Filed: Jun. 22, 2018
Latest Update: Jun. 22, 2018
Summary: OPINION AND ORDER WILLIAM S. DUFFEY, JR. , District Judge . On October 5, 2017, the Court conducted a status conference at which the parties discussed the global resolution of this MDL. ([2015]). On October 10, 2017, the Court issued its order summarizing the conference and directing the parties to file a motion requesting the Court to close the MDL to new claims. ([2017]). The parties filed their motion, and on October 18, 2017, the Court issued an order granting it, finding the purposes
Summary: OPINION AND ORDER WILLIAM S. DUFFEY, JR. , District Judge . On October 5, 2017, the Court conducted a status conference at which the parties discussed the global resolution of this MDL. ([2015]). On October 10, 2017, the Court issued its order summarizing the conference and directing the parties to file a motion requesting the Court to close the MDL to new claims. ([2017]). The parties filed their motion, and on October 18, 2017, the Court issued an order granting it, finding the purposes o..
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OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM S. DUFFEY, JR., District Judge.
On October 5, 2017, the Court conducted a status conference at which the parties discussed the global resolution of this MDL. ([2015]). On October 10, 2017, the Court issued its order summarizing the conference and directing the parties to file a motion requesting the Court to close the MDL to new claims. ([2017]). The parties filed their motion, and on October 18, 2017, the Court issued an order granting it, finding the purposes of the MDL fulfilled, vacating the Court's Case Management Order No. 1, to the extent it permitted direct filing of new cases, through short-form complaint or otherwise, and ordering that no new cases be direct-filed in the MDL. ([2022]).
The same day, the Court sent a suggestion to the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (the "JPML") that: (a) included copies of the Court's October 10 and 18, 2017 orders, (b) informed the JPML that the MDL was in a final wind-up phase as a result of a global resolution addressing all cases in the MDL, and (c) requested the JPML cease transferring new actions to the MDL as tag-alongs. ([2022]; see also MDL [235]). On October 19, 2017, the JPML accepted the Court's suggestion and issued a minute order suspending the requirement that the Clerk of the JPML be notified of potential tag-along actions. (MDL [236]).
Since October 2017, the Court and parties have worked diligently to identify the individual cases in the MDL that are not included in the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) and thus should not remain in the MDL and those cases that are included in the MSA but should be administratively closed. The parties identified the cases listed on Exhibit A, attached to this Order, as the cases that were directly filed in this MDL that are not part of the MSA, and which should be transferred to the United States District Courts from which they were transferred to be included in the MDL. The parties identified the cases listed on Exhibit B, attached to this Order, as cases subject to the MSA and which should remain under this Court's jurisdiction until the parties file a stipulation of dismissal dismissing them (the "Exhibit B Cases"). The Exhibit B Cases are resolved, are not active cases, and can be administratively closed.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the cases identified on Exhibit A, attached to this Order, be transferred out of this MDL and remanded to the United States District Courts in which they were originally filed and from which they were transferred to the Court. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to transfer the cases listed in Exhibit A to their respective District Courts.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to administratively close all cases listed in Exhibit B.
SO ORDERED.
EXHIBIT A
CLAIMANT COURT FOR REMAND CIVIL
NAME ACTION NO.
1. ABTS, Dennis United States District Court for the Western District of 1:13-cv-0083
Wisconsin
2. ALEXANDER, United States District Court for the Central District of California 1:13-cv-01967
Willie
3. CROSS, Steven United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois 1:14-cv-02483
4. DICKSON, J'Renee United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida 1:17-cv-03842
5. GRIFFIN, Mark United States District Court for the District of Maryland 1:17-cv-03989
6. JARAMILLO, United States District Court for the District of New Mexico 1:17-cv-04112
David
7. LARON, Anthony United States District Court for the District of Nevada 1:16-cv-04771
8. LEONARD, United States District Court for the Central District of California 1:17-cv-03918
Barbara
9. MALTIN, Alan D. United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida 1:16-cv-00917
and Connie J.
