Lalk v. Wright Medical Technology Incorporated et al, No. 1:2013cv02742 - Document 12 (N.D. Ga. 2018)

Court Description: OPINION AND ORDER directing 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 t he Court. The Clerk is directed to transfer the cases listed in Exhibit A to their respective District Courts. It is further ordered that the Clerk is directed to administratively close all cases listed in Exhibit B. Signed by Judge William S. Duffey, Jr. on 6/22/18. (ddm)

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Lalk v. Wright Medical Technology Incorporated et al Doc. 12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION IN RE: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., CONSERVE HIP IMPLANT PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION, 1:12-MD-2329-WSD This Document Relates To: ALL CASES OPINION AND ORDER 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]). Dockets.Justia.com 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 2 “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 this 22nd day of June, 2018. 3 EXHIBIT A 4 1. 2. CLAIMANT NAME ABTS, Dennis COURT FOR REMAND CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:13-cv-0083 United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin United States District Court for the Central District of California 1:13-cv-01967 United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois 1:14-cv-02483 3. ALEXANDER, Willie CROSS, Steven 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, David LARON, Anthony United States District Court for the District of New Mexico 1:17-cv-04112 United States District Court for the District of Nevada 1:16-cv-04771 LEONARD, Barbara MALTIN, Alan D. and Connie J. MANCILL, Deborah SCHAUFELE, Michael C. and Martha B. SPEED, Charles United States District Court for the Central District of California 1:17-cv-03918 United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida 1:16-cv-00917 United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas 1:17-cv-03705 United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas 1:16-cv-01575 United States District Court for the Western District of Texas 1:12-cv-03125 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 5 EXHIBIT B 6 Count Claimant Name 1 ALBRIGHT, ELAINE AND DAVID Case Number 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 7 Count Claimant Name 39 DASKIVICH, JOANN AND MICHAEL Case Number 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 56 FREY, NICOLE 1:15 cv 03534 WSD; 1:15 cv 02930 WSD 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 8 Count 76 HOLMES, JAMES Claimant Name Case Number 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 100 MARSHALL, BILLY AND BEVERLY 1:13 cv 03882 WSD; 1:12 cv 03141 WSD 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 ROSEMARY MASER, DECEASED) 107 MEAD, MARTIN 1:15 cv 01219 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 9 1:13 cv 00190 WSD Count Claimant Name 112 MEYERHOFER, NICHOLAS J Case Number 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 10 Count 150 PYPER, JEFFREY Claimant Name Case Number 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 11 Count Claimant Name 188 WAGNER, BEVERLY A Case Number 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 12

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