WORKMAN et al v. MENU FOODS LIMITED et al

Filing 13

BRIEF in Opposition re #10 MOTION for Order to Show Cause Why a Protective Order to Supervise or Limit Communications With Absent Class Members Should Not Issue filed by MENU FOODS MIDWEST CORPORATION, MENU FOODS LIMITED, MENU FOODS INC.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A#2 Exhibit B#3 Exhibit C#4 Exhibit D)(HANSON, GERARD)

WORKMAN et al v. MENU FOODS LIMITED et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY JARED WORKMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, ORDER v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. SUZANNE THOMSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. LARRY WILSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. PAUL RICHARD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. 07-1457 (NLH) Civil Action No. 07-1456 (NLH) Civil Action No. 07-1360 (NLH) Civil Action No. 07-1338 (NLH)

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LINDA TINKER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. JANICE BONIER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. JULIE HIDALGO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. ALEXANDER NUNEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants.

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MARK GOLDING, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. TROY GAGLIARDI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. KAMI TURTURRO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. PEGGY SCHNEIDER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants.

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LESLIE BERNDL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. JAYME PITTSONBERGER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. DAVID CARTER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. JIM BULLOCK, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants.

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CHRISTINA JOHNSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. JAMES CONNER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. MATT LONG, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. CHANTELLE CONTI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants.

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STEVEN FREEMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. KAREN PIRCHES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. DIANA DIEDRICH, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. TODD SOKOLWSKI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants.

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MICHELE MCCULLOUGH, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. STEVE COLQUITT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. LUKE DEBARATHY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants. LOREN BYERS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants.

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LYNNE CARESTIO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MENU FOODS LIMITED, et al., Defendants.

Civil Action No. 07-1762 (NLH)

This matter having come before the Court on Defendants' motions to stay, as well as the Court's inherent power to stay proceedings through the exercise of its sound discretion, see Landis v. North American Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254-55 (1936); and It appearing that some of the parties in the above-captioned actions have filed motions with the Joint Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to transfer and consolidate these actions; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED on this 2nd day of May, 2007, that the above-captioned actions are stayed until the Joint Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issues a decision on the transfer and consolidation motions currently pending before it in MDL-1850, In re Pet Food Product Liability Litigation.

s/ Noel L. Hillman At Camden, New Jersey NOEL L. HILLMAN, U.S.D.J.

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