Filed: May 09, 2019
Latest Update: May 09, 2019
Summary: ORDER D.P. MARSHALL, JR. , District Judge . For the reasons stated on the record at the 8 May 2019 hearing, the Court made the following rulings. 1. Lucas and Sherrill's motion to consolidate trials, No. 195 in No. 4:19-cv-161, is denied without prejudice. 2. By agreement, the Court will enter the Protective Order entered in the MDL, Exhibit C to No. 242 in No. 3:12-md-2391, with some minor amendments in all these cases by separate Order. 3. The Court consolidates pretrial proceed
Summary: ORDER D.P. MARSHALL, JR. , District Judge . For the reasons stated on the record at the 8 May 2019 hearing, the Court made the following rulings. 1. Lucas and Sherrill's motion to consolidate trials, No. 195 in No. 4:19-cv-161, is denied without prejudice. 2. By agreement, the Court will enter the Protective Order entered in the MDL, Exhibit C to No. 242 in No. 3:12-md-2391, with some minor amendments in all these cases by separate Order. 3. The Court consolidates pretrial proceedi..
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ORDER
D.P. MARSHALL, JR., District Judge.
For the reasons stated on the record at the 8 May 2019 hearing, the Court made the following rulings.
1. Lucas and Sherrill's motion to consolidate trials, No. 195 in No. 4:19-cv-161, is denied without prejudice.
2. By agreement, the Court will enter the Protective Order entered in the MDL, Exhibit C to No. 242 in No. 3:12-md-2391, with some minor amendments in all these cases by separate Order.
3. The Court consolidates pretrial proceedings in all five of these cases. FED. R. Crv. P. 42(a)(3). No. 4:18-cv-926-DPM is the lead case; all filings must be made in that case number. As discussed at the hearing, the Court directs the parties to confer and propose a draft scheduling order using the Court's architecture. Joint proposal due by 31 May 2019.
4. Biomet must file a notice, also by 31 May 2019, about other cases in the MDL that may be remanded to this Court.
So Ordered.
