IN RE BREAST IMPLANT CASES

Nos. 92 CV 7821 (S.D.N.Y.), 92 CV 9471 (S.D.N.Y.), 92 CV 9496 (S.D.N.Y.), 94 CV 7731 (S.D.N.Y.), 96 BI 1 (S.D.N.Y.), 93 CV 159 (E.D.N.Y.), 93 CV 5697 (E.D.N.Y.), 94 CV 477 (E.D.N.Y.), 94 CV 1145 (E.D.N.Y.), 94 CV 3293 (E.D.N.Y.), 94 CV 3349 (E.D.N.Y.), 94 CV 3336 (E.D.N.Y.), 94 CV 3358 (E.D.N.Y.) and 96 BI 1 (E.D.N.Y.).

942 F.Supp. 958 (1996)

In re BREAST IMPLANT CASES.

United States District Court, E. and S.D. New York.

October 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perry Weitz, Robert Gordon, Denise Dunleavy, Mike Williams, Weitz & Luxenberg, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

Mary A. Wells, Wells, Anderson & Race, L.L.C., Denver, CO, William B. Griffin, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison L.L.P., New York City, George H. Link, Debra E. Pole, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for Baxter. Tamar P. Halpern, Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, Buffalo, New York, Joseph M. Price, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN, Jane Fugate Thorpe, Pursley, Howell, Lowery & Meeks, Atlanta, GA, David P. Herrick, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas, TX, Arvin Maskin, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City for 3M.

Eric M. Kraus, James T. Conlon, Sedgwick, Detert Moran & Arnold, New York City, Nathan Schactman, Jack Flaherty, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ, for Bristol Mayer.

Before BAER, District Judge, and WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge:


AMENDED PRELIMINARY MEMORANDUM

I. Introduction

Typical of the breast implant cases pending in the two courts is the one briefly described below. Defendants have moved for summary judgment and for various in limine rulings, including exclusion of testimony of plaintiffs' primary experts. Defendants have also opposed the courts' suggestion that there be severance of issues. The motion for summary judgment must be denied with leave to renew. Severance...

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