IN RE ORTHOPEDIC BONE SCREW PRODUCT LIABIL. LIT.

Nos. 00-3899 through 00-3922, 00-3925 through 00-3977, 00-3982 through 00-3984, 00-3986 through 00-4019, 00-4021 through 00-4057, 00-4060 through 00-4095, 00-4098 through 00-4109.

264 F.3d 344 (2001)

In re ORTHOPEDIC BONE SCREW PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION, J.T. Bradley and Kathy W. Bradley, Appellants in No. 00-3899, Regina M. Luellen and Eurston Luellen, Sr., Appellants in No. 00-3900, Randal Jon Uribe, Appellant in No. 00-3901, Mitchell H. Walker and Kim S. Walker, Appellants in No. 00-3902, Jose Morfin, Appellant in No. 00-3903, Mary K. Mullen Schmelter and Kurt Allen Schmelter, Appellants in No. 00-3904, Rita Jan McGill and Gary McGill, Appellants in No. 00-3905, Louis H. McDowell, Jr. and Patricia McDowell, Appellants in No. 00-3906, Edward Briscoe, Gloria Briscoe, Dale Lewis Tamborella and Angela Tamborella, Appellants in No. 00-3907, James E. Doiron and Katherine Doiron, Appellants in No. 00-3908, Jeannette Wade and Edwin Wade, Appellants in No. 00-3909, Leila Hartwell, William J. Hartwell, Jennifer J. Still and Robert Still, Appellants in No. 00-3910, Fitz A. Reid, Etta A. Reid, Lillie Aycock, David Lindsey Brook and Mary Jane Brook, Appellants in No. 00-3911, Gary L. Drake, David Louviere and Laura M. Louviere, Appellants in No. 00-3912, Andrew Jackson Key and Linda C. Key, Appellants in No. 00-3913, Paul David Schneider and Linda Gale Schneider, Appellants in No. 00-3914, Esperanza Prida and Jorge Prida, Appellants in No. 00-3915, Reyes Basilio and Consolacion Basilio, Appellants in No. 00-3916, Ruth Rogoff, Appellant in No. 00-3917, Juan Perez and Maria I. Perez, Appellants in No. 00-3918, Brian McPherson and Kim McPherson, Appellants in No. 00-3919, Audrey Collins, Appellant in No. 00-3920, Jessie H. Elliott, Jr., Appellant in No. 00-3921, Arvie Jernigan, Appellant in No. 00-3922, Lafiro Max Benavides and Irene Benavides, Appellants in No. 00-3925, John Workman, Appellant in No. 00-3926, Thomas Craig McGowan and Lori L. McGowan, Appellants in No. 00-3927, Max E. Dick, Sr., Appellant in No. 00-3928, Rhonda Renee P. Lawrence and William J. Lawrence, Appellants in No. 00-3929, Raymond C. Cummings and Barbara Ann Cummings, Appellants in No. 00-3930, Larry Dale Spooner and Terri Spooner, Appellants in No. 00-3931, William P. Arinder, Betty Arinder, Newman Hearn and Deena Reese, Appellants in No. 00-3932, Randy W. McKenzie and Kimberly Sue McKenzie, Appellants in No. 00-3933, Karen A. Dunn and Robert T. Dunn, Appellants in No. 00-3934, Bruce Austin and Frances Austin, Appellants in No. 00-3935, Joan Barton and Joseph Barton, Appellants in No. 00-3936, Joseph Collura and Josephine Collura, Appellants in No. 00-3937, Helene Phyllis Cohen, Appellant in No. 00-3938, Joanne Conley Brown, Appellant in No. 00-3939, Connie Ray Baxley, Jr., Angie Baxley, Dick Habour, Brenda Sue Harbour, Terry Glen Johnson, Sr., Gerald Dewayne Jones and Sherry Lynn Jones, Appellants in No. 00-3940, Jonathan Bruce Holley, Elise Holley, Jerry Frank Wetz and Alice Wetz, Appellants in No. 00-3941, Leverne Anthony, Individually, and as Administrator of the Estate of Joseph Douglas Anthony, Sr., Appellant in No. 00-3942, Fred B. Basham and Claudia F. Basham, Appellants in No. 00-3943, Stanley P. Eagle, Sr. and Ladonna M. Eagle, Appellants in No. 00-3944, Charles E. Porter, Sr., Carol Jourdan Porter, Raymond Richard and Goldie P. Richard, Appellants in No. 00-3945, Randall L. Metzler, Appellant in No. 00-3946, Lawrence Damion Hickey, Appellant in No. 00-3947, Patricia A. Orlick and Robert Orlick, Appellants in No. 00-3948, Kathy Stockdale and George Stockdale, Appellants in No. 00-3949, Phillip W. Worrell and Janice Ann Worrell, Appellants in No. 00-3950, John H. O'Connell and Patricia O'Connell, Appellants in No. 00-3951, Clifford Burt and Barbara Sue Burt, Appellants in No. 00-3952, Chester Allen Morris and Yolan Sybil Morris, Appellants in No. 00-3953, Salvatore Cali and Genie Cali, Appellants in No. 00-3954, Dean W. Devine and Theresa Devine, Appellants in No. 00-3955, Jason Leigh, Appellant in No. 00-3956, Shirley Baker, Appellant in No. 00-3957, Richard Cullen, Appellant in No. 00-3958, Aline Frances Sears, Albert James Sears, III, John L. Davis and Louise E. Davis, Appellants in No. 00-3959, Mary Alma Valdez and Alexander Valdez, Appellants in No. 00-3960, Anthony Wilbur Kyle and Dixie K. Kyle, Appellants in No. 00-3961, Edward Allen, Roxana Paulette Allen, Denise K. Walker, Allen K. Walker, Annette E. Freeman, Patsy Ruth Elrod Bell and John Richard Bell, Jr., Appellants in No. 00-3962, Hettie Rovenia Crescini, Benjamin J. Crescini, Sr., James Fussell, Sherry E. Fussell, Dale C. Hutchinson, Dollinda Hutchinson, James Paul, Martha Lou Smith Paul, Bobby Ray Smith, Alvy J. Smith and Martin Carroll, Appellants in No. 00-3963, Dorris E. Harrell and Margie L. Harrell, Appellants in No. 00-3964, Wesley F. Stokes and Linda Gail Stokes, Appellants in No. 00-3965, Derrill B. Manley and Cindy Manley, Appellants in No. 00-3966, Aubrey J. Ledger, Appellant in No. 00-3967, Edward G. Herrera, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Rosie A. Herrera, Appellant in No. 00-3968, William Daniel Stone, Appellant in No. 00-3969, Jerry Whitaker and Patricia G. Whitaker, Appellants in No. 00-3970, Rita Gariby and Jesse Rubio Gariby, Appellants in No. 00-3971, Patricia Armijo, Appellant in No. 00-3972, Vera L. Berrington and William J. Berrington, Appellants in No. 00-3973, Terri H. Gibbs, Arlene F. Parker and William Parker, Appellants in No. 00-3974, Allen J. Montecino, Jr. and Virginia Montecino, Appellants in No. 00-3975, Gloria Huntman, Appellant in No. 00-3976, John M. Russo and Karen Russo, Appellants in No. 00-3977, Charles Thomas Wahlquist and Tina Rachelle Wahlquist, Appellants in No. 00-3982, Sammy Melissa Case and Ronnie Case, Appellants in No. 00-3983, Robert Brozewicz and Denise Brozewicz, Appellants in No. 00-3984, Charles Parrott, Allan R. Whitlow, Dorothy Merle Manberg and Charles Manberg, Appellants in No. 00-3986, Danny L. Harris, Sr. and Cathie B. Harris, Appellants in No. 00-3987, Earl Hicks and Debra Hicks, Appellants in No. 00-3988, Amy Foote Weaselbear, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Archie A. Weaselbear, Appellant in No. 00-3990, Laurie L. Coogler, Dennis K. Coogler, Pamela A. Underferth, Thomas M. Underferth, Billie A.M. King, Cecil C. King, James Roger Smith and Vermell M. Smith, Appellants in No. 00-3991, Steve L. Thompson, Appellant in No. 00-3992, Eulalio "Bobby" Adami, Coy R. Griffin, Sr. and Wilma Griffin, Appellants in No. 00-3993, Ronald Gene Penny and Teresa R. Penny, Appellants in No. 00-3994, Shirley A. Plott, Appellant in No. 00-3995, Joan McGhee, Appellant in No. 00-3996, Melvin G. Burks, Appellant in No. 00-3997, Michael Seman, Appellant in No. 00-3998, Ginger Bentley and Henry L. Bentley, Appellants in No. 00-3999, Katherine Celia, Appellant in No. 00-4000, Connie Amelia Corley, Appellant in No. 00-4001, Lonnie Lowe, Appellant in No. 00-4002, Robert J. Berglund, Leslie Ann Berglund, Bruce D. Bultman, Carol Ching Bultman, Gary L. Ewing, Janet Walker Ewing, Timothy Scott Rushing and Joan Mary Rushing, Appellants in No. 00-4003, Nancy G. Brown and Ronald E. Brown, Appellants in No. 00-4004, Candace L. Mathes and Stanley M. Mathes, III, Appellants in No. 00-4005, Kathleen Burke and Earl Burke, Appellants in No. 00-4006, Clifford R. Swain and Savana G. Swain, Appellants in No. 00-4007, James C. Smith and Beverly D. Smith, Appellants in No. 00-4008, Alex A. Driggers and Margie Ann Driggers, Appellants in No. 00-4009, Isidora Fuselier, Albert J. Fuselier, Michael Lee Andrus and Mark A. Bullard, Appellants in No. 00-4010, Harry Alan Bowser and Ronda L. Bowser, Appellants in No. 00-4011, Michael D. Holloway, Appellant in No. 00-4012, Lillian Marchegianni and John Marchegianni, Appellants in No. 00-4013, Jerry DeWayne Harrison and Mary M. Harrison, Appellants in No. 00-4014, M. Mary Coleman, Appellant in No. 00-4015, Jessie Flores and Mary I. Frias Flores, Appellants in No. 00-4016, Kap Jong Lee and Sung Wan Lee, Appellants in No. 00-4017, Richard Fontenot, Peggy Sue Fontenot and Perry Bang, Appellants in No. 00-4018, Wallace Wade Prahser and Donna Prahser, Appellants in No. 00-4019, James W. Ervin, Jr., Appellant in No. 00-4021, Larry Hugh Gibson and Connie Marine Gibson, Appellants in No. 00-4022, Leonard Otis Smith and Hazel M. Smith, Appellants in No. 00-4023, J.P. Parker, Appellant in No. 00-4024, Bruce W. Shepherd and Lorene B. Shepherd, Appellants in No. 00-4025, James Toskes, Appellant in No. 00-4026, Priscilla Fontenot, Lester Joseph Fontenot, Lee Anna Scott, Arthur Scott, Jr., John Goodman, Gertrude Goodman, Janice Reed, David Reed, Deidre Guillory, Barbara L. Comeaux and Leander Comeaux, Appellants in No. 00-4027, Marilyn A. Greiner and Emil D. Greiner, Appellants in No. 00-4028, Jamie Lee Samuels and Thad J. Samuels, Appellants in No. 00-4029, Merle L. Jensen, David Bernard Jensen and David Rounkles, Appellants in No. 00-4030, Melissa Ann Chandler, Appellant in No. 00-4031, Thomas Levon Jones and Beverly Jones, Appellants in No. 00-4032, Irene Portillo, Appellant in No. 00-4033, Theodore N. Helton and Josephine T. Helton, Appellants in No. 00-4034, Grant Edward Tingstrom, Cathy J. Carrick, David L. Carrick, Sr., John Shaver and Diana Shaver, Appellants in No. 00-4035, William D. Sipes and Thelma G. Sipes, Appellants in No. 00-4036, George Love and Rosemary Love, Appellants in No. 00-4037, Joseph Anthony Strange, Appellant in No. 00-4038, Frank L. Bowes and Lollie Bowes, Appellants in No. 00-4039, Bruce Anthony Davis and Mary Ann Davis, Appellants in No. 00-4040, Gaty M. Jones and Janice A. Jones, Appellants in No. 00-4041, Elizabeth Bablitz and August E. Bablitz, Appellants in No. 00-4042, Caridad Perez, Rogelio Perez, Michael Joseph Smith, Rebecca A. Smith and Maria C.P. Bezara, Appellants in No. 00-4043, Vall R. Williams and Zolla Williams, Appellants in No. 00-4044, Kimberly DeRose, Michael J. DeRose, Salvatore Babriele, Jr. and Sandee Gabriele, Appellants in No. 00-4045, Billy Hines and Brenda Hines, Appellants in No. 00-4046, Michael Scott Schirmer and Patsy Schirmer, Appellants in No. 00-4047, Denis Ray Dunlap, Bernadette Dunlap, George R. Wiley, Judy Mize Wiley, Jeffery Lynn Miller and Donna Miller, Appellants in No. 00-4048, Cynthia Jo Lackey and Joseph Lackey, Appellants in No. 00-4049, Marsha Stites, Appellant in No. 00-4050, James Joseph Morway and Kristie Jo Morway, Appellants in No. 00-4051, Sandy Price and Michael L. Price, Appellants in No. 00-4052, Robert Shehan and Cleta Shehan, Appellants in No. 00-4053, Theresa L. Fitzgerald and John Patrick Fitzgerald, Jr., Appellants in No. 00-4054, William G. Warthen, Appellant in No. 00-4055, Roy H. Dedman, Nicole Dedman, David P. Abeyta and Lorri S. Abeyta, Appellants in No. 00-4056, Carroll D. Harris and Sharon Kay Harris, Appellants in No. 00-4057, Jerry Dale Arnold, Bonnie Sue Arnold and Elizabeth Cullen Ohrum, Appellants in No. 00-4060, Jackie C. Crenshaw and Rosetta A. Crenshaw, Appellants in No. 00-4061, Linda Patten Hitchcock and Dennis A. Hitchcock, Appellants in No. 00-4062, Frans R. Dorris and Dianne Reichenbacher-Dorris, Appellants in No. 00-4063, James Stroderd and Paula Stroderd, Appellants in No. 00-4064, Kathy Diane Young and Billy Dale Young, Appellants in No. 00-4065, Gregory H. Hardin, Appellant in No. 00-4066, Raymond Nolan, Jr., Appellant in No. 00-4067, Michael Galloway and Pat Galloway, Appellants in No. 00-4068, Frank L. Dachenhausen and Thelma I.F. Dachenhausen, Appellants in No. 00-4069, Carmine A. Cilella and Gabriella Cilella, Appellants in No. 00-4070, Ronald Leroy Lee, Linda Lee Castleberry and H.L. Castleberry, Appellants in No. 00-4071, David Onger, Appellant in No. 00-4072, James T. Livingston, Jacqueline A. Livingston, Ronald Wayne Dean, Nanni P. Dean, William E. Boyer, Sr, and Melanie Kay Boyer, Appellants in No. 00-4073, Kenneth Kulhanek, Appellant in No. 00-4074, Rosemary K. Barotti, Peter W. Barotti, Kathryn McBratney and Jeff McBratney, Appellants in No. 00-4075, Billy Holbrook and Sherrie Holbrook, Appellants in No. 00-4076, Robert Geib and Donna Marie Geib, Appellants in No. 00-4077, Joyce Ann Robichaud, As Administrator of the Estate of Ray Robichaud, Appellant in No. 00-4078, Jimmy Shoemaker and Annette Shoemaker, Appellants in No. 00-4079, Jose Luis Rivera, Concepcion Rivera, Roslyn Del Pradia Wilson and Henry E. Wilson, Sr., Appellants in No. 00-4080, Bertha A. Salazar Vasquez and Hector G. Vasquez, Appellant in No. 00-4081, Donald Lynn McKeown and