IN RE COOK MEDICAL, INC. PELVIC REPAIR SYSTEMS PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

MDL No. 2440, Civil Action No. 2:16-cv-1186.

IN RE: COOK MEDICAL, INC. PELVIC REPAIR SYSTEMS PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO Barbara Hughes v. Cook Incorporated, et al.

United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia, Charleston Division.

September 28, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Fed. Question: Personal Injury
Nature of Suit: 365 Personal Inj. Prod. Liability
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah G. Nolin & James K. Nolin, Plaintiffs, represented by Benjamin H. Anderson , ANDERSON LAW OFFICES & Bryan F. Aylstock , AYLSTOCK WITKIN KREIS & OVERHOLTZ, pro hac vice.

Theresa Campbell, Plaintiff, represented by G. Sean Jez , FLEMING NOLEN & JEZ & Rand Patrick Nolen , FLEMING NOLEN & JEZ.

Elizabeth Wilson, Plaintiff, represented by Ben Carl Martin , THE LAW OFFICES OF BEN C. MARTIN, Charles S. Siegel , WATERS & KRAUS, pro hac vice, Corrie Johnson Yackulic , CORRIE YACKULIC LAW FIRM, Leslie C. MacLean , WATERS & KRAUS, Peter A. Kraus , WATERS & KRAUS & Raymond L. Panneton , THE TALASKA LAW FIRM.

Sharon Humphrey, Raymond Humphrey, Donna King & Wayne King, Plaintiffs, represented by Caroline L. Maida , MOSTYN LAW, J. Steven Mostyn , THE MOSTYN LAW FIRM, Jason A. Itkin , ARNOLD & ITKIN, Kurt B. Arnold , ARNOLD & ITKIN & Noah M. Wexler , ARNOLD & ITKIN.

Martha Sue Johnson, Plaintiff, pro se.

Sarah Finch, Plaintiff, represented by J. Mark Kell , KELL LAMPIN.

Sally A. Haley, Plaintiff, represented by Daniel Patrick Barton , BARTON LAW FIRM & Ryan Keith Haun , BARTON LAW FIRM.

Fatoumeh Baghvardani, Plaintiff, pro se.

Shirley Beasley & Edward Beasley, Plaintiffs, represented by Michael T. Gallagher , THE GALLAGHER LAW FIRM.

Janice Geoghegan, Plaintiff, represented by Jayne Conroy , SIMMONS HANLY CONROY, John J. Foley , SIMMONS HANLY CONROY & Trent B. Miracle , SIMMONS HANLY CONROY.

Sherri Botello & Armando Botello, Plaintiffs, represented by Christopher A. Seeger , SEEGER WEISS & Sindhu S. Daniel , SEEGER WEISS.

Barbara Hughes, Plaintiff, pro se.

Brenda Madsen, Plaintiff, pro se.

CeCil Huntley, Plaintiff, represented by J. Steven Mostyn , THE MOSTYN LAW FIRM, Jason A. Itkin , ARNOLD & ITKIN, Kurt B. Arnold , ARNOLD & ITKIN, Mark C. Sparks , THE MOSTYN LAW FIRM & Noah M. Wexler , ARNOLD & ITKIN.

Cook Biotech, Inc., Defendant, represented by Douglas B. King , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Jere Ann Rosebrock , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Amy S. Kline , SAUL EWING, Andrea Roberts Pierson , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, Andrew Cookingham , THOMPSON & KNIGHT, Crystal S. Wildeman , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Daniel E. Danford , STITES & HARBISON, Daniel D. Trachtman , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Erica K. Drew , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Francis M. McDonald, Jr. , MCDONALD TOOLE WIGGINS, Glen G. Reid, Jr. , WYATT TARRANT & COMBS, Gregory J. Freyberger , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Ivan A. Gustafson , EVERT WEATHERSBY HOUFF, J. David Martin , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL, James Stephen Bennett , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, James M. Boyers , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, James C. Bradshaw, III , WYATT TARRANT & COMBS, Janelle L. Davis , THOMPSON & KNIGHT, John M. Famularo , STITES & HARBISON, John H. Martin , THOMPSON & KNIGHT, John T. Schlafer , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, John D. Waller , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Kip S. McDonald , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Lauren Elizabeth Dimmitt , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Leah B. Silverthorn , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Matthew Mark Adolay , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Maureen E. Ward , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Michael Gary Smith , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Michele S. Bryant , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Miriam E.C. Bailey , POLSINELLI, Nathaniel Metz , SAUL EWING, Patricia Genevieve Duret , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Robert A. Henderson , POLSINELLI, Robert David Segall , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL, Robert Joseph Simmons , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Sarah Anne Long , MCDONALD TOOLE WIGGINS, Shannon L. Holliday , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL & Stephanie N. Russo , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS.