10. MANCILL, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas 1:17-cv-03705
Deborah
11. SCHAUFELE, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas 1:16-cv-01575
Michael C. and
Martha B.
12. SPEED, Charles United States District Court for the Western District of Texas 1:12-cv-03125
EXHIBIT B
Count Claimant Name Case Number
1 ALBRIGHT, ELAINE AND DAVID 1:13-cv-02609-WSD
2 ALLEN, DANNY RAY 1:12-cv-01945-WSD
3 ALLEN, MICHAEL & CATHERINE 1:14-cv-04050-WSD
4 AMES, JACQUELINE 1:12-cv-00626-WSD
5 ANDERSON, DOUGLAS AND JANET 1:17-cv-01858-WSD
6 ANDERSON, RAY 1:12-cv-03049-WSD
7 ARVOY, JUDITH M. 1:14-cv-00267-WSD
8 BADER, RUTH M. 1:13-cv-00294-WSD
9 BAKER, WAYNE AND LAUREL 1:14-cv-01063-WSD
10 BARNARD, COREY S. 1:13-cv-02554-WSD
11 BARONE, GIOVANNI AND CARMELA 1:15-cv-00846-WSD
12 BARTH, DOROTHY 1:17-cv-04113-WSD
13 BENSON, ALLISON 1:17-cv-02994-WSD
14 BIRMINGHAM, THOMAS E AND ELIZABETH 1:16-cv-02825-WSD
15 BOGERT, BONNIE SUE AND RICHARD E 1:16-cv-02849-WSD
16 BONKOSKY, DONALD 1:13-cv-01393-WSD
17 BOURDEAUX, RICHARD/STEPHANIE 1:13-cv-04264-WSD
18 BRAASCH, FRED 1:12-cv-02231-WSD
19 BRANNAN, CONSTANCE 1:16-cv-04431-WSD
20 BREEZE, LARRY A. 1:14-cv-00442-WSD
21 BRENNEMAN, PHYLLIS 1:15-cv-04517-WSD
22 BRIGGS, HOPE 1:14-cv-04053-WSD
23 BROOKS, NICOLE 1:13-cv-01105-WSD
24 BROWN, STEVEN 1:14-cv-03870-WSD
25 BRUNORI, THERESA 1:14-cv-02242-WSD
26 BURGER, JOHN E 1:12-cv-02306-WSD
27 BURNETT, CECIL & JANET 1:14-cv-03360-WSD
28 BUTTERWORTH, MARGRETH 1:16-cv-01011-WSD
29 CARL, NICHOLAS 1:13-cv-03886-WSD
30 CARTER, FRANCES 1:17-cv-02770-WSD
31 CHERVENY, EDWARD J. 1:13-cv-02558-WSD
32 CHRISTY, JOHN 1:13-cv-01370-WSD
33 CIENFUEGOS, JOE A. JR. AND CIEN, TINA MARIE 1:15-cv-00927-WSD
34 COHEN, ELEDA 1:12-cv-01140-WSD
35 CONSTANTINO, MARY 1:16-cv-02326-WSD
36 COOK, WILLIAM EARL JR & LESLEE 1:14-cv-04068-WSD
37 DAIGLE, JOEY AND THERESA 1:13-cv-03732-WSD
38 DANLEY, RICHARD 1:12-cv-03109-WSD
39 DASKIVICH, JOANN AND MICHAEL 1:14-cv-00603-WSD
40 DEES, JACE 1:11-cv-04415-WSD
41 DEJESUS, CRESENCIO 1:13-cv-00251-WSD
42 DELAIR, MILTON 1:16-cv-04146-WSD
43 DESTOUET, MARY 1:17-cv-03401-WSD
44 DEVILLE, DIANE 1:12-cv-02995-WSD
45 DICKERSON, ANNE 1:12-cv-01553-WSD
46 DISSINGER, RAY Z. 1:14-cv-03636-WSD