Janice McKeown, Appellants in No. 00-4082, Pauline Strickland White and Henry Willis White, Appellants in No. 00-4083, Jerry Dale Lewis and Mary D. Lewis, Appellants in No. 00-4084, Opal A. Parham, Appellant in No. 00-4085, Hazel Dueitt Sweatt and Earl Lynn Sweatt, Appellants in No. 00-4086, Marilyn Fitzgerald, Appellant in No. 00-4087, Alice McKinnon Clayton, Appellant in No. 00-4088, Maria De La Cruz and Miguel Angel De La Cruz, Appellants in No. 00-4089, Barbara Ann Bruzer and Dale Eugene Bruzer, Appellants in No. 00-4090, Joseph Lee Castle and Sandra Collins Castle, Appellants in No. 00-4091, Patricia Ann Hill and William A. Hill, Appellants in No. 00-4092, Annie Ruth Fralick, Appellant in No. 00-4093, Thomas James Olsen and Gloria M. Olsen, Appellants in No. 00-4094, Linda Newberry and Dave Newberry, Appellants in No. 00-4095, Estate/Heirs of Sharon Alderman*, Estate/Heirs of Ralph C. Anderson*, Todd Anselmo, Judith E. Anselmo, Phil Barber, Janice M. Barmore, Julie P. Barrack, Daniel W. Bartelt, Robert E. Bennett, Lois K. Bergsjo, Andrew L. Barry, Rebecca J. Boe, Clairce E. Boggs, Barbara Kay Bremer, Pamela M. Brewster, Morton G. Brill, Lenore Brill, Alonzo Brown, Vicki J. Brusewitz, James Buresh, Betty Butler, John Butler, Arlene V. Carlson, Diane L. Cassidy, Dennis Cassidy, Julie A. Charette, Dale Charette, Brian K. Ciske, Denise Cook, Muriel A. Crowley, Lillie M. Dabney, Timothy J. Dickau, James Douglas, Cheryl M. Douglas, Leona S. Ehnert, Majorie A. Etzel, Daniel M. Etzel, Cary M. Femrite, Robert L. Fields, Elizabeth A. Fischman, Donald J. Flower, Scott Fullex, Dennis J. Gallagher, Michael A. George, Calvin W. Gilbo, Sr., Donna C. Green, Sharon L. Griffin, Eloy Guzman, Sr.*, Roberta E. Hammerlind, Patricia L. Heidelberger, Raymond C. Hermanson, Gail Hermanson, Mark W. Herrman, Cynthia Herrman, Judith I. Hughes, Reginald F. Hughley, Todd W. Illies, Michael W. Iverson, Gayle E. Johnson, Dale Johnson, Janice M. Johnson, Daniel Johnson, Peter H. Johnson, Peggy Johnson, Cindy Osborne Keim, Barbara A. Kern, Karen M. Klein, Katherine E. Koehler, Barbara J. Kunshier, Robert B. Kwasigroch, Estate/Heirs of Robert A. Laessig*, Estate/Heirs of Frances Laessig*, David G. Lewandowski, Donnie K. Lilly, Donald J. Lisk, Patricia A. Lilly, Nancy L. Lisk, Craig W. Locher, Jodi Locher, Patricia J. Mandli, Michael M. Martinson, Anthony Martorana, Jean J. Martorana, Lorraine B. Mathis, Ethel McClain, Michael R. McConnell, Donald R. McRae, Jacqueline E. McRae, Virginia A. McVicker, William McVicker, Wendell D. Meeker, Marjorie L. Melinski, Shirley A. Moen, Marcy Myers, Jean A. Ness, James Ness, Jack C. Nicholson, Kathleen L. Nicholson, Cheryl M. Novotny, Richard A. Novotny, Larry J. Novotny, Claudette M. Novotny, Dennis W. Olson, Margery Olson, Ronald W. Olson, Randy R. Otto, Joan A. Pasowicz, Joseph Pasowicz, Stephen E. Paxton, Lisa M. Lugo-Paxton, Frederick L. Peck, Tina J. Peck, Estate/Heirs of George J. Pesek*, Estate/Heirs of Katherine H. Pesek*, Estate/Heirs of Eugene S. Prantner*, William Peters, Lucille L. Peterson, Suzanne R. Petrusic, Walter Petrusic, Robert J. Plaksy*, Sharon Plaksy*, Ratsy Rathke, Arlene E. Reed, Ronald Reed, Rick Reizer, Jeffrey Richie, Debra A. Richie, Ricky K. Romaine, Lloyd Rose, Larry S. Rudolph, Lee R. Rysdam, Marija Rysdam, Richard H. Salverda, Rosemary Schibley, Phillip E. Schmidt, Margaret A. Schmidt, Jeanne E. Skarda, Raymond T. Sobotta, Lee A. Solomon, Michael J. Spartz, Glee H. Spartz, Steven G. Starker, Edward J. Tentis, Gerard A. Theis, George E. Toth, Barbara Toth, Victor Towler, Barbara J. Venne, Mary Weinstein*, Milo D. White, Stefanja Z. Wojtczak, Jay H. Wyttehove and John W. Zink, Sr., Appellants in No. 00-4098, (*Caption amended per Court's Order dated 8/27/01), James D. Bitzer, Charity A. Bitzer, James A. Mortensen, Dennis Raymond, Marlene Raymond and Mary L. Yeager, Appellants in No. 00-4099, Douglas J. Callaway, Dana Callaway, Ronald R. Sivak, Ann M. Weiler and Norbert Weiler, Appellants in No. 00-4100, Richard E. Almquist, Patricia E. Almquist, Kathie L. Avery*, Charles W. Avery, Gerald T. Baron, Margaret L. Bennett, Geneva G. Bissonette, William D. Bolton, Jr., Joan Bolton, Jeanne A. Borkowicz, Ronald J. Borkowicz, Mark A. Chapman, Arthur L. Cotter, Barbara A. Cotter, Lynda M. Dahl Kocurek, Silviu Dan*, Estate/Heirs of James Domaszek*, George I. Florek, Jeanne Florek, Debra G. Fox, Joseph Fox, Herman Haayer, Jr., Pamela Haayer, Darlene D. Halder, Robert A. Hayes, Leah J. Henkel, Donald E. Hereau, Dorothy J. Hereau, Steve C. Hesse*, Nancy Hesse*, Estate/Heirs of Judy Jolly*, Wayne Jolly*, Michael J. Kaiser, Jody A. Lagergren, Todd Lagergren, Lois J. Lenzo, Gale R. Mattison, Ruby R. Pabelick, Michael D. Platts, Kathy Platts, Richard A. Pynenberg, Donna Rau, Glenn Rau, Judith G. Richart, Robert Richart, Jeffrey Richie, Debra A. Richie, Robert L. Schmalfeldt, Lori J. Schmalfeldt, Lonnie C. Shelley, Sharon Shelley, Sharon L. Swanson, Joan M. Valenty, Mary L. Yeager and Charles A. Zinn, Appellants in No. 00-4101, (*Caption amended per Court's Order dated 8/27/01), Michael K. Bentley, Marlene E. Bergeron, Joyce A. Bushrod, Robert R. Burns, Hanna Cahsai, Gail R. Copeland, Faye R. Copeland, Denise Cook, Lillie M. Dabney, Becky L. Dykes, Jerome T. Engel, Robert L. Fields, Mark D. Frakes, Gina Frakes, George C. Gonzalez, Brenda Gonzalez, William A. Green, Martha J. Green, Lois A. Hartwig, David L. Hartwig, Charles W. Hughes, Deane M. Hughes, Robert J. Johnson, Joan Johnson, Eileen E. Kaiser, Cindy Osborne Keim, Allen Kline, Jeffrey A. Koch, Laura J. Kollmer, Chris J. Kollmer, Michael A. Lachapelle, Donald J. Lisk, Nancy L. Lisk, Mitchell Pezanoski, Mary Pezanoski, Kenneth E. Retkowski, Gayle Retkowski, Joseph P. Schoenborn, Dawn J. Shelton, Darryl C. Shelton, Michael J. Spartz, Glee H. Spartz, Steven G. Starker, Danette T. Tellijohn, Richard A. Theisen, Michael Thompson, Victor Towler, Timothy P. Tucker, Mary Weinstein*, Theresa Bichler Wichman and Mark J. Wietzke, Appellants in No. 00-4102, (*Caption amended per Court's Order dated 8/27/01), Holly Bair*, Walter Austin, Hubert W. Bellisle, Mary J. Bellisle, Andrew L. Berry, Marlene M. Biggins, Thomas Biggins, James J. Breen*, Thelma Breen*, Estate/Heirs of Robert J. Brown*, Vivian Brown, Karen R. Callahan, Cathleen A. Crandall, Albert A. DiCruttalo, III, John Doherty, Robert C. Duisen, Jr., Carla J. Ford, Dana W. Frank, Joann C. Frank, John C. Frank, Gail R. Frank, Estella Gamez, Linda S. Gipson, Donald F. Goold, Joan M. Goold, Mitchell E. Grav, Carolyn M. Hendley, Theron Hendley, Timothy Hill, Patricia F. Kearns, Dorothy M. Kinn, Florence I. (Wong) Lakin, Valerie E. Lennon, Jack W. McGillivray, Beatrice McGillivray, Kurt R. Meintsma, Brenda L. Moorer, Tillman E. Olson*, Victoria M. Olson, Ruth H. Perkel, Malcolm Perry, Monica Perry, Jack Robinson, Gregory Rubbo, George N. Ruzynski, June Ruzynski, Anna M. Scully, Lee A. Scully, Scott Silva, Michael J. Spartz, Glee H. Spartz, Steven Staudt, Tracy Staudt, Allen R. Terry, A. Thorne, Sandy Thorne, Victoria L. Valente, Ralph Abagian, Judy M. Walker, Estate/Heirs of Gerald F. Wehler*, Marjorie Wehler, Frank J. Williams and Angie Williams, Appellants in No. 00-4103, (*Caption amended per Court's Order dated 8/27/01), Christine M. Anderson, Oscar Bernal, Gail R. Copeland, Faye R. Copeland, Steve Ferguson, Cindy Osborne Keim, Robert LaBlanc, Melvin Martin, Brooke Meyers, Riley L. Norris, Joyce Norris, Daniel P. Monson, Janet Smith, Bob Smith, William J. Vlasek, Doris Vlasek, William Walkenbach, Paul B. Wall, Sandra Weaver and Judy M. Walker, Appellants in No. 00-4104, James D. Ash, Cynthia Ash, Estate/Heirs of Sharon Alderman*, James R. Ashley, Mary A. Aune, Holly Bair*, Edward Barnes, Donald L. Beckman, Debra S. Beckman, Emma L. Bennike, Robert E. Bennett, Nancy L. Brett, Gregory Brett, Joyce A. Bushrod, Karen R. Callahan, Traci W. Chapman, Gail A. Christian, Dorsey W. Cole, Carla J. Colombo, Belinda M. Cook, Scott M. Daniels, Robert C. Degeest, Thomas K. Dillon, Jeanne M. Garchek, Cecil P. Gibby, Betty Gibby, Carolyn Gibson, Raymond A. Golden, Estate/Heirs of Essie L. Goldsmith*, William A. Green, Martha J. Green, Bobby Harrison, Everett E. Hendrickson, Pat Hendrickson, Joan C. Hochbrunn, Thomas Hochbrunn, Bertha E. Hokkanen, John Hokkanen, Julie A. Hunt, Renee M. Janusz, Mary L. Johnson, Alan K. Johnson, Thomas W. Keene, Rosalie G. Keene, Nancy J. Kellam, James Kellam, Paul W. Kelly, Gerald J. Kernan, Jeffrey A. Koch, Benjamin F. Korfe, John A. Kraus, Jr., Karen J. Lyons, Donald Lyons, Jr., Estate/Heirs of Mae V. Martin*, Calvin Martin, Melvin Martin, Gary P. McFarland, Jody McFarland, Alan R. McGee, Virginia A. McVicker, William McVicker, Robert Mertens, Brooke Meyers, Catherine J. Muha, Harold Mulcare, Randy A. Murray, Tracy Murray, Maxine T. Narog, Steve R. Newman, Linda Newman, Randy R. Otto, Freddie L. Owens, Paulina Pappas, John R. Pappas, Kay Parr, James H. Parsons, Janet S. Parsons, Estate/Heirs of Norman Persten*, Richard J. Pietrzak, Karla Pietrzak, Frances H. Popham, Ronald Richards, Wayne W. Richards, Debra Richards, Kathleen Richardson, Luis Rivera, Roland C. Roberts, Patricia Roberts, Rose M. Robinson, James F. Robinson, Michael S. Ryan, John C. Salas, Howard D. Sams, Marion A. Sams, David R. Scalise, Clarence I. Seaburg, Joseph A. Sherry, William J. Skobjak, Annette Skobjak, Beulah E. Skoog, Lee A. Solomon, David J. Stanoch, Denise A. Stanoch, Marlette C. Steinke, Kathryn L. Stout, Denzil L. Stout, Michael D. Supple, Mary B. Supple, Danette T. Tellijohn, Gerrye W. Tippens, Jerry Tippens, Albert E. Topolski, Brian Vaughn, Tom E. Wadsworth, Estate/Heirs of Gerald F. Wehler*, Marjorie Wehler and Roberta Zimmerman, Appellants in No. 00-4105, (*Caption amended per Court's Order dated 8/27/01), Donald Lombard, William C. McPhail and Estate/Heirs of Charles D. Reynolds*, Appellants in No. 00-4106, (*Caption amended per Court's Order dated 8/27/01), Joanne Benton, Michael Sita, Beverly Sita, Gregory Osburn, Joy Osburn, Kelly D. Cowan, James Smith, Judy Smith, John Horton, Sandra Horton, Geraldo Feregrino, Laura Feregrino, Phillis Driver, Julian Whitten, Debra Whitten, Deva Buttram, Edward Buttram, Henry J. Klein, Patricia LaBree, Amos Jenkins, Linda Jenkins, James H. Reske, Sr., Ned Johnson, Maxine Johnson, Paula Watkins, Eyssel Gurganus, Henry Gurganus, Victoria B. Jones, Kirby Tharrington, Betty M. Brantley, Phyllis Perry, Claude Perry, Mary Thatch, John Thatch, Leotha Forte, Phyllis Forte, Emily Ennis, Lilyn D. Taux, Dilcy L. Hall, Carlton Parris, Joseph Amos, Christopher Poole, Missouri Garner, Victor Garner and Cynthia Esposito, Appellants in No. 00-4107, Donna Marie Beauchemin, Aaron Wayne Calk, Debra Calk, Vincent Foster Cochran, Peggy Joyce Cochran, Mary N. Hix, John M. Hix, Nicholas Host, Debra Ann Host, David S. Lambert, Donnalyn Acosta, Robert E. Lee, Kathi Lewis, Shirley Lewis, Roger W. Lovell, Brenda Kay Graves Lovell, Gilbert Martinez, Jr., Maria Martinez, Ralph M. Nielsen, Marie J. Nielsen, David Perry, Brian Quinn, Cheryl Ann Smith, Donald Smith, David L. Spottek, James Swisher, Richard Lynn Thornton, Paul Williams, Barbara Jean Wilson, B.E. Wilson, Catherine A. Wright, Michael A. Bloomfield, Leslie J. Bloomfield, Kathleen Burke and Earl Burke, Appellants in 00-4108, Sherry Adams, Daniel Ray Adams, Betty C. Alisouskas, Vincent F. Alisouskas, Dwayne Junior Allen, Doylene Todd Allen, Richard Lee Allen, John D. Austin, Tami Austin, Robert Lee Baker, Cecil W. Barnett, Glenda Mae Harper Barnett, Vivian K. Basham, Arice M. Basham, Lucy Frances Bauman, Thomas Richard Bauman, Sr., Michael Belliveau, Lisa Belliveau, David Benavidez, Teresa Garcia Benavidez, Betty Jean Bennett, Betty Joanne Benning, Anthony P. Bertrand, Evelyn Sue Bertrand, James Charles Besch, Bernice Ann Lay Besch, Deborah Best, Joseph C. Best, Ronald Coburn Billings, Tina Marie Billings, Patricia Ann Blackledge, Buddy W. Blackledge, Sr., John William Blasko, Daniel L. Blemke, Beulah A. Boatsman, Stanley Dale Boogs, Linda Carolyn Latham Boggs, Lynn H. Boles, Juanita Frogge Boles, Aulpheda Bonner, Jimmy T. Bonner, Melton Jack Book, Charlotte Book, Dennis P. Borghesi, Gayle Borghesi, Dorothy H. Bower, Marvin Lee Bower, Lora A. Bower, Bonnie F.S. Brinegar, Rocio Mier Brodd, Wayne M. Brodd, Agnes Jean Brothers, William L. Brothers, Marvin J. Brouillette, Sr., Mary Lois Brouillette, Edgar Steve Brown, Tina R. Miers Brown, Lynn Jimette Brown, Michael Lynn Brown, Leonard Bushnell, Katherine Bushnell, Larry G. Carlson, Pamela G. Carlson, Luis H.G. Casanas, Arvie L. Causey, Doyle E. Chamblee, Hilda M. Chamblee, James H. Chambless, Richard D. Chandler, Stephanie