Virka et al v. Wyeth et al

Filing 12

CONDITIONAL REMAND ORDER in re: Prempro Products Liability Litigation- The transferee court in this litigation has advised the Panel that coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings in the action on this conditional remand order have been c ompleted and that remandto the transferor court(s), as provided in 28 U.S.C. §1407(a), is appropriate. IT IS THEREFORE ORD ERED that the action(s) on this conditional remand order be remanded toits/their respective transferor courts. (Attachments: # 1 Notice of Remand Letter, # 2 Pretrial Order for Remanded Cases, # 3 USDC-AR Prempro Docket Sheet, # 4 USDC-AR Virka Docket Sheet). (MKR)

By: /s/ Tammy Downs D.C. on

May 23, 2012

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
WESTERN DIVISION

IN RE:
PREMPRO PRODUCTS LIABILITY
LITIGATION

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MDL DOCKET NO. 4:03-CV-1507-BRW

CASES IN EXHIBIT A

MDL PRETRIAL ORDER FOR REMANDED CASES and
EIGHTH SUGGESTION OF REMAND

I.

INTRODUCTION

II.

BACKGROUND3
A.

Practice and Procedure Orders

B.

Lead and Liaison Counsel

C.

Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee

D.

Status Conferences

E.

Common Benefit Fund

See

See

F.

Bellwether Trials

Reeves v. Wyeth Rush v. Wyeth
Wilson v. Wyeth

Curtis v. Wyeth

1.

Reeves v. Wyeth
Reeves

2.

Rush v. Wyeth
Rush

3.

Scroggin v. Wyeth
Scroggin

Rush v. Wyeth

Scroggin v. Wyeth

4.

Wilson v. Wyeth
Wilson

5.

Curtis v. Wyeth
Wilson

III.

DISCOVERY

PPO-1

Scroggin v. Wyeth

PPO-2
PPO-3
PPO-4
PPO-5 & PPO-6
PPO-7

PPO-8

PPO-9 and amendments
PPO-10

A.

Generic Fact Discovery
1.

Document Discovery

in extremis

2.

e.g.

Depositions of Generic Fact Witnesses

B.

Case-Specific Fact Discovery

1.

Case-Specific Fact Discovery of Plaintiffs
a.

Plaintiff Fact Sheets

b.

Depositions

2.

Case-Specific Fact Discovery of Defendants

3.

In Extremis Depositions
in

extremis

4.

Product Identification

IV.

ACTIVITIES COMPLETED BEFORE REMAND

V.

DOCUMENTS TO BE SENT TO TRANSFEROR COURT

CONCLUSION

EXHIBIT A