47 DODD, LARRY R. 1:13-cv-04077-WSD
48 DOUGHERTY, LAWRENCE & KATHLEEN 1:14-cv-00833-WSD
49 DOW, LEILANI 1:14-cv-03274-WSD
50 DUECY, JANET 1:15-cv-03052-WSD
51 DUNN, NANCY 1:16-cv-04190-WSD
52 DUVALL, WILLIAM & ROSEMARY 1:13-cv-02389-WSD
53 FILLMORE, BEN AND ANN 1:14-cv-01490-WSD
54 FISHEL, LINDA 1:12-cv-03081-WSD
55 FOLIART, SHIRLEY 1:15-cv-03534-WSD; 1:15-cv-02930-WSD
56 FREY, NICOLE 1:12-cv-03211-WSD
57 GANDY, PATRICK AND CYNTHIA 1:13-cv-03763-WSD
58 GARBES, SHELLEY 1:16-cv-03707-WSD
59 GIASSON, GUY P. 1:12-cv-04205-WSD
60 GRAVES, GLEN 1:12-cv-02449-WSD
61 GRAY, ROGER 1:16-cv-04045-WSD
62 GREENFIELD, KEVIN L. & WANDA 1:14-cv-03624-WSD
63 GROFF, MARGARET AND PHILLIP 1:13-cv-03939-WSD
64 GROSS, HENRY 1:14-cv-03159-WSD
65 HAMILTON, JAMES 1:12-cv-03078-WSD
66 HARBISON, WILDA J. 1:14-cv-01064-WSD
67 HARDY, RICHARD C & DOROTHY J 1:13-cv-01636-WSD
68 HARMON, FRANCES/CHARLES 1:14-cv-02336-WSD
69 HAVERLY, WILLIAM 1:16-cv-04773-WSD
70 HAWKINS, LARRY 1:13-cv-00187-WSD
71 HENDRIX, JUDITH 1:16-cv-01420-WSD
72 HEROLD, KATHLEEN AND DAVID 1:14-cv-01054-WSD
73 HERZOG, ERIC 1:16-cv-04193-WSD
74 HIRSCH, DARRELL 1:12-cv-03097-WSD
75 HOHENBERGER, THERESA 1:13-cv-00295-WSD
76 HOLMES, JAMES 1:13-cv-00126-WSD
77 HOMER, TERRY 1:15-cv-02538-WSD
78 HOOKER, NAOMI 1:12-cv-03106-WSD
79 HORINE, PATRICIA DIANE & BOBBY GENE 1:14-cv-04079-WSD
80 HUTCHISON, CHARLES & CAROL 1:13-cv-01792-WSD
81 ISHMAEL, LISA/DAVID 1:12-cv-02727-WSD
82 JACOBS, HARRY 1:14-cv-02277-WSD
83 JOHNSON, EMMA JEAN & KEVIN 1:14-cv-03642-WSD
84 JOHNSON, JERRY L. SR. AND SHARON M. 1:15-cv-00852-WSD
85 JOHNSON, NANCY C 1:17-cv-01779-WSD
86 JONES, DONALD 1:15-cv-00418-WSD
87 JONES, EVELYN 1:14-cv-02343-WSD
88 KIMSEY, RONALD 1:13-cv-01943-WSD
89 KIRK, LISA M. 1:14-cv-04093-WSD
90 KIRKLEY, DAVID AND DIANNA 1:14-cv-00553-WSD
91 LALK, DONNA M 1:13-cv-02742-WSD
92 LARUE, JOSEPH ABEL JR. 1:14-cv-00379-WSD
93 LAVARES, DAVID 1:12-cv-04319-WSD
94 LAWMAN, SHERYL 1:14-cv-03689-WSD
95 LEE, MICHAEL 1:12-cv-02039-WSD
96 LONG, LANNY L. AND RUTH ANN 1:13-cv-02597-WSD
97 MANG, BARRY 1:13-cv-00184-WSD
98 MARCH, SANDRA 1:17-cv-01763-WSD
99 MARINO, PAUL 1:13-cv-03882-WSD; 1:12-cv-03141-WSD
100 MARSHALL, BILLY AND BEVERLY 1:15-cv-00568-WSD