W. Chandler, Vyron Breen Cherry, Dana Delores Marvin Cherry, James L. Christina, Susan Y. Christina, Ethel Coffman, Dennis D. Compton, Jerri Sue Compton, Harry C. Conner, Sr., Melina J. Conner, Randall C. Corbello, Rita M. Corbello, James Cottrell, Lois Couvillion, Estine Covillion, Peter L. Covert, Susan K. Covert, Rodger K. Cox, Edith Mills Cox, Jack Craycraft, Phyllis Craycraft, Timothy Cunningham, Jennifer Cunningham, Richard Daniel, Debra J. Daniel, Mark Dixon DeHaven, Robin Lynn DeHaven, Lou Ella DeVille, Ty Dwayne Dick, Audrey Ann Dick, Sally M.A. Dickinson, Richard Dickinson, James Doherty, Shirley L. Dollarhide, Gerald J. Dollarhide, Marion Domer, Valerie Domer, Janice Miller Dowdy, William E. Dowdy, Richard Drumheller, Patricia Ann Crane Dulny, Roberta N. Dunn, Eugene D. Dunn, Jr., Lisa Hoens Guest DuPont Aguillard, Joseph M. DuPont, Russell G. Einolander, Phyllis Lynne Elliott, Randall C. Elliott, Roger Keith Emrick, Penny Jae Emrick, Judy Evans, Howard L. Evans, Fred Preston Cone Evatt, Sr., Trubee Laverne Evatt, Edith G. Fewell, John Thomas Fewell, Robert J. Firek, Kathleen Mary Firek, Mary Frances Flory, Theresa M. Foltz, Louis Foltz, George M. Fontenot, Juanita C. Fontenot, Wilbert Fontenot, Reata Fontenot, Selby Clyde Ford, Dorothy C. Ford, Cynthia A.O. Foxworth, Debbie Fredette, Ernest A. Freeman, Ellen R. Fretty, Earl J. Fruge', Susan Fruge', Mark D. Fuller, Rosalva Fuller, George E. Garcia, Sally A. Garcia, Maxine Joan Gardetto, David T. Gardner, Leo Gardner, Jr., Beverly Sue Gardner, Gertrude Gautreaux, Kimberlee Gavosto, Darrin Gavosto, Murry C. Gear, Claretta I. Getts Gear, Greg Gillum, Jr., Ruth A. Gillum, Marietta L. Gjertsen, Brian Todd Glowka, Kristi L. Glowka, Patricia Grant, Forrest Griffin, Judith A. Potthast Griffin, Eva Grimes, Jerry Grimes, John S. Hallmark, Sr., Wanda J. Michaels Hallmaker, Mark E. Hanson, Brenda Hanson, David Earl Hardy, Gloria D. Brooks Hardy, Louis Edward Hatsfelt, Sr., William Hayes, Linda E. Hayes, Patricia Henderson, Frank L. Herron, Cassandra Herron, Marie Black Hinson, Robert Steven Hinson, Nelson Hoffpauir, Rose Marie Holder, Timothy L. Hurd, Brenda Hurd, Lanny Jackson, Dora Ann Jackson, Joseph J. Jarmasek, Sr., Barbara Jarmasek, Walter Jeane, Mary H. Jeane, Carol Elaine Jewitt, Michael H.A. Jewitt, Edward Grant Johnson, Hazel Ross Johnson, L.C. Johnson, Dixie Brannon Johnson, Edna Lee Jones, Merleyn C. Jones, Victor L. Jones, Sharon Jones, Earl Jordy, Jr., Anita Jordy, Robert Kaminski, Linda Kaminski, Richard D. Kidd, Marlene Kidd, Thomas V. Kilgore, Penny Kilgore-Thomas, Barbara L. King, Deryl D. King, Victor Clyde Knapp, Jr., Deborah Kay Knapp, George Alvin Knight, Linda Sue Knight, Mary Kroupa-Casey, Kevin P. Casey, Andrew D. Kubiczki, Mary Kubiczki, Joanne L. Kuci, Feta Hysen Kuci, James A. Kuhns, Clay Carlton Kutscher, Helen Lamontagne-Eddy, Leona Lapradd, Ronald D. Larabee, Peggy Larson, Everett Larson, Patsy A. Lehmann, Paul Alton Livingston, Darrell W. Logan, Rebecca Logan, Sylvia G. Loucks, John Foster Loy, James E. Malenfant, Suzanne M. Malenfant, Zetty Malone, John F. Manley, Carlene E. Mansfield, Richard Marble, Inda Marble, Gary M. Marks, Clara D. Marrs, Gordon Ray Marrs, Debra K. Martin, Lyle E. Martin, Sandra Mason, Floyd Mason, Jacqueline B. Mauldin, Arthur Lewis Mauldin, William Lee McDuell, Birdie J. McDuell, Kevin L. McGaw, Becky Anderson, Arthur James McHugh, Mary Ann McHugh, Tony McKnight, Alex Mercado, Joann Mercado, Rachel Miller, Anthony Miranda, James Felton Mitcham, Lynn Mitcham, Evelyn Marie Mitchon, Kenneth H. Moore, Linda A. Moore, Ronnie Moore, Marva Moore, Myra Helen Moreau, J.R. Moreau, Kathleen H. Morris, Richard Morris, Donald Bruce Mountjoy, Kathleen Connor, Paul Mouton, Patricia M. Mouton, Katheryn D. Mueller, Allan G. Mueller, James Murphy, Beverly Blassingane Murphy, Robert E. Murphy, Bonnie Murphy, Kimberly Naglich, Mark T. Naglich, Steve A. Nave, Katherine L. Nave, Jerry W. Newman, Mary Newman, Max H. Nix, Marilyn Joyce Nix, Brigitte H. Noorlander, John A. Noorlander, George E. O'Bryant, Alice Lightly O'Bryant, Richard S. Parker, Sylvia Inez Parker, Bobby Pelfrey, Stanley Perlstein, Gerald W. Pettifield, Ronald Plesz, Velda B. Plesz, Carolyn Rene Posey-Bond, Robert