doc. # 10) is GRANTED.

(2)

The Clerk is directed to STAY AND ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSE
this case until such time as the Judicial Panel on
Multidistrict Litigation has ruled as to whether this
case

will

be

transferred

to

the

consolidated

multidistrict litigation.
DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, in Tampa, Florida, this
10th day of October, 2017.

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