Harth v. Merck & Co., Inc.

Filing 173

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER. For the reasons stated in this Memorandum Opinion and Order, Merck's motion for a second Lone Pine order is denied. re: (62 in 1:11-cv-01729-JFK, 90 in 1:09-cv-08596-JFK, 79 in 1:09-cv-08691-JFK, 127 in 1:07-cv-093 33-JFK, 142 in 1:06-cv-13224-JFK, 128 in 1:07-cv-07474-JFK, 163 in 1:06-cv-06294-JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-05900-JFK, 71 in 1:10-cv-03528-JFK, 121 in 1:07-cv-10438-JFK, 135 in 1:07-cv-03463-JFK, 82 in 1:10-cv-00672-JFK, 82 in 1:09-cv-06206-JFK, 146 in 1:07- cv-01421-JFK, 88 in 1:10-cv-01292-JFK, 79 in 1:09-cv-06380-JFK, 67 in 1:08-cv-08751-JFK, 138 in 1:07-cv-09562-JFK, 84 in 1:09-cv-04946-JFK, 154 in 1:06-cv-09460-JFK, 85 in 1:10-cv-01301-JFK, 61 in 1:11-cv-02046-JFK, 96 in 1:09-cv-02374-JFK, 108 in 1: 08-cv-06328-JFK, 69 in 1:10-cv-07867-JFK, 111 in 1:08-cv-04140-JFK, 126 in 1:07-cv-09331-JFK, 91 in 1:09-cv-04200-JFK, 141 in 1:07-cv-07289-JFK, 73 in 1:10-cv-03964-JFK, 151 in 1:06-cv-11329-JFK, 62 in 1:11-cv-02203-JFK, 79 in 1:10-cv-04891-JFK, 125 in 1:08-cv-01550-JFK, 58 in 1:11-cv-05486-JFK, 82 in 1:10-cv-04828-JFK, 80 in 1:09-cv-07342-JFK, 132 in 1:07-cv-00929-JFK, 53 in 1:11-cv-09000-JFK, 110 in 1:08-cv-04139-JFK, 123 in 1:08-cv-00939-JFK, 104 in 1:06-cv-05087-JFK, 110 in 1:08-cv-04166-JFK , 62 in 1:11-cv-01730-JFK, 100 in 1:09-cv-00036-JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-05855-JFK, 89 in 1:09-cv-04183-JFK, 156 in 1:06-cv-09454-JFK, 94 in 1:07-cv-06752-JFK, 44 in 1:12-cv-01694-JFK, 131 in 1:07-cv-09332-JFK, 98 in 1:09-cv-03644-JFK, 111 in 1:08-cv-04154 -JFK, 148 in 1:07-cv-03466-JFK, 114 in 1:08-cv-04540-JFK, 72 in 1:10-cv-09643-JFK, 112 in 1:08-cv-04099-JFK, 76 in 1:10-cv-05980-JFK, 99 in 1:08-cv-11149-JFK, 130 in 1:07-cv-07057-JFK, 83 in 1:09-cv-05669-JFK, 103 in 1:08-cv-07368-JFK, 58 in 1:11-cv- 07440-JFK, 88 in 1:09-cv-04059-JFK, 130 in 1:07-cv-05935-JFK, 101 in 1:09-cv-02287-JFK, 86 in 1:09-cv-04598-JFK, 115 in 1:08-cv-01895-JFK, 76 in 1:10-cv-05096-JFK, 113 in 1:08-cv-02821-JFK, 89 in 1:09-cv-03826-JFK, 108 in 1:08-cv-04262-JFK, 79 in 1:1 0-cv-05979-JFK, 94 in 1:08-cv-03768-JFK, 100 in 1:08-cv-08537-JFK, 120 in 1:07-cv-09882-JFK, 111 in 1:06-cv-04107-JFK, 90 in 1:08-cv-03504-JFK, 122 in 1:07-cv-11220-JFK, 122 in 1:07-cv-09817-JFK, 130 in 1:07-cv-05937-JFK, 41 in 1:12-cv-01163-JFK, 128 in 1:07-cv-07615-JFK, 62 in 1:11-cv-01727-JFK, 107 in 1:08-cv-05206-JFK, 133 in 1:07-cv-07613-JFK, 179 in 1:06-cv-07631-JFK, 79 in 1:09-cv-07130-JFK, 66 in 1:11-cv-01388-JFK, 127 in 1:07-cv-07409-JFK, 62 in 1:11-cv-03554-JFK, 130 in 1:07-cv-06850-JF K, 80 in 1:09-cv-06949-JFK, 77 in 1:09-cv-09881-JFK, 131 in 1:07-cv-06173-JFK, 86 in 1:10-cv-01290-JFK, 417 in 1:06-cv-09455-JFK, 78 in 1:10-cv-05282-JFK, 62 in 1:11-cv-02384-JFK, 113 in 1:08-cv-04089-JFK, 129 in 1:07-cv-07473-JFK, 126 in 1:07-cv-080 43-JFK, 120 in 1:08-cv-08072-JFK, 58 in 1:06-cv-13542-JFK, 115 in 1:06-cv-05521-JFK, 94 in 1:07-cv-08033-JFK, 103 in 1:08-cv-07367-JFK, 118 in 1:08-cv-00308-JFK, 126 in 1:07-cv-09330-JFK, 130 in 1:07-cv-10362-JFK, 82 in 1:09-cv-05964-JFK, 81 in 1:09- cv-09618-JFK, 121 in 1:07-cv-11337-JFK, 61 in 1:11-cv-02380-JFK, 25 in 1:08-cv-00348-JFK, 83 in 1:06-cv-14184-JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-00346-JFK, 74 in 1:09-cv-07814-JFK, 128 in 1:08-cv-00918-JFK, 108 in 1:08-cv-07214-JFK, 110 in 1:08-cv-04162-JFK, 44 in 1 :12-cv-07033-JFK, 120 in 1:08-cv-01105-JFK, 62 in 1:11-cv-01415-JFK, 167 in 1:06-cv-00372-JFK, 126 in 1:07-cv-07991-JFK, 71 in 1:10-cv-08940-JFK, 115 in 1:08-cv-04092-JFK, 172 in 1:06-cv-09449-JFK, 84 in 1:07-cv-02953-JFK, 133 in 1:07-cv-02608-JFK, 1 25 in 1:08-cv-04084-JFK, 102 in 1:08-cv-08916-JFK, 91 in 1:09-cv-07804-JFK, 81 in 1:09-cv-05968-JFK, 85 in 1:09-cv-04907-JFK, 92 in 1:09-cv-04181-JFK, 69 in 1:10-cv-09528-JFK, 110 in 1:08-cv-04174-JFK, 114 in 1:08-cv-04142-JFK, 71 in 1:10-cv-04587-JF K, 113 in 1:06-cv-14240-JFK, 97 in 1:09-cv-04358-JFK, 140 in 1:07-cv-03294-JFK, 89 in 1:10-cv-01297-JFK, 150 in 1:06-cv-11493-JFK, 79 in 1:10-cv-05231-JFK, 78 in 1:10-cv-06401-JFK, 119 in 1:08-cv-01018-JFK, 109 in 1:08-cv-04091-JFK, 157 in 1:06-cv-06 293-JFK, 76 in 1:10-cv-05977-JFK, 53 in 1:11-cv-08257-JFK, 43 in 1:12-cv-01696-JFK, 114 in 1:08-cv-01940-JFK, 67 in 1:08-cv-08750-JFK, 131 in 1:07-cv-07299-JFK, 66 in 1:11-cv-01246-JFK, 133 in 1:07-cv-03461-JFK, 79 in 1:10-cv-05068-JFK, 92 in 1:08-cv -04143-JFK, 84 in 1:09-cv-05965-JFK, 159 in 1:06-cv-07629-JFK, 80 in 1:09-cv-05354-JFK, 50 in 1:11-cv-06817-JFK, 125 in 1:07-cv-09477-JFK, 45 in 1:12-cv-01697-JFK, 166 in 1:06-cv-03815-JFK, 144 in 1:07-cv-01320-JFK, 123 in 1:07-cv-10683-JFK, 156 in 1 :06-cv-12968-JFK, 89 in 1:07-cv-07276-JFK, 116 in 1:08-cv-04179-JFK, 103 in 1:08-cv-04096-JFK, 149 in 1:06-cv-09448-JFK, 103 in 1:08-cv-10221-JFK, 143 in 1:07-cv-09483-JFK, 27 in 1:13-cv-02036-JFK, 70 in 1:10-cv-08594-JFK, 113 in 1:08-cv-01019-JFK, 1 11 in 1:08-cv-04159-JFK, 321 in 1:06-cv-06292-JFK, 85 in 1:09-cv-05474-JFK, 88 in 1:09-cv-04364-JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-05278-JFK, 115 in 1:08-cv-01941-JFK, 70 in 1:11-cv-02040-JFK, 75 in 1:09-cv-06742-JFK, 73 in 1:10-cv-00625-JFK, 96 in 1:09-cv-02371-JFK , 42 in 1:12-cv-06809-JFK, 79 in 1:09-cv-08587-JFK, 112 in 1:06-cv-14236-JFK, 150 in 1:06-cv-11454-JFK, 55 in 1:11-cv-02866-JFK, 123 in 1:07-cv-11221-JFK, 77 in 1:10-cv-02812-JFK, 151 in 1:06-cv-09457-JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-06404-JFK, 118 in 1:08-cv-0418 0-JFK, 81 in 1:09-cv-09621-JFK, 79 in 1:12-cv-04537-JFK, 89 in 1:10-cv-01184-JFK, 131 in 1:07-cv-09880-JFK, 70 in 1:10-cv-08654-JFK, 97 in 1:08-cv-11162-JFK, 129 in 1:07-cv-11336-JFK, 115 in 1:08-cv-00310-JFK, 112 in 1:08-cv-03111-JFK, 136 in 1:07-cv -03792-JFK, 124 in 1:07-cv-09819-JFK, 127 in 1:08-cv-04100-JFK, 103 in 1:08-cv-08396-JFK, 131 in 1:07-cv-00854-JFK, 70 in 1:11-cv-00213-JFK, 130 in 1:07-cv-07142-JFK, 69 in 1:11-cv-00249-JFK, 133 in 1:07-cv-03467-JFK, 83 in 1:10-cv-07499-JFK, 80 in 1 :09-cv-06113-JFK, 86 in 1:09-cv-04911-JFK, 94 in 1:11-cv-03702-JFK, 93 in 1:09-cv-03693-JFK, 84 in 1:10-cv-01298-JFK, 96 in 1:09-cv-02373-JFK, 74 in 1:09-cv-06955-JFK, 114 in 1:08-cv-00311-JFK, 232 in 1:06-cv-05513-JFK, 58 in 1:11-cv-02382-JFK, 81 in 1:09-cv-09617-JFK, 75 in 1:09-cv-06379-JFK, 94 in 1:09-cv-00331-JFK, 161 in 1:06-cv-03816-JFK, 104 in 1:06-cv-14238-JFK, 95 in 1:08-cv-03857-JFK, 88 in 1:10-cv-04831-JFK, 135 in 1:07-cv-09479-JFK, 122 in 1:07-cv-09816-JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-00345-JFK, 3 7 in 1:12-cv-07087-JFK, 115 in 1:08-cv-01876-JFK, 110 in 1:08-cv-04125-JFK, 134 in 1:07-cv-09481-JFK, 130 in 1:07-cv-01420-JFK, 130 in 1:07-cv-06174-JFK, 126 in 1:07-cv-08108-JFK, 131 in 1:07-cv-07611-JFK, 147 in 1:06-cv-11330-JFK, 168 in 1:06-cv-003 61-JFK, 127 in 1:07-cv-09519-JFK, 96 in 1:09-cv-03048-JFK, 25 in 1:08-cv-02539-JFK, 99 in 1:08-cv-11154-JFK, 79 in 1:10-cv-05487-JFK, 76 in 1:10-cv-05328-JFK, 78 in 1:09-cv-09849-JFK, 126 in 1:07-cv-07988-JFK, 118 in 1:08-cv-03455-JFK, 130 in 1:08-cv -01803-JFK, 45 in 1:12-cv-02831-JFK, 96 in 1:07-cv-06720-JFK, 69 in 1:10-cv-08668-JFK, 103 in 1:08-cv-04088-JFK, 62 in 1:11-cv-01582-JFK, 67 in 1:08-cv-08748-JFK, 25 in 1:08-cv-00351-JFK, 144 in 1:07-cv-07290-JFK, 74 in 1:09-cv-06953-JFK, 103 in 1:09 -cv-01125-JFK, 141 in 1:07-cv-01319-JFK, 69 in 1:10-cv-07971-JFK, 89 in 1:08-cv-04098-JFK, 112 in 1:08-cv-04165-JFK, 97 in 1:09-cv-01414-JFK, 132 in 1:07-cv-00931-JFK, 85 in 1:09-cv-06212-JFK, 112 in 1:08-cv-04157-JFK, 126 in 1:07-cv-07427-JFK, 137 i n 1:07-cv-07298-JFK, 80 in 1:10-cv-01877-JFK, 136 in 1:07-cv-03652-JFK, 141 in 1:07-cv-09482-JFK, 131 in 1:07-cv-05938-JFK, 111 in 1:08-cv-04158-JFK, 81 in 1:09-cv-09848-JFK, 154 in 1:06-cv-10203-JFK, 62 in 1:11-cv-00504-JFK, 84 in 1:10-cv-01294-JFK, 131 in 1:07-cv-01318-JFK, 115 in 1:08-cv-03114-JFK, 24 in 1:08-cv-10654-JFK, 74 in 1:10-cv-04893-JFK, 71 in 1:10-cv-03117-JFK, 113 in 1:08-cv-04156-JFK, 85 in 1:09-cv-04579-JFK, 126 in 1:07-cv-08111-JFK, 72 in 1:10-cv-09382-JFK, 94 in 1:07-cv-07220- JFK, 66 in 1:11-cv-03936-JFK, 160 in 1:06-cv-12969-JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-05998-JFK, 141 in 1:07-cv-03248-JFK, 116 in 1:07-cv-11435-JFK, 69 in 1:11-cv-00467-JFK, 99 in 1:08-cv-11152-JFK, 12 in 1:08-cv-04106-JFK, 181 in 1:06-cv-00368-JFK, 111 in 1:07-cv-0 2956-JFK, 130 in 1:07-cv-07055-JFK, 47 in 1:12-cv-01164-JFK, 52 in 1:11-cv-08340-JFK, 95 in 1:07-cv-02219-JFK, 121 in 1:07-cv-11335-JFK, 80 in 1:09-cv-07255-JFK, 86 in 1:09-cv-04644-JFK, 110 in 1:07-cv-02958-JFK, 49 in 1:10-cv-03831-JFK, 25 in 1:08-c v-04188-JFK, 134 in 1:07-cv-03462-JFK, 128 in 1:07-cv-07612-JFK, 80 in 1:11-cv-01067-JFK, 120 in 1:07-cv-09881-JFK, 171 in 1:06-cv-00366-JFK, 162 in 1:06-cv-00979-JFK, 76 in 1:09-cv-09118-JFK, 80 in 1:08-cv-07955-JFK, 41 in 1:12-cv-02495-JFK, 93 in 1 :08-cv-09147-JFK, 82 in 1:09-cv-05956-JFK, 79 in 1:10-cv-00204-JFK, 111 in 1:08-cv-04880-JFK, 77 in 1:10-cv-02811-JFK, 63 in 1:11-cv-01452-JFK, 105 in 1:06-cv-05086-JFK, 111 in 1:07-cv-02153-JFK, 42 in 1:12-cv-02971-JFK, 79 in 1:10-cv-06403-JFK, 71 i n 1:10-cv-03218-JFK, 81 in 1:09-cv-09620-JFK, 129 in 1:07-cv-03516-JFK, 119 in 1:08-cv-04083-JFK, 113 in 1:08-cv-04263-JFK, 118 in 1:07-cv-10951-JFK, 127 in 1:07-cv-03791-JFK, 