MIZELL v. ELI LILLY & CO.

Civ. A. Nos. 80-1091-1, 80-1092-1.

526 F.Supp. 589 (1981)

Stacey M. MIZELL, Plaintiff, v. ELI LILLY & COMPANY, a foreign corporation; Rexall Drug Company, a foreign corporation; E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., a foreign corporation; the Upjohn Company, a foreign corporation; Abbott Laboratories, Inc., a foreign corporation; and Carnrick Laboratories, a foreign corporation; jointly and severally, Defendants. Carl E. MIZELL, Plaintiff, v. ELI LILLY & COMPANY, a foreign corporation; Rexall Drug Company, a foreign corporation; E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., a foreign corporation; the Upjohn Company, a foreign corporation; Abbott Laboratories, Inc., a foreign corporation; and Carnrick Laboratories, a foreign corporation; jointly and severally, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Charleston Division.

November 25, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey M. Spar and Edmund Robinson, Shimel, Ackerman, Theos & Spar, Charleston, S. C., and Thomas H. Bleakley, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs.

William L. Pope, Robinson, McFadden, Moore & Pope, P. A., Columbia, S. C., and Blair C. Fensterstock, Dewey, Ballantine, Bushly, Palmer & Wood, New York City, for defendant, Eli Lilly & Co.

Glenn Bowers and James W. Orr, Nexsen, Pruet, Jacobs & Pollard, Columbia, S. C., for defendant, Rexall Drug Co.

John L. Choate, Nelson, Mullins, Grier & Scarborough, Columbia, S. C., for defendant, E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.

Michael T. Cole and Ann C. Osborne, Wise, Cole & Pearlman, P. A., Charleston, S. C., for defendant, The Upjohn Co.

William W. Watkins, Sr., Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, Columbia, S. C., for defendant, Abbott Laboratories, Inc.

J. Rutledge Young, Jr., Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale, Charleston, S. C., for defendant, Carnrick Laboratories.


ORDER

HAWKINS, District Judge.

This order issues upon two pre-trial motions heard September 3, 1981. Defendants made a joint motion to dismiss, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, on the ground that this court lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter of these actions. The motion was filed on February 27, 1981.

On February 17, 1981, plaintiff Stacey M. Mizell made six motions to compel further answers to interrogatories...

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