Cook Medical, Inc., Defendant, represented by Andrew Cookingham , THOMPSON & KNIGHT, Crystal S. Wildeman , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Daniel E. Danford , STITES & HARBISON, Daniel D. Trachtman , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Douglas B. King , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Erica K. Drew , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Francis M. McDonald, Jr. , MCDONALD TOOLE WIGGINS, Glen G. Reid, Jr. , WYATT TARRANT & COMBS, Gregory J. Freyberger , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Ivan A. Gustafson , EVERT WEATHERSBY HOUFF, J. David Martin , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL, James M. Boyers , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, James C. Bradshaw, III , WYATT TARRANT & COMBS, Janelle L. Davis , THOMPSON & KNIGHT, Jere Ann Rosebrock , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, John M. Famularo , STITES & HARBISON, John H. Martin , THOMPSON & KNIGHT, John D. Waller , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Kip S. McDonald , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Lauren Elizabeth Dimmitt , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Leah B. Silverthorn , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Matthew Mark Adolay , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Matthew B. Millis , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Maureen E. Ward , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Michael Gary Smith , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Michele S. Bryant , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Patricia Genevieve Duret , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Robert David Segall , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL, Robert Joseph Simmons , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Sarah Anne Long , MCDONALD TOOLE WIGGINS, Shannon L. Holliday , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL & Stephanie N. Russo , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS.

American Medical Systems, Inc., Defendant, represented by Barbara R. Binis , REED SMITH, Brooke G. Malcom , LIGHTFOOT FRANKLIN & WHITE, Erik W. Legg , FARRELL WHITE & LEGG, Harlan I. Prater, IV , LIGHTFOOT FRANKLIN & WHITE, Lori G. Cohen , GREENBERG TRAURIG, Marcella Coladangelo Ducca , GREENBERG TRAURIG, Melody H. Eagan , LIGHTFOOT FRANKLIN & WHITE, Michael J. Farrell , FARRELL WHITE & LEGG & Tracy G. Weiss , REED SMITH.

American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. & Endo Health Solutions, Inc., Defendants, represented by Brooke G. Malcom , LIGHTFOOT FRANKLIN & WHITE, Harlan I. Prater, IV , LIGHTFOOT FRANKLIN & WHITE & Melody H. Eagan , LIGHTFOOT FRANKLIN & WHITE.

Cook, Inc., Defendant, represented by Douglas B. King , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, J. David Martin , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL, Robert David Segall , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL & Shannon L. Holliday , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL.

Cook Incorporated, Defendant, represented by Amy S. Kline , SAUL EWING, Andrea Roberts Pierson , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, Andrew Cookingham , THOMPSON & KNIGHT, Crystal S. Wildeman , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Daniel D. Trachtman , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Douglas B. King , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Erica K. Drew , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Francis M. McDonald, Jr. , MCDONALD TOOLE WIGGINS, Glen G. Reid, Jr. , WYATT TARRANT & COMBS, Gregory J. Freyberger , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Ivan A. Gustafson , EVERT WEATHERSBY HOUFF, J. David Martin , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL, James Stephen Bennett , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, James M. Boyers , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, James C. Bradshaw, III , WYATT TARRANT & COMBS, Janelle L. Davis , THOMPSON & KNIGHT, Jere Ann Rosebrock , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, John H. Martin , THOMPSON & KNIGHT, John T. Schlafer , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, John D. Waller , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Kip S. McDonald , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Lauren Elizabeth Dimmitt , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Matthew Mark Adolay , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Matthew B. Millis , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Maureen E. Ward , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Michael Gary Smith , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Michele S. Bryant , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Miriam E.C. Bailey , POLSINELLI, Nathaniel Metz , SAUL EWING, Patricia Genevieve Duret , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Robert A. Henderson , POLSINELLI, Robert David Segall , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL, Robert Joseph Simmons , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Sarah Anne Long , MCDONALD TOOLE WIGGINS & Stephanie N. Russo , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS.

Ethicon, Inc., Johnson & Johnson & Ethicon, LLC, Defendants, represented by Susan M. Robinson , THOMAS COMBS & SPANN & William M. Gage , BUTLER SNOW.

Cook Medical Inc., Defendant, represented by Amy S. Kline , SAUL EWING, Douglas B. King , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Ivan A. Gustafson , EVERT WEATHERSBY HOUFF, James M. Boyers , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Jere Ann Rosebrock , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Justin Andrew Kashman , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Miriam E.C. Bailey , POLSINELLI, Nathaniel Metz , SAUL EWING & Robert A. Henderson , POLSINELLI.

C. R. Bard, Inc., Defendant, represented by David J. Walz , CARLTON FIELDS, Edward W. Gerecke , CARLTON FIELDS & Richard B. North, Jr. , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, pro hac vice.

Cook Biotech, Incorporated & Cook Urological Inc., Defendants, represented by Douglas B. King , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN.

Cook Medical Incorporated & Cook Biotech Incorporated, Defendants, represented by Andrea Roberts Pierson , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, Daniel D. Trachtman , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Douglas B. King , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Erica K. Drew , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, James Stephen Bennett , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, James M. Boyers , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Jere Ann Rosebrock , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, John T. Schlafer , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, John D. Waller , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Lauren Elizabeth Dimmitt , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Matthew B. Millis , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN & Michael Gary Smith , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN.

Endo Pharmaceuticals, Defendant, represented by Barbara R. Binis , REED SMITH & Tracy G. Weiss , REED SMITH.

DIMA S.L., Neomedic International, S.L., Neomedic, Inc. & Desarrollo e Investigacion Medica Aragonesa, S.L., Defendants, represented by Carolyn Purwin , CIPRIANI & WERNER & Ernest F. Koschineg , CIPRIANI & WERNER.

Boston Scientific Corporation, Defendant, represented by Michael Bonasso , FLAHERTY SENSABAUGH & BONASSO.

Cook Biotech Inc., Defendant, represented by Douglas B. King , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Jere Ann Rosebrock , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN & Matthew B. Millis , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN.

Coloplast Corp., Defendant, represented by Lana K. Varney , KING & SPALDING.

Covidien plc & Covidien Inc., Defendants, represented by Devin K. Ross , SHOOK HARDY BACON & Micah L. Hobbs , SHOOK HARDY & BACON.

Covidien LP, formerly known as, Defendant, represented by Deborah A. Moeller , SHOOK HARDY BACON, Devin K. Ross , SHOOK HARDY BACON & Micah L. Hobbs , SHOOK HARDY & BACON.

United States Surgical Corp., a division of Tyco Healthcare Group LP, Defendant, represented by Deborah A. Moeller , SHOOK HARDY BACON.

Garretson Resolution Group, Inc., Movant, represented by T. Matthew Lockhart , HUDDLESTON BOLEN.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

On August 22, 2018, the court conducted a Mandatory Status Hearing in plaintiff's case against defendants Cook Incorporated, Cook Biotech, Inc., and Cook Medical, Inc. (the "Cook defendants"). When the plaintiff did not appear in person at the hearing...

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