55 in 1:12-cv-03953-JFK, 78 in 1:10-cv-00626-JFK, 100 in 1:09-cv-00333-JFK , 94 in 1:09-cv-02367-JFK, 104 in 1:09-cv-03827-JFK, 42 in 1:09-cv-07805-JFK, 78 in 1:09-cv-09742-JFK, 80 in 1:09-cv-07263-JFK, 141 in 1:07-cv-07987-JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-05006-JFK, 129 in 1:07-cv-06328-JFK, 133 in 1:07-cv-07291-JFK, 82 in 1:08-cv-08070 -JFK, 77 in 1:09-cv-10303-JFK, 83 in 1:09-cv-06381-JFK, 84 in 1:06-cv-08300-JFK, 91 in 1:10-cv-07426-JFK, 83 in 1:09-cv-05607-JFK, 93 in 1:09-cv-03690-JFK, 173 in 1:06-cv-03813-JFK, 41 in 1:12-cv-04993-JFK, 76 in 1:09-cv-06820-JFK, 106 in 1:08-cv-053 77-JFK, 108 in 1:09-cv-03044-JFK, 130 in 1:07-cv-07294-JFK, 128 in 1:07-cv-09334-JFK, 110 in 1:08-cv-04126-JFK, 51 in 1:11-cv-07800-JFK, 97 in 1:09-cv-01417-JFK, 63 in 1:11-cv-08673-JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-05540-JFK, 127 in 1:07-cv-07292-JFK, 116 in 1:08- cv-00940-JFK, 79 in 1:10-cv-06405-JFK, 201 in 1:06-cv-04110-JFK, 73 in 1:10-cv-07506-JFK, 195 in 1:06-cv-06295-JFK, 79 in 1:09-cv-07131-JFK, 132 in 1:07-cv-03295-JFK, 77 in 1:10-cv-05859-JFK, 95 in 1:08-cv-11159-JFK, 76 in 1:10-cv-05798-JFK, 74 in 1: 09-cv-06952-JFK, 106 in 1:08-cv-06476-JFK, 129 in 1:07-cv-09485-JFK, 76 in 1:10-cv-05789-JFK, 37 in 1:10-cv-09281-JFK, 135 in 1:07-cv-02739-JFK, 79 in 1:09-cv-06382-JFK, 111 in 1:07-cv-01772-JFK, 115 in 1:08-cv-01896-JFK, 103 in 1:08-cv-07723-JFK, 57 in 1:11-cv-03482-JFK, 103 in 1:08-cv-04402-JFK, 97 in 1:08-cv-11150-JFK, 82 in 1:09-cv-09737-JFK, 117 in 1:08-cv-04177-JFK, 89 in 1:07-cv-01760-JFK, 142 in 1:06-cv-13541-JFK, 24 in 1:13-cv-01496-JFK, 43 in 1:09-cv-07704-JFK, 139 in 1:06-cv-13539-JFK , 45 in 1:10-cv-03710-JFK, 42 in 1:09-cv-07803-JFK, 96 in 1:08-cv-11160-JFK, 129 in 1:07-cv-06329-JFK, 114 in 1:08-cv-01900-JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-03376-JFK, 113 in 1:08-cv-04176-JFK, 63 in 1:12-cv-01032-JFK, 113 in 1:08-cv-03059-JFK, 26 in 1:07-cv-09559 -JFK, 81 in 1:09-cv-09619-JFK, 73 in 1:10-cv-09380-JFK, 103 in 1:08-cv-08468-JFK, 68 in 1:08-cv-08747-JFK, 41 in 1:10-cv-09071-JFK, 81 in 1:10-cv-01280-JFK, 126 in 1:07-cv-08475-JFK, 81 in 1:09-cv-09615-JFK, 104 in 1:08-cv-04087-JFK, 40 in 1:12-cv-07 167-JFK, 156 in 1:06-cv-09456-JFK, 164 in 1:06-cv-02274-JFK, 109 in 1:08-cv-04141-JFK, 83 in 1:09-cv-09847-JFK, 43 in 1:12-cv-02399-JFK, 124 in 1:07-cv-09245-JFK, 43 in 1:12-cv-00604-JFK, 92 in 1:10-cv-01293-JFK, 135 in 1:07-cv-06981-JFK, 119 in 1:07 -cv-11360-JFK, 120 in 1:09-cv-01412-JFK, 164 in 1:06-cv-09459-JFK, 42 in 1:10-cv-04292-JFK, 57 in 1:11-cv-07544-JFK, 171 in 1:06-cv-03130-JFK, 131 in 1:07-cv-07297-JFK, 86 in 1:09-cv-04580-JFK, 118 in 1:07-cv-11613-JFK, 114 in 1:08-cv-00309-JFK, 83 i n 1:10-cv-02810-JFK, 119 in 1:08-cv-04085-JFK, 120 in 1:08-cv-01865-JFK, 109 in 1:08-cv-09214-JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-00347-JFK, 44 in 1:12-cv-02250-JFK, 92 in 1:08-cv-01241-JFK, 122 in 1:08-cv-01802-JFK, 93 in 1:09-cv-04179-JFK, 69 in 1:10-cv-08908-JFK, 75 in 1:09-cv-07881-JFK, 80 in 1:09-cv-07133-JFK, 44 in 1:12-cv-01695-JFK, 112 in 1:07-cv-02154-JFK, 127 in 