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COLLINS EX REL. COLLINS v. AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS

Nos. 02-60736, 02-60764.

343 F.3d 765 (2003)

Bryan D. COLLINS, as parent and next friend of Zachary W. COLLINS; Allyson M. Collins, as parent and next friend of Zachary W. Collins; Freddie M. Anderson, as parent and next friend of Robert Thomas-Anderson; Georgia M. Anderson, as parent and next friend of Robert Thomas-Anderson; Herman R. Bernard, as parent and next friend of Reginald L. Bernard; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION, doing business as Wyeth Laboratories Inc.; Wyeth Lederle; Wyether Lederle; Wyether Lederle Vaccines and Lederle Laboratories; Abbott Laboratories; American International Chemical Inc.; Aventis Pasteur Inc., Individually and as Successor in Interest to Connaught Laboratories Inc.; Pasteur Merieux Connaught Inc.; B.F. Ascher & Company Inc.; Baxter International Inc., Individually and as Successor in Interest to North American Vaccine Inc.; Bayer Corporation; Bioport Corporation Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb and Company; Evans Medical Ltd.; Merck and Company Inc.; RPK Pharmaceuticals; Dolder; Eli Lilly & Company; Smithkline Beecham Corporation; Lisa Stone, M.D., individually and as Successor in Interest to Children's Medical Group, P.A.; Bert Bradford, M.D.; Gulf Coast Pediatric Clinic; Byron's Discount Drugs; Jeff Court, M.D., individually and as Successor in Interest to Children's Medical Group, P.A.; Walter E. Dawkins, M.D.; Louisa Lawson, M.D.; Sartin's Discount Drugs Inc.; Brian Stretch, M.D.; Julian Lee Owen, M.D.; Village Pharmacy; John Does; Children's Medical Group P.A., Defendants-Appellees. John W. Stewart, III; Annette C. Stewart; Bryan D. Collins; Allyson M. Collins; Herman R. Bernard, Jr.; Carola H. Bernard; Larry D. Blackwell; Melissa L. McGrew; Jules J. Cousin, Jr.; Beverly L. Cousin; John A. Gamberi; Connie J. Gamberi; Mark A. Klinedinst; Laurie E. Klinedinst; Terri M. Pitts; Tracy L. Pitts; Kevin T. Samuel; Victoria Samuel; David G. Underwood; Lauren Underwood; Jeremy Williams; Shawanda R. Williams, Plaintiff-Appellants, v. American Home Products Corporation, doing business as Wyeth; Wyeth Laboratories; Wyeth-Ayerst; Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories; Wyeth Lederle; Wyther Lederle; Wyether Lederle Vaccines and Lederle Laboratories; Abbott Laboratories Inc.; American International Chemical Inc.; Aventis Pasteur Inc., individually and as successor in interest to Connaught Laboratories Inc.; Pasteur Merieux & Pasteur Merieux Connaught; B.F. Ascher & Company Inc.; Baxter International Inc., individually and as successor in interest to North American Vaccine Inc.; Bioport Corporation Inc.; Evans Medical Limited; Dolder; Eli Lilly & Company; Merck and Company Inc.; Smithkline Beecham Corporation; Bert Bradford, M.D.; Gulf Coast Pediatric Clinic; Walter E. Dawkins, M.D.; Owen J. Lee, M.D.; Sartin's Discount Drugs Inc.; Brian Stretch, M.D., doing business as The Street Clinic; Village Pharmacy LLC; Wyeth; John Does, 1-200, who are individuals, proprietorships, corporations, or other entities whose names and identities are otherwise unknown to the plaintiffs; Jeffrey Crout, M.D.; Children's Medical Group P.A.; RPK Pharmaceuticals Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 9, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Gerald Maples (argued), Scott Oliver Nelson, Maples & Lomax, Pascagoula, MS, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in both cases.

Christy D. Jones, Anita K. Modak-Truran, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, MS, for Wyeth and Wyether Lederle, Wyether Lederle Vaccines and Lederle Laboratories, Wyeth Laboratories, Wyeth-Ayerst and Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories.

Richard L. Josephson, Baker Botts, Houston, TX, George Q. Evans, Eugene Randolph Naylor, Gaye Nell Currie, Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway, Jackson, MS, for Abbott Laboratories.

Michael Verdier Cory, Jr., Reynolds, Cory & Rikard, Jackson, MS, for American Intern. Chemical, Inc.

Bradley S. Wolff (argued), Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, GA, Richard Lee Jones, Robert L. Gibbs, Brunini, Gratham, Grower & Hewes, Jackson, MS, for Aventis Pasteur, Inc. and Pasteur Merieux Connaght, Inc.

J. Leray McNamara, Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, Ridgeland, MS, for B.F. Ascher & Co., Inc.

Donna Brown Jacobs, Lee Davis Thames, Joseph Kyle Fulcher, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, MS, for Baxter Intern., Inc.

Gerald Zingone, Thelen, Reid & Priest, Washington, DC, for Bioport Corp., Inc.

William F. Goodman, III, Mildred M. Morris, Susan Latham Steffey, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, MS, for Merck & Co., Inc.

William N. Reed, Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Jackson, MS, for Dolder.

Deborah A. Moeller (argued), Jane J. Bartley, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, David W. Clark, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Jackson, MS, for Eli Lilly & Co.

Ross F. Bass, Jr., Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, MS, Barclay A. Manley, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, Marcy Hogan Greer, Fulbright & Jaworski, Austin, TX, for Smithkline Beecham Corp.

Chris J. Walker, Rachel L. Wilson (argued), Markow, Walker & Reeves, Ridgeland, MS, for Stone, Gulf Coast Pediatric Clinic, Court, Dawkins, Lawson, Stretch, Owen and Children's Medical Group.

Jesse Lee Howell, III, Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, Ridgeland, MS, for Byron's Discount Drugs.

Luke M. Dove, Dove & Chill, Jackson, MS, for Sartin's Discount Drugs, Inc.

Thomas M. Louis (argued), Wells, Marble & Hurst, Jackson, MS, for Village Pharmacy.

Before EMILIO M. GARZA and DENNIS, Circuit Judges, and DUPLANTIER, District Judge.

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs in two products liability actions, all of whom are Mississippi residents, appeal the district court's denial of their motions to remand and dismissal of their state law claims against a variety of Mississippi resident and non-resident defendants. Among the defendants are manufacturers of certain childhood vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal, pharmacies who dispensed those vaccines, and physicians who prescribed...

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