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IN RE FACTOR VIII OR IX CONCENTRATE BLOOD PRODUCTS

No. MDL 986. Nos. 93 C 7452, 1:03 CV 8928.

408 F.Supp.2d 569 (2006)

In re FACTOR VIII OR IX CONCENTRATE BLOOD PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. Domenico Gullone, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Bayer Corporation, et al., Defendants.

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

January 5, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Kozak, Law Offices of Charles Kozak, Elizabeth Joan Cabraser, Fabrice N. Vincent, Heather Foster, Lexi Joy Hazam, Morris A. Ratner, Robert J. Nelson, Scott Purington Nealey, Lieff, Cabraser & Heimann, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Duncan Barr, Kevin E. Davis, O'Connor, Cohn, Dillon and Barr, Clark S. Stone, Georgia K. Van Zanten, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, San Francisco, CA, Jennifer E. Heisinger, Kaspar J. Stoffelmayr, Lindley J. Brenza, Philip Scott Beck, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP, Denver, CO, Kathryn L. Connelly, Richard L. Berkman, Philadelphia, PA, Marilyn A. Moberg, Reed, Smith, Crosby, Heafey LLP, Catherine V. Barrad, Sidley and Austin, Los Angeles, CA, Amy Darby Mcbride, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Sara J. Gourley, Tamar Beth Kelber, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Chicago, IL, Kevin J. Stack, Knapp, Petersen & Clarke, P.A., Glendale, CA, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GRADY, District Judge.

The basic issue presently before the court in this multidistrict litigation is whether we should grant the defendants' motion to dismiss one of the constituent cases pursuant to the doctrine of forum non conveniens. The plaintiffs in the case of Gullone v. Bayer Corp., transferred here from the Northern District of California for pretrial proceedings, are six citizens and residents of Italy,...

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