1:07-cv-08109-JFK, 108 in 1:08-cv-04775-JFK, 116 in 1:08-cv-01864-JFK, 80 in 1:10-cv-02864-JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-07215-JFK, 62 in 1:11-cv-01728-J FK, 124 in 1:07-cv-08110-JFK, 81 in 1:10-cv-01300-JFK, 109 in 1:08-cv-04138-JFK, 85 in 1:09-cv-05613-JFK, 121 in 1:07-cv-10361-JFK, 75 in 1:09-cv-07256-JFK, 93 in 1:09-cv-03695-JFK, 99 in 1:08-cv-11157-JFK, 80 in 1:09-cv-06038-JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-0589 9-JFK, 115 in 1:08-cv-04178-JFK, 129 in 1:07-cv-03515-JFK, 132 in 1:07-cv-07989-JFK, 132 in 1:07-cv-06330-JFK, 107 in 1:08-cv-05619-JFK, 57 in 1:11-cv-05616-JFK, 99 in 1:09-cv-00037-JFK, 98 in 1:09-cv-03694-JFK, 52 in 1:11-cv-07543-JFK, 170 in 1:06-c v-09450-JFK, 157 in 1:06-cv-09452-JFK, 174 in 1:06-cv-03814-JFK, 90 in 1:09-cv-04296-JFK, 99 in 1:08-cv-11158-JFK, 103 in 1:08-cv-04090-JFK, 63 in 1:11-cv-08308-JFK, 79 in 1:10-cv-05485-JFK, 117 in 1:08-cv-04181-JFK, 114 in 1:08-cv-04183-JFK, 65 in 1 :11-cv-00444-JFK, 80 in 1:10-cv-03727-JFK, 93 in 1:08-cv-04097-JFK, 149 in 1:06-cv-07628-JFK, 61 in 1:11-cv-01726-JFK, 78 in 1:09-cv-06948-JFK, 81 in 1:09-cv-06370-JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-05898-JFK, 134 in 1:06-cv-15449-JFK, 86 in 1:09-cv-04850-JFK, 126 i n 1:07-cv-10650-JFK, 99 in 1:08-cv-07999-JFK, 59 in 1:11-cv-01725-JFK, 111 in 1:08-cv-03108-JFK, 96 in 1:09-cv-03050-JFK, 91 in 1:09-cv-04062-JFK, 81 in 1:10-cv-02827-JFK, 51 in 1:09-cv-07337-JFK, 50 in 1:11-cv-06814-JFK, 84 in 1:10-cv-01295-JFK, 16 in 1:13-cv-02102-JFK, 137 in 1:07-cv-07614-JFK, 85 in 1:09-cv-04908-JFK, 74 in 1:09-cv-06954-JFK, 110 in 1:08-cv-04172-JFK, 88 in 1:08-cv-08074-JFK, 92 in 1:08-cv-08073-JFK, 141 in 1:07-cv-03464-JFK, 77 in 1:10-cv-05856-JFK, 150 in 1:06-cv-11455-JFK, 91 in 1:09-cv-04203-JFK, 144 in 1:07-cv-11334-JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-05428-JFK, 86 in 1:08-cv-06927-JFK, 33 in 1:12-cv-07798-JFK, 103 in 1:08-cv-04093-JFK, 110 in 1:08-cv-04123-JFK, 117 in 1:08-cv-03112-JFK, 71 in 1:10-cv-08717-JFK, 60 in 1:11-cv-04384- JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-08674-JFK, 88 in 1:09-cv-06250-JFK, 80 in 1:10-cv-01296-JFK, 154 in 1:06-cv-09458-JFK, 67 in 1:08-cv-08753-JFK, 107 in 1:08-cv-05207-JFK, 107 in 1:08-cv-05208-JFK, 25 in 1:08-cv-00344-JFK, 117 in 1:08-cv-01017-JFK, 141 in 1:07-cv-0 9480-JFK, 81 in 1:10-cv-04930-JFK, 140 in 1:06-cv-13540-JFK, 94 in 1:09-cv-03692-JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-09642-JFK, 123 in 1:07-cv-09710-JFK, 125 in 1:07-cv-10471-JFK, 99 in 1:08-cv-11153-JFK, 137 in 1:07-cv-07288-JFK, 111 in 1:07-cv-02151-JFK, 109 in 1:0 6-cv-05519-JFK, 124 in 1:08-cv-00953-JFK, 103 in 1:08-cv-02336-JFK, 75 in 1:09-cv-06951-JFK, 114 in 1:08-cv-03207-JFK, 63 in 1:11-cv-01454-JFK, 104 in 1:08-cv-04086-JFK, 92 in 1:09-cv-04182-JFK, 85 in 1:09-cv-07813-JFK, 79 in 1:10-cv-04892-JFK, 78 in 1:10-cv-04650-JFK, 169 in 1:06-cv-00365-JFK, 45 in 1:12-cv-05005-JFK, 1420 in 1:06-md-01789-JFK-JCF, 132 in 1:07-cv-03465-JFK, 141 in 1:07-cv-01321-JFK, 123 in 1:07-cv-10523-JFK, 95 in 1:09-cv-02368-JFK, 66 in 1:11-cv-01731-JFK, 111 in 1:08-cv-04173 -JFK, 48 in 1:12-cv-01165-JFK, 118 in 1:08-cv-02220-JFK, 109 in 1:08-cv-05685-JFK, 61 in 1:11-cv-02205-JFK, 84 in 1:09-cv-05925-JFK, 110 in 1:08-cv-04124-JFK, 101 in 1:10-cv-01289-JFK, 130 in 1:07-cv-03296-JFK, 66 in 1:11-cv-00472-JFK, 134 in 1:07-cv -07497-JFK, 132 in 1:07-cv-07296-JFK, 62 in 1:11-cv-01075-JFK, 112 in 1:07-cv-02152-JFK, 79 in 1:09-cv-07815-JFK, 79 in 1:10-cv-05486-JFK, 143 in 1:07-cv-02442-JFK, 117 in 1:08-cv-02221-JFK, 41 in 1:10-cv-09375-JFK, 128 in 1:07-cv-05936-JFK, 86 in 1: 10-cv-01039-JFK, 105 in 1:08-cv-06475-JFK, 79 in 1:10-cv-04895-JFK, 44 in 1:12-cv-07681-JFK, 83 in 1:09-cv-05952-JFK, 43 in 1:12-cv-06810-JFK, 119 in 1:07-cv-11136-JFK, 110 in 1:08-cv-04175-JFK, 120 in 1:07-cv-10952-JFK, 56 in 1:11-cv-05393-JFK, 167 in 1:06-cv-03131-JFK, 93 in 1:09-cv-03691-JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-01400-JFK, 128 in 1:07-cv-07293-JFK, 45 in 1:12-cv-02832-JFK, 79 in 1:09-cv-09071-JFK, 126 in 1:07-cv-07990-JFK, 127 in 1:07-cv-09335-JFK, 127 in 1:07-cv-06922-JFK, 134 in 1:07-cv-03653-JFK , 160 in 1:06-cv-09461-JFK, 91 in 1:09-cv-04282-JFK, 75 in 1:10-cv-06745-JFK, 150 in 1:06-cv-07630-JFK, 141 in 1:07-cv-09564-JFK, 67 in 1:08-cv-08752-JFK, 64 in 1:11-cv-03919-JFK, 80 in 1:09-cv-06950-JFK, 132 in 1:07-cv-03517-JFK, 153 in 1:06-cv-0945 1-JFK, 111 in 1:08-cv-04155-JFK, 36 in 1:12-cv-01721-JFK, 73 in 1:11-cv-01391-JFK, 86 in 1:09-cv-04774-JFK, 41 in 1:12-cv-04994-JFK, 171 in 1:06-cv-00387-JFK, 115 in 1:08-cv-01905-JFK, 99 in 1:08-cv-11156-JFK, 50 in 1:11-cv-06815-JFK, 66 in 1:11-cv-0 2377-JFK, 80 in 1:10-cv-07433-JFK, 108 in 1:08-cv-04878-JFK, 50 in 1:12-cv-01051-JFK, 129 in 1:07-cv-03514-JFK, 154 in 1:06-cv-09453-JFK, 80 in 1:10-cv-00205-JFK, 75 in 1:11-cv-01414-JFK, 111 in 1:08-cv-04094-JFK, 66 in 1:11-cv-01579-JFK, 77 in 1:10- cv-07875-JFK, 42 in 1:09-cv-07807-JFK, 133 in 1:07-cv-03459-JFK, 78 in 1:10-cv-06561-JFK, 80 in 1:10-cv-01875-JFK, 113 in 1:06-cv-05515-JFK, 115 in 1:08-cv-02923-JFK, 72 in 1:10-cv-07430-JFK, 25 in 1:08-cv-04187-JFK, 113 in 1:08-cv-08076-JFK, 90 in 1 :08-cv-09728-JFK, 131 in 1:07-cv-06332-JFK, 103 in 1:08-cv-04102-JFK, 42 in 1:10-cv-04291-JFK, 60 in 1:11-cv-04219-JFK, 99 in 1:08-cv-11161-JFK, 92 in 1:09-cv-04180-JFK, 63 in 1:11-cv-06211-JFK, 89 in 1:09-cv-03821-JFK, 137 in 1:07-cv-00354-JFK, 95 i n 1:06-cv-14241-JFK, 91 in 1:07-cv-07278-JFK, 126 in 1:07-cv-08041-JFK, 86 in 1:09-cv-05668-JFK, 139 in 1:07-cv-02868-JFK, 121 in 1:07-cv-10953-JFK, 112 in 1:08-cv-04774-JFK, 81 in 1:10-cv-02824-JFK, 110 in 1:08-cv-04250-JFK, 77 in 1:10-cv-07429-JFK, 94 in 1:09-cv-03659-JFK, 101 in 1:08-cv-07213-JFK, 131 in 1:07-cv-07212-JFK, 126 in 1:07-cv-11359-JFK, 119 in 1:08-cv-04122-JFK, 89 in 1:09-cv-04589-JFK, 82 in 1:09-cv-09616-JFK, 104 in 1:08-cv-05205-JFK, 67 in 1:11-cv-00466-JFK) MOTION for a Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 16 and 26 Case Management Order filed by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., f/k/a Merck & Co., Inc. (Signed by Judge John F. Keenan on 8/21/2013) Filed In Associated Cases: 1:06-md-01789-JFK-JCF et al. (rjm)

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USDC SDNY
DOCUMENT
ELECTRONICALLY FILED
DOC #: _________________
DATE FILED: Aug. 22, 2013

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT DISTRICTYORK
UNITED STATES OF NEW COURT
-SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - --- X
IN RE:
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No.08 06 MD 1789 (JFK)
FOSAMAX FANNIE MAE 2008 SECURITIES
In re PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION :
Civ. 7831 (PAC)
LITIGATION
:
09 MD 2013 (PAC)
MEMORANDUM
This document relates to all actions. :
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OPINION ORDER
OPINION &&: ORDER
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John F. Keenan, United States District Judge:

Before the Court is a motion by Merck for a second Lone
HONORABLE PAUL A. CROTTY, United States District Judge:
Pine Order.
For the reasons that follow, the motion is denied.
I. Background
BACKGROUND1

On November years of this decade saw a boom in home financing which was fueled, among
The early 20, 2012, the Court issued a Lone Pine order,
requiring a category of rates and lax credit conditions. New lending instruments, such as
other things, by low interest plaintiffs to provide additional
information mortgages (high credit risk loans) and Alt-A mortgages (low-documentation loans)
subprime to Defendants. Specifically, all plaintiffs who did
not allege "osteonecrosis of the jaw" or "osteomyelitis were
kept the boom going. Borrowers played a role too; they took on unmanageable risks on the
lf

required to produce expert reports supporting their claims. The
assumption that the market would continue to rise and that refinancing options would always be
Court set a series of deadlines for the plaintiffs to make Lone
available in the future. Lending discipline was lacking in the system. Mortgage originators did
Pine productions, all of which have since lapsed. The limited
not hold these high-risk mortgage loans. Rather than carry the rising risk on their books, the
scope of the Lone Pine order subjected 439 plaintiffs to the
originators sold their loans into the secondary mortgage market, often as securitized packages
process.
In the end, approximately 430 of those plaintiffs'
known as mortgage-backed securities (“MBSs”). MBS markets grew almost exponentially.
cases were dismissed.
But then the housing bubble burst. In 2006, the demand for housing dropped abruptly
Now, Merck requests a second Lone Pine order that would
and home prices began to fall. In light of the changing housing market, banks modified their
apply to the following three categories of plaintiffs:
"(1)
lending practices and became unwilling to refinance home mortgages without refinancing.
[those] who have failed to produce medical records evidencing a
diagnosis of osteonecrosis of the jaw ("ONJ") or osteomyelitisi
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(2)

Unless otherwise indicated, all references cited as “(¶ _)” or to the “Complaint” are to the Amended Complaint,
dated June 22, 2009. For purposes of this Motion, all allegations in the Amended Complaint are taken as true.

