IN RE INTER-OP HIP PROSTHESIS LIABILITY LITIGATION

No. 1:01-CV-9000.

174 F.Supp.2d 648 (2001)

In re INTER-OP HIP PROSTHESIS PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION.

United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Division.

September 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Parker, Hill & Parker, Houston, TX, Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, LA, Don Barrett, Barrett law office, P.A., Lexington, MS, Janet G. Abaray, Lopez Hodes Restaino Milman Skikos Polos, Cincinnati, OH, John R. Climaco, Climaco Lefkowitz Peca Wilcox & Garofoli, Cleveland, OH, Keith M. Fleischman, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, LLP, New York City, Phillip A. Ciano, Ciano & Goldwasser, Beachwood, OH, R. Eric Kennedy, Weisman, Goldberg & Weisman, Cleveland, OH, Richard S. Wayne, Strauss & Troy, Cincinnati, OH, Stanley M. Chesley, Waite, Schnedier, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, OH, Steven M. Tindall, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, Timothy J. Gallagher, Schwarzwald, Rock & McNair, Cleveland, OH, Wendell H. Gauthier, Gauthier, Downing & LaBarre, Metairie, LA, for plaintiff.

J. Patrick Herald, Richard M. Franklin, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, IL, James J. Dries, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey M. Whitesell, Arter & Hadden, Cleveland, OH, Sheryl Medeiros, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, San Francisco, CA, for Sulzer Medica Ltd., defendant.

J. Patrick Herald, Richard M. Franklin, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey M. Whitesell, Irene C. Keyse-Walker, Robert C. Tucker, Arter & Hadden, Cleveland, OH, Sheryl Medeiros, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, San Francisco, CA, Bradley D. Honnold, David W. Brooks, Harvey L. Kaplan, Matthew D. Keenan, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Kenneth M. Seeger, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, San Francisco, CA, Richard F. Scruggs, Scruggs Law Firm, Pascagoula, MS, Sidney A. Backstrom, Pasagoula, MS, Steven J. Boranian, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, San Francisco, CA, for Sulzer Orthopedics Ltd., defendant.

Irene C. Keyse-Walker, Robert C. Tucker, Arter & Hadden, Cleveland, OH, Bradley D. Honnold, David W. Brooks, Harvey L. Kaplan, Matthew D. Keenan, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Richard F. Scruggs, Scruggs Law Firm, Pascagoula, MS, Sidney A. Backstrom, Pasagoula, MS, for Sulzer Orthopedics Inc. Sulzer Medica USA Inc., defendant.

Bridget M. Meehan, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, OH, Werner L. Polak, Shearman & Sterling, New York City, for Sulzer A.G., defendant.

Irene C. Keyse-Walker, Robert C. Tucker, Ater & Hadden, Cleveland, OH, for Sulzer USA Holding Co.

Lee Squitieri, Squitieri & Fearon, New York City, for Texas plaintiffs.

Mark M. Sandmann, Rawlings & Associates, Louisville, KY, for movant in Sulzer Orthopedics Inc. Hip Prosthesis and knee Prosthesis Products Liability Lit. interested party Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana.

Robert J. Fogarty, Thomas A. Cunniff, Hahn, Loeser & Parks, Cleveland, OH, for Aetna, Inc. & Cobalt Corp.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

O'MALLEY, District Judge.

Defendants move for an Order enjoining related state-court litigation (docket no. 71). The plaintiffs do not oppose the motion. Other interested parties, however, have objected to the entry of the requested injunctive relief.1

For the reasons stated below, the defendants' motion is GRANTED. Accordingly, the Court hereby ENJOINS: (a) any and all persons...

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