IN RE NEURONTIN MKTG., SALES PRAC., & PROD. LIAB.

MDL NO. 1629. Civil Action No. 04-10981-PBS.

612 F.Supp.2d 116 (2009)

In re NEURONTIN MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES, AND PROUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. This Document Relates to: All Products Liability Actions.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

May 5, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry P. Abeyta, Abeyta Nelson, Yakima, WA, Keith L. Altman, Finkelstein & Partners, LLP, Newburgh, NY, Leasa M.W. Anderson, Blank Rome LP, Washington, DC, Ronald Judah, Aranoff Bernstein, Liebhard LLP, New York, NY, Bryan Frederick, Aylstock Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, Pensacola, FL, Gordon Ball, Ball & Scott Bank of America, Knoxville, TN, Don Barrett, Barrett Law Office, Lexington, MS, Thomas F. Basile, The Calwell Practice, W. Stuart Calwell, The Calwell Practice, Charleston, WV, Bradley Douglas, Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Becnel Law offices of Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, LA, Robert M. Becnel, Law Offices of Robert M. Becnel, Laplace, LA, George S. Bellas, Bellas & Wachowski, Ridge, IL, Richard Bemporad, Lowey Dannenberg, Bemporad & Selinger, P.C., Jeanne F. D'Esposito, Lowey Dannenberg Bemporad & Selinger, P.C., White Plains, NY, Steve W. Berman, Hagens Berman, Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA, Pavel Bespalko, Law Office of Joel Eigerman, Joel Z. Eigerman, Joel Z. Eigerman, Attorney-at-Law, Boston, MA, Robert J. Bonsignore, Bonsignore & Brewer, Medford, MA, Levi Boone, III, Boone Law Firm PA, John R. Climaco, Climaco Lefkowitz Peca Wilcox & Garofoli, Cleveland, OH, Rainey Cawthon, Booth Littlepage & Booth, Pensacola, FL, Derek T. Braslow, Pogust & Braslow LLC, Conshohocken, PA, Eugene Brooks, Brooks Law Firm, Savannah, GA, William L. Bross, Heninger, Garrison & Davis, LLC, Andrew P. Campbell, Campbell Waller & Poer LLC, Timothy C. Davis, Heninger, Garrison Davis, LLC, Birmingham, AL, David L. Browne, Dugan & Browne, PLC, Joseph M. Bruno, Stephanie M. Bruno, Bruno & Bruno LLP, Dane S. Ciolino, Dane S. Ciolino, Attorney at Law, James R. Dugan, II, Dugan & Browne PLC, James R. Dugan, II, Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, Ronald J. Campione, Budd Larner, PC, Short Hills, NJ, Kathleen C. Chavez, Lane Geneva, IL, Robert A. Clifford, Clifford Law Offices, P.C., Chicago, IL, Daniel M. Cohen, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, Washington, DC, Richard W. Cohen, Lowey Dannenberg Bemporad & Slelinger, P.C., White Plains, N.Y. Jonathan S. Coleman, Johnson, Pope, Okor, Ruppel & Burns LLP, Tampa, FL, John A. Commerford, Meyers Taber & Meyers PC, Phoenix, AZ, Charles Horne Cooper, Jr., Cooper & Elliott, Columbus, OH, Susan G. Copeland, Law Office of J. Doyle Fuller, Montgomery, AL, W. Lloyd Copeland, Taylor, Martino & Hedge, P.C., Charles H. Dodson, Jr., Sims, Graddick & Dodson, P.C., Mobile, AL, Silas G. Cross, Jr., Cross, Poole & Smith, LLC, Tuscaloosa, AL, Rebecca Cunard, Cunard Law Firm, Baton Rouge, LA, Daniel D'Angelo, Gilman and Pastor, LLP, Boston, MA, Michael A.K. Dan, Michael A.K. Dan Law Office, Los Angeles, CA, Samuel J. DeMaio, Girards Law Firm, Dallas, TX, Neil A. Dean Rice, Dean & Kelsey LLC, Topeka, KS, Christopher Brooks, Harrisburg, PA, John J. Driscoll, The Driscoll Firm, P.C., St. Louis, MO, James T. Dulin, Dulin & Dulin, Gulfport, MS, J. Blake Dutcher, Jr., Godlove Joyner Mayall Dzialo Dutcher & Erwin, Lawton, OK, Donald S. Edgar, Law Office of Donald S. Edgar, Santa Rosa, CA, Mark L. Edwards, Stipe Law Firm, Tony W. Edwards, McAlester, OK, Wanda Jean Edwards, Fayard & Honeycutt, Denham Springs, LA, Richard Mark Eldridge, Eldridge Cooper Steichen & Leach PLLC, Tulsa, OK, for Consolidated Plaintiffs.

William A. Alford, III, Scott William Anderson, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Ray M. Aragon, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Washington, DC, Richard M. Barnes, Goodell DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP, Baltimore, MD, Catherine Marie, Valerio Barrad Sidley Austin, LLP, Kimberly H. Clancy, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Charles F. Barrett, Barrett & Associates PA, Nashville, TN, Leslie Anne Benitez, Clark Thomas & Winters, Austin, TX, John A. Boyle, Marino & Associates, Newark, NJ, Carol D. Browning, Stites & Harbison, Louisville, KY, Susan E. Burnett, Clark Thomas & Winters, Austin, TX, Carter H. Burwell, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Mark S. Cheffo, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Paul F. Corcoran, Davis & GIlbert LLP, Charles E. Dorkey, III, McKenna, Long & Aldridge, Scott A. Edelman, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, NY, Philip Henry Butler, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White LLP, Montgomery, AL, David C. Campbell, Williams Kastner & Gibbs, PLLC, Portland, OR, David B. Chaffin, White and Williams LLP, Daniel J. Dwyer, Hanify & King Professional Corporation, Boston, MA, Evan W. Davis, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Consolidated Defendant.

Ian Crawford, Todd & Weld LLP, Boston, MA, for Intervenor.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SARIS, District Judge.

Table of Contents

 I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................. 121

II. BACKGROUND .................................................................... 122
     A. A Brief History of Neurontin Litigation ................................... 122
     B. The Legal Backdrop and the Current Motion ......

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