Westberry v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al

Filing 10

ORDER Establishing QSF. Signed by Judge David R. Herndon on 11/5/2014. (dsw)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
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IN RE PRADAXA
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MDL No. 2385
(DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE) )
3:12-md-02385-DRH-SCW
PRODUCTS LIABILITY
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Judge David R. Herndon
LITIGATION
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______________________________________________________________________________
This Document Relates to:

Alfred Westberry v. v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al., No. 3:13cv-50925-DRH-SCW

And Related Cases (See Doc. 9-1)
ORDER
Upon the Motion of Plaintiffs, and for good cause shown, the Court hereby
orders as follows:

1.

The DR Pradaxa Qualified Settlement Fund is approved and the Court

retains jurisdiction thereof. The DR Pradaxa Qualified Settlement Fund shall be
established and operated in a manner consistent with the rules of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.468B-1. The DR Pradaxa Qualified Settlement Fund shall
remain open to receive settlement amounts on behalf of later-settling Plaintiffs,
subject to approval by Defendants, as described in the accompanying Motion.

2.

The purpose of this lawsuit is to facilitate the settlement of claims.

No adjudication of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Boehringer
Ingelheim International GMBH’s liability shall be made in this lawsuit.

3.

Scott H. Freeman is hereby appointed as Administrator of the DR

Pradaxa Qualified Settlement Fund pursuant to the terms, conditions, and

restrictions of the Master Settlement Agreement and the accompanying Motion.
The DR Pradaxa Qualified Settlement Fund Administrator is authorized to (a)
invest the Fund (b) make distributions from the Fund and (c) segregate the Fund
into sub-accounts consistent with the Master Settlement Agreement and the
accompanying Motion. Further, as the DR Pradaxa Qualified Settlement Fund
Administrator is authorized upon final distribution of all monies paid into the
Fund, to take appropriate steps to wind down the Fund and thereafter
discharging the Fund Administrator from any further responsibility with respect
to the Fund.

IT IS SO ORDERED.
Signed this 5th day of November, 2014.

Digitally signed
by David R.
Herndon
Date: 2014.11.05
11:53:38 -06'00'
District Judge
United States District Court