Clayton Bond, Michael G. Queen, Janice G. Queen, Kenneth P. Rainwater, Darlene S. Rainwater, Vicki Diana Jarrell Ramey, Richard Dale Ramey, Janet Ranney, Donald H. Ranney, Deborah Dee Reimund, Terry Allen Reimund, Sheri Lynn Revers, James Revers, Sharon Rewis, John Rewis, Jr., Shelia A.H. Rinehart, Ellis W. Rinehart, Danny Lee Ringo, Debra Ringo, Joan K. Roberts, Tommy L. Roberts, Patricia Ann Roberts, Dexter Robinson, David L. Ross, Carol Ross, John Ryan, Lawrence W. Salminen, Teddy Salmon, Anita Joy Salmon, Keith Watson Sandeford, Donna Baird Sandeford, Michael J. Schlaikjer, Christina Lynn Schlaikjer, Carlton William Schmidt, Peggy R.U. Schrier, Marylyn Ann Schultz, Roy Schultz, Leo G. Scott, Sheila G. Scott, Louis Servin, Donna Servin, Steven R. Shafer, Janice Shafer, Jane L. Shoe, Mary Ann Shores, James B. Shores, Tommie C. Shoulders, Lorraine Shoulders, Elton Son Shults, Thomas Dudley Sides, Rosa F. Silva, Heriberto Silva, Martin Simmons, Diane Dille-Simmons, William B. Skelton, Sr., Agnes Lucille Skelton, Darrell Slape, Miriam P. Slavich, Ivan L. Slavich, Alfred Andrew Smith, Martha Jane Smith, George Smith, Elizabeth F. Smith, James Roger Smith, Vermell McBride Smith, Terry Eugene Smith, Penny Talley Smith, Kevin G. Spencer, Nikki Spencer, Charles F. Stacks, Sarah Jan Stacks, Jerry Stephenson, Brenda J. Stinson, Max E. Stinson, Paul H. Stockton, Nancy E. Stockton, Margie A.B. Stone, Vernon Odell Stone, Richard W. Stull, Donna Wojtasinski Stull, William P. Sturgeon, Audrey M. Tallant, Roger Dennis Watkins, John Tarka, Lorriane A. Tarka, Michael Franklin Taylor, Denise King Taylor, Nicholas Tentzeras, Dwight H. Terrell, Billy P. Thaggard, Linda Thaggard, Frances E. Thibodeau, Larry Thomas, Annette Marie Thomas, James F. Thomason, Mark A. Thornton, Donna L. Bonin Thornton, Terina Smith Threadgill, Larry E. Threadgill, Jr., James E. Timberlin, Sr., Frank E. Tomlinson, Donna Elizabeth Tomlinson, Diane Elaine Tresfon, Dewey Ronald Tubb, Charlotte P. Tubb, Richard C. Tucker, Deborah S.B. Turner, Harry D. Turner, Virginia F. Turner, Wendell Turner, Sr., Brian P. Vannatta, Charles P. Votruba, Denise C. Votruba, Kenneth Wade, Dianna Wade, James C. Walston, Sr., Ethel Marie Walston, James A. Ward, Kathleen Ward, Sharon R. Ward, Bruce L. Ward, John Layton Webb, Clark Welcher, Sharyl Welcher, Marie D. White, James S. White, Donald Edward Wilder, Betty Jane Murray Wilder, Cecil Williams, Jane Watson Williams, M. Teresa Willis, Larry N. Wilson, Octavia Wilson, Stephen W. Wilson, Lisa Wilson, William C. Winders, Virginia Winders, Rondell Vernon Wood, Dolores Laverne Wood, Tracy L. Workman, Janine Lee Workman, Kristine E. Young, Charles Drake, Priscilla Fontenot, Lester Joseph Fontenot, Thomas C. McGowan and Lori L. McGowan, Appellants in No. 00-4109.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed August 31, 2001.

As Amended October 10, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Cummings, III, Frank C. Dudenhefer (Argued), Cummings, Cummings, & Dudenhefer, A.P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Karen Cody-Hopkins, Ronald S. Goldser, Zimmerman, Reed, P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, David A. Vesel, Law Offices of David A. Vessel, P.A., Raleigh, NC, Counsel For Appellants.

Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Michael Levy, United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Mark B. Stern, Charles W. Scarborough (Argued), Attorneys, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, Margaret Jane Porter, Chief Counsel, Patricia J. Kaeding, Associate Chief Counsel, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD, Counsel For Appellee.

Before BECKER, Chief Judge, NYGAARD and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge.

This Federal Torts Claims Act (FTCA) claim against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for granting clearance to market certain types of pedicle screw fixation devices (referred to generally as bone screws) was dismissed by the District Court pursuant to the discretionary function exception to the FTCA.1 Appellants contend here that this jurisdictional exception should not apply...

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