Almer v. Peanut Corporation of America

Filing 1133

Almer v. Peanut Corporation of America

Doc. 1133

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE

DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
Chambers of DONOVAN W. FRANK DISTRICT JUDGE Warren E. Burger Federal Building 316 North Robert Street, Room 738 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 [phone]

January 30, 2007 BY ECF ONLY John R. Price, Esq. John Price & Associates 9000 Keystone Crossing Suite 150 Indianapolis, IN 46240 Rhett D. Klok, Esq. Mot ley Rice, LLC 28 Bridgeside Blvd. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466 Re: King v. Guidant, et al. , Civ. No. 06-1571 (DWF/AJB) Garrison v. Guidant, et al., Civ. No. 06-680 (DWF/AJB) Freire v. Guidant, et al., Civ. No. 06-3252 (DWF/AJB) Bare v. Guidant, et al., Civ. No. 06-3253 (DWF/AJB) Request for Setting a Death Case as a Representative Trial

Dear Counsel: I am in receipt of your January 23, 2007 request in the above-captioned matters, in which you ask the Court to set a death case as a representative trial. At the May 2, 2006 status conference, the parties agreed to select six bellwether cases, including one death case. But at the December 20th status conference, the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, together with Guidant, agreed to remove a death case from the bellwether process. Given this agreement, I have set schedules for five bellwether trials. This decision is discussed in Pretrial Order No. 26, which can be found on the Court's website (www.mnd.uscourts.gov) and in Docket No. 1046 in MDL No. 05-1708 (DWF/AJB). In that Order, I reserved the right to set additional bellwether trials to my calendar, if I determine that additional trials would be instructive to the bellwether process.

Very truly yours, s/Donovan W. Frank DONOVAN W. FRANK Judge of United States District Court DWF:rlb

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