[those] who can establish only minimal usage of Fosamax

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(less than one year of use based on pharmacy records) i or (3)
[those] whose last usage of Fosamax was extremely remote from
their injury (no prescriptions filled within three years of
leged onset)."

(Def. Br. at 1.)

Merck suggests that the plaintiffs in the above-listed
categories should be required to follow Lone Pine procedures
unless they can produce certain medical records that demonstrate
that they do not belong in those categories (for example, if a
plaintiff does not have pharmaceutical records showing more than
one year of Fosamax usage, she must submit a record from her
doctor to show that she took Fosamax for longer than one year) .

II. Discussion
The Court reviewed both the authority and rationale behind
the practice of issuing Lone Pine orders
November 20, 2013.

its Opinion of

Therefore, the Court will conf

this

Memorandum Opinion to addressing Merck's assertion that a second
targeted order is appropriate at this stage of the MDL.
Merck's motion appears to be premised on the idea that Lone
Pine orders are meant to find all the cases that can or should
be dismissed. This is not so:
is to streamline litigation

the purpose of Lone Pine orders
eventual disposition.

was handily accomplished through the f

This goal

Lone Pine order.

And

while Merck is correct that a Lone Pine order would not
constitute a judicial finding that certain claims are "spurious"
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or "meritless," it would be inappropriate for the Court to get
involved in the fight between the parties on the merits even if
is just for the purpose of commencing the Lone Pine process, as
it would have to do if it granted Merck's motion.
Specifically, as to Merck's first proposed category,
plaintiffs who Merck say have no record of a diagnosis of ONJ or
osteomyelitis, the Court does not see how to single these
plaintiffs out in an objective fashion.

The Plaintiffs and

Merck will inevitably disagree over whether any given
plaintiffs' records indicate ONJ (as they already have during
the briefing of this motion).

Medical records are not always

interpreted in the same way, as has been amply demonstrated
during the bellwether trials.

The mere fact that Merck proposed

appointing a special master to help the parties decide which
plaintiffs in category one must undergo Lone Pine procedures
underscores the subjective nature of the inquiry.
Regarding Merck's second proposed category, plaintiffs
whose pharmacy records indicate that they did not take Fosamax
for more than a year, the Court also denies this request.
Issuing a Lone Pine order for plaintiffs in this category would
(a) eschew this Court's stated goal of safeguarding plaintiffs'
rights, and (b)

ignore other courts' admonishments to devise

Lone Pine orders that reflect a balance between efficiency and
equity. See In re Vioxx Prods. Liab. Litig., 557 F. Supp. 2d
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741, 744

(E.D. La. 2008)

("In crafting a Lone Pine order, a

court should strive to strike a balance between efficiency and
equity. ") .

Having previously denied Merck's summary judgment

motion regarding plaintiffs who used Fosamax for less than 36
months, the Court determined that a reasonable jury could
believe that short term Fosamax use could cause ONJ.

Therefore,

the Court can discern no reason why spurious claims would be
more likely to be lurking in this category of cases.
Additionally, the Court notes that Merck would ask the
Court to place an undue burden on plaintiffs who do not have the
requisite pharmacy records.

As the PSC correctly points out,

the Court has previously ruled that evidence of Fosamax usage
can be derived from pharmacy records or physician and dentists'
records.

Merck fails to provide any basis for limiting a

possible Lone Pine inquiry to pharmacy records alone, and
therefore the Court must deny their request.
As to Merck's third proposed category, plaintiffs who did
not use Fosamax within three years of their alleged injury, as
an initial matter, the Court notes that the AAOMS definition of
bisphosphonate related ONJ does not require that the prior use
occur within a certain number of years.

Moreover, Merck has

vehemently opposed evidence relating to "drug holidays" in the
past.

Indeed, in granting Merck's motion in limine to exclude

testimony that a drug holiday alters the risk of ONJ, the Court
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held "the position papers of several task forces and expert
panels have noted the lack of evidence supporting the efficacy
of such "drug holidays."

As such, it is perplexing that Merck

now asserts that it is more likely to find spurious cases among
those plaintiffs who had not taken Fosamax for the period of
time immediately before their injury.
Furthermore, the Court's original Lone Pine order was meant
to ensure that plaintiffs with non-specific diagnostic fit the
criteria for inclusion in this MDL.

Merck now seeks a Lone Pine

order that would require the Court to direct extra scrutiny on
certain plaintiffs based on fact-based judgments regarding the
affect of exposures to Fosamax or the interpretation of medical
records - i.e., that plaintiffs whose Fosamax use was more
attenuated from the onset of ONJ are likely to lose.

This is a

matter for summary judgment, not for Lone Pine.
III. Conclusion

For the reasons stated above, Merck's motion for a second
Lone Pine order is denied.
SO ORDERED.

Dated:

New York, New York
August2l' 2013

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John F. Keenan
United States District Judge

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