101 MARTIN, OLGA 1:12-cv-01233-WSD
102 MCCLARITY, MARY 1:14-cv-01692-WSD
103 MCCLELLAND, VERA 1:13-cv-01143-WSD
104 MCCORMICK, BRIAN 1:14-cv-00228-WSD
105 MCCOVERY, JAMMIE 1:15-cv-00422-WSD
106 MCMAHON, SHARON (AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF 1:15-cv-01219-WSD
ROSEMARY MASER, DECEASED)
107 MEAD, MARTIN 1:13-cv-00190-WSD
108 MEIER, RUSSELL 1:15-cv-01297-WSD
109 MELTZER, DALE SUSAN 1:17-cv-01458-WSD
110 METZGER, MARTIN 1:14-cv-04111-WSD
111 MEYER, MELVIN RAY AND CAROL SUE 1:14-cv-02148-WSD
112 MEYERHOFER, NICHOLAS J 1:13-cv-00137-WSD
113 MICHALS, JOANNE L. 1:16-cv-04478-WSD
114 MILLER, JAMES AND JANE 1:17-cv-01894-WSD
115 MILLER, VICTOR AND LINDA 1:15-cv-04519-WSD
116 MILLS, NORMAN 1:14-cv-00606-WSD
117 MONSON, MARILYN R. AND GARY LYNN 1:15-cv-02076-WSD
118 MOORE, MARSHA 1:17-cv-03637-WSD
119 MORALES, KATHY AND GLENDON 1:15-cv-00873-WSD
120 MORRISON, BEVERLY 1:14-cv-01227-WSD
121 MORROW, KRISTIN A. V. BIRNBAUM 1:14-cv-02437-WSD
122 MURIN, JENNIFER (E/O BARBARA) 1:13-cv-01392-WSD
123 NAIL, RITA 1:12-cv-01542-WSD
124 NEAL, ANTHONY 1:16-cv-02636-WSD
125 NEELLEY, MATTHEW AND VIVIAN 1:14-cv-02243-WSD
126 NELSON, SHAWNA 1:15-cv-02690-WSD
127 NICHOLS, STEPHEN 1:16-cv-01050-WSD
128 NYDEGGER, SETH 1:17-cv-04114-WSD
129 OFFRELL, DAN 1:12-cv-02763-WSD
130 OKSIENIK, EDWARD 1:17-cv-00932-WSD
131 ORSINELLI, SHIRLEY 1:16-cv-04772-WSD
132 ORTEGA, JOSEPH C. AND RITA L. 1:15-cv-00547-WSD
133 OSEGUERA, MICHAEL 1:17-cv-01762-WSD
134 OTEY, JOHN 1:13-cv-01942-WSD
135 PACHECO, EVELYN 1:14-cv-03604-WSD
136 PAES, RICHARD 1:13-cv-00191-WSD
137 PALMER, CHARLES & MARILYN 1:14-cv-01658-WSD
138 PALMER, MARK 1:13-cv-00202-WSD
139 PALOW, DON 1:12-cv-02176-WSD
140 PARRISH, LARRY 1:14-cv-03021-WSD
141 PAUL, EILEEN AND JEFFREY 1:15-cv-03091-WSD
142 PAYNE, JOHN AND DEBRA 1:14-cv-01830-WSD
143 PEREZ, DARIUS AND JUAN 1:13-cv-03885-WSD
144 PERRY, JAN 1:17-cv-00957-WSD
145 PFEIFFER, LAVERN 1:16-cv-03204-WSD
146 PHILLIPS, HERMAN & WANDA 1:14-cv-03607-WSD
147 POWELL, MARCOLA 1:14-cv-03152-WSD
148 PREOBRAZHENSKAYA, GALINA 1:16-cv-02346-WSD
149 PROFFITT, CRAIG A. & MARY J. 1:14-cv-00557-WSD
150 PYPER, JEFFREY 1:17-cv-03563-WSD
151 QUIROZ, RUBEN AND PATRICIA 1:13-cv-03194-WSD
152 RADACH, LINDA 1:12-cv-03074-WSD
