Baird et al v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company et al

Filing 10

ORDER GRANTING IN PART STIPULATION TO STAY LITIGATION PENDING PLAVIX MDL by Judge Alsup granting in part 9 Stipulation. The stay shall expire on January 31 if no conditional transfer order issues before then. Joint status statement due February 5. (whalc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/14/2014)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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FRED BAIRD, et al.,

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No. C 14-00009 WHA

Plaintiffs,
v.
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY,
et al.,

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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ORDER GRANTING IN PART
STIPULATION TO STAY
LITIGATION PENDING PLAVIX
MDL

Defendants.
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On January 13, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that this action “should be

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stayed pending [the] anticipated transfer to the Plavix® MDL in the District of New Jersey”

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(Dkt. No. 9). In December 2013, plaintiffs, individuals from sixteen states, filed this action in

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the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Francisco alleging injuries as a

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result of ingesting Plavix®, a prescription medication, manufactured by defendant Bristol-Myers

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Squibb Company. According to defendant, 31 of the 44 other cases previously pending in this

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district involving the same prescription medication were transferred to the Plavix® Multidistrict

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Litigation in the District of New Jersey. On January 13, defendant “tagged this case for transfer

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to the Plavix® MDL” and anticipates that the panel will “issue a conditional transfer order for

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this case soon.” The unique circumstances here warrant a brief stay of this action pending a

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conditional transfer order from the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. The

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stay shall expire on JANUARY 31 if no conditional transfer order issues before then. If no

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conditional transfer order issues by January 31, the parties shall file a joint status statement (not

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to exceed SEVEN PAGES) by NOON ON FEBRUARY 5.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: January 14, 2014.

WILLIAM ALSUP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE