The Hospital Authority of Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson county, Tennessee v. Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al

Filing 427

ORDER: For the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for Class Certification and Appointment of Class Counsel 349 is GRANTED and Defendants' Motion to Exclude the Report and Opinions of Plain tiffs' Expert Dr. Russell L. Lamb 360 is DENIED. The Class will be defined as set forth in the Memorandum Opinion. NGH and DC 37 SHALL serve as Class Representative and Lieff Cabraser SHALL serve as Class Counsel. The case is hereby RETURNED to the Magistrate Judge for further case management. IT IS SO ORDERED. Signed by Chief Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr on 9/20/2019. (DOCKET TEXT SUMMARY ONLY-ATTORNEYS MUST OPEN THE PDF AND READ THE ORDER.)(hb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
THE HOSPITAL AUTHORTIY OF
METOPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF
NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON
COUNTY, TENNESSEE, d/b/a
NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL
and AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICPAL
EMPLOYEES DISTRICT COUNCIL 37
HEALTH & SECURITY PLAN,
Plaintiffs,
v.
MOMENTA PHARMACEUTICALS,
INC. and SANDOZ INC.,
Defendants.

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No. 3:15-cv-01100

ORDER
Pending before the Court are two separate motions. The first motion is Nashville General
Hospital (“NGH”) and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District
Council 37 Health & Security Plan’s (“DC 37”) (collectively “Plaintiffs”) Renewed Motion for
Class Certification and Appointment of Class Counsel. (Doc. No. 349.) Momenta Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. (“Momenta”) and Sandoz Inc. (“Sandoz”) (collectively “Defendants”) have responded in
opposition (Doc. No. 361) and also filed a Motion to Exclude the Report and Opinions of Plaintiffs’
Expert Dr. Russell L. Lamb (Doc. No. 360). For the reasons stated in the accompanying
Memorandum Opinion, Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion for Class Certification and Appointment of
Class Counsel is GRANTED and Defendants’ Motion to Exclude the Report and Opinions of
Plaintiffs’ Expert Dr. Russell L. Lamb is DENIED. The Class will be defined as set forth in the
Memorandum Opinion. NGH and DC 37 SHALL serve as Class Representative and Lieff

Cabraser SHALL serve as Class Counsel. The case is hereby RETURNED to the Magistrate
Judge for further case management.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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WAVERLY D. CRENSHAW, JR.
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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