153 REGISTER, ELLIS AND SANDRA 1:16-cv-01576-WSD
154 REHBERGER, MARY 1:15-cv-00423-WSD
155 REUFFER, SUSAN 1:14-cv-00972-WSD
156 RICHARDSON, JOHNNIE L. 1:17-cv-00652-WSD
157 RISILIA, ANNA K. 1:14-cv-02560-WSD
158 RITTENHOUSE, PEGGY 1:14-cv-03989-WSD
159 ROSMARIN, IRWIN 1:13-cv-03101-WSD
160 SAKJAS, HARRY 1:12-cv-00628-WSD
161 SCALLEY, FORD 1:17-cv-02151-WSD
162 SCHEEL, BILLIE CHLO 1:14-cv-03532-WSD
163 SCHMIDT, FRITZ KARL AND CECILIA 1:14-cv-01826-WSD
164 SCHNEIDERMAN, DONALD 1:12-cv-02079-WSD
165 SCHOFIELD, GEOFFREY 1:17-cv-02492-WSD
166 SETTERDAHL, ROGER AND CAROL 1:13-cv-03586-WSD
167 SHEETS, ROBERT & CAROLYN 1:14-cv-03153-WSD
168 SHIVELY, CLARENCE 1:17-cv-01051-WSD
169 SHORES, KEVIN AND BRENDA 1:14-cv-00424-WSD
170 SHORT, CLIFTON 1:14-cv-03048-WSD
171 SHORTLEY, THOMAS AND MARINA 1:15-cv-01065-WSD
172 SMITH, ANA 1:14-cv-02027-WSD
173 SMITH, JOHN R. 1:14-cv-03066-WSD
174 SMITH, JOHN T. 1:17-cv-00037-WSD
175 SNIDER, WENDY LYNN & TIMOTHY A. 1:14-cv-03720-WSD
176 SNITKOFF, ERIC 1:12-cv-00612-WSD
177 SOBEK, FRANCES 1:12-cv-03083-WSD
178 SODERMAN, GEORGE ARNOLD 1:14-cv-03707-WSD
179 SPALDING, RENEE L. & GREG M. 1:14-cv-03112-WSD
180 STAGNER, FRANCES AND JAMES 1:14-cv-00570-WSD
181 STAHL, DENISE 1:15-cv-03589-WSD
182 STEVENSON, NANCY AND BRUCE 1:13-cv-03642-WSD
183 STROHM, SHANNON 1:15-cv-00111-WSD
184 SYLVESTER, DAVID A. & DIANE 1:14-cv-02901-WSD
185 THAMES, DELORES 1:13-cv-00777-WSD
186 TIMOTHY, JULIA 1:13-cv-01680-WSD
187 TRUJILLO, SANDRA/BACILIO 1:14-cv-02446-WSD
188 WAGNER, BEVERLY A 1:13-cv-01714-WSD
189 WARDEN, STEPHEN AND KELLY 1:14-cv-01135-WSD
190 WARREN, WINFRED & ANGELA 1:14-cv-03378-WSD
191 WATERS, DAYL 1:14-cv-02357-WSD
192 WATKINS, CRAIG 1:12-cv-02689-WSD
193 WHITBECK, ROBERT E. & PAM 1:14-cv-02370-WSD
194 WILLIAMS, ENID 1:13-cv-00192-WSD
195 WILLIAMS, WILLIAM 1:17-cv-01438-WSD
196 WILLIAMSON, GEORGE ALBERT 1:14-cv-00583-WSD
197 WILLING, RICHARD & SUSAN 1:14-cv-00199-WSD
198 WILSON, BRENDA 1:14-cv-01518-WSD
199 WILSON, PEGGY 1:14-cv-03581-WSD
200 WOODLEY, BARBARA 1:14-cv-02570-WSD
201 WOODS, SHERI 1:15-cv-01546-WSD
202 WOODWORTH, MICHAEL AND VALERIE 1:15-cv-03771-WSD
203 WORKMAN, WILLIAM 1:12-cv-03084-WSD
204 ZWIRNMANN, NONA 1:13-cv-00193-WSD
