IN RE SULZER ORTHOPEDICS, INC. HIP PROSTHESIS AND KNEE PROSTHESIS PRODUCTS LIABILITY LIT.

No. 1:01-CV-9000. MDL NO. 1401, 1:03-CV-9007.

335 F.Supp.2d 830 (2004)

In Re: SULZER ORTHOPEDICS INC. HIP PROSTHESIS AND KNEE PROSTHESIS PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Division.

August 25, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Parker, Hill & Parker, Houston, TX, Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, LA, David W. Zoll, Zoll & Kranz, Toledo, OH, Debra J. Horn, Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis, John R. Climaco, Climaco Lefkowitz Peca Wilcox & Garofoli, Mary B. McKee, Hickman & Lowder, Phillip A. Ciano, Ciano & Goldwasser, R. Eric Kennedy, Weisman, Kennedy & