IN RE RICHARDSON-MERRELL, INC.

MDL No. 486.

545 F.Supp. 1130 (1982)

In re RICHARDSON-MERRELL, INC. Bendectin Products Liability Litigation.

United States District Court, S. D. Ohio, W. D.

August 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald D. Anton, Niagara Falls, N. Y., Robert T. Cunningham, Jr., Mobile, Ala., Richard J. Seidel, Pittsburgh, Pa., David J. Zola, Encino, Cal., James H. Ranum, Minneapolis, Minn., Raymond A. Fleck, Jr., Richard A. Aliano, Garden City, N. Y., Stanley J. Bell, San Francisco, Cal., John W. Gyorkos, Huntington Beach, Cal., Geoffrey E. Albrecht, Columbus, Ohio, John J. Carlino, New York City, James H. Wolfe, III, Newark, N. J., Sebastian Randazzo, Great Neck, N. Y., Barham Bratton, Austin, Tex., Morton Miller, New York City, Andrew J. Rocker, Jr., Cambridge, Ohio, Darrell M. Amlin, Detroit, Mich., Frederick J. Boncher, Grand Rapids, Mich., Kirk Portmann, Seattle, Wash., Rosemary Azar, Houma, La., Joseph A. Bukaty, Kansas City, Kan., Stanley M. Chesley, Cincinnati, Ohio, J. R. Crockett, Jr., Las Vegas, Nev., R. Jay Engel, San Francisco, Cal., Habush, Habush & Davis, S. C., Milwaukee, Wis., Thomas H. Bleakley, Thomas H. Bleakley, P. C., Detroit, Mich., Douglas Burns, Gadsden, Ala., Andrew J. Conner, Erie, Pa., Janine S. Dingleman, New Orleans, La., Lee S. Goldsmith, New York City, Larry Hayes, Dallas, Tex., Melvin Block, Brooklyn, N. Y., Anthony J. Caputo, P. C., White Plains, N. Y., W. W. Conwell, Birmingham, Ala., Allen T. Eaton, Washington, D. C., Romualdo Gonzalez, New Orleans, La., R. Ben Hogan, Birmingham, Ala., Gregory T. Hughes, Covington, Ky., John R. Martzell, New Orleans, La., Larry R. Monrad, Oklahoma City, Okl., Jeffrey A. Rich, Columbus, Ohio, Joseph D. Jamail, Houston, Tex., George A. Kokus, Miami, Fla., R. Gordon Pate, Birmingham, Ala., John F. Romano, West Palm Beach, Fla., Richard L. Josephson, Houston, Tex., Dale P. Martin, Morgan City, La., Richard Mithoff, Houston, Tex., Patrick J. Reardon, Leavenworth, Kan., Mary Ann Scheuhing, Philadelphia, Pa., Stanley S. Schwartz, Southfield, Mich., Toberoff & Broome, New York City, Windle Turley, Dallas, Tex., Earl Terman, Scottsdale, Ariz., Edwin H. Beachler, Pittsburgh, Pa., Edwin D. Smith, Topeka, Kan., James J. Thornton, Jr., Shreveport, La., George White, Godsden, Ala., Thomas C. DeLorenzo, Philadelphia, Pa., Richard L. Swick, Washington, D. C., Russell T. Tritico, Lake Charles, La., Henry E. Wise, Dallas, Tex., Melvin M. Belli, San Francisco, Cal., Carlos E. Heaps, Birmingham, Ala., James G. Butler, Los Angeles, Cal., Frank McClellan, Philadelphia, Pa., Louis M. Tarasi, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., F. Ronald Fraley, Tampa, Fla., Monty L. Preiser, Charleston, W. Va., Charles E. Joiner, West Monroe, La., William S. Vincent, Jr., Patricia R. Vincent, New Orleans, La., Robert C. Daniels, Philadelphia, Pa., John Getgey, Cincinnati, Ohio, Hubert L. Stone, Jr., Corpus Christi, Tex., William T. Jorden, Meadville, Pa., Stephen B. Murray, New Orleans, La., Craig McIntosh, San Francisco, Cal., Michael R. Treanor, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Henry B. Alsobrook, Jr., New Orleans, La., Naomi C. Dallob, Cincinnati, Ohio, Jena M. Farquharson, New Orleans, La., Nina M. Gussack, Philadelphia, Pa., Sidney G. Leech, Baltimore, Md., Edward W. Maderia, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., Edward M. Boyle, Payne & Jones, Olathe, Kan., R. L. Davis, Jr., Monroe, La., John P. Gartland, Columbus, Ohio, Leon H. Handley, Orlando, Fla., Allan Fudim, Lester, Schwab, Katz & Dwyer, New York City, Frank W. Middleton, Baton Rouge, La., Jeffrey J. Carlson, Santa Monica, Cal., Drake DeLanoy, Las Vegas, Nev., Louis E. Gerber, Columbus, Ohio, Lawrence A. Hurlburt, Saginaw, Mich., Ogden N. Lewis, New York City, Albert A. Miller, Detroit, Mich., John H. Mudd, Baltimore, Md., D. Gary Reed, Cincinnati, Ohio, John B. Tally, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., D. Scott Wide, New York City, Raymond Hasley, Pittsburgh, Pa., William G. Paul, Patrick M. Ryan, Lawrence E. Walsh, Oklahoma City, Okl., James A. Williams, Dallas, Tex., David Richman, Philadelphia, Pa., Patrick W. Schmidt, Milwaukee, Wis., Will J. Schaaf, Erie, Pa., O. J. Weber, Jr., Beaumont, Tex., Frank C. Woodside, III, Cincinnati, Ohio, H. T. Hermansen, Jr., Corpus Christi, Tex., John H. Westover, Phoenix, Ariz., G. Alan Cunningham, Minneapolis, Minn., Dennis M. Rothman, New York City, Joseph R. Zamora, Santa Monica, Cal., Donald F Pierce, W. Alexander Moseley, Mobile, Ala., Riker, Danzig, Scherer & Hyland, Morristown, N. J., Louis D Peterson, Seattle, Wash., Frank G. Godson, Buffalo, N. Y., George A. Kokus, Miami, Fla., Dughi & Hewit, Westfield, N. J., for defendants.


ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTIONS TO DISMISS

CARL B. RUBIN, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the Court on defendant Merrell-Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc's., (hereinafter Merrell-Dow) renewed Motions to Dismiss the above-captioned complaints based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens. Plaintiffs filed a memorandum contra the original Motions.

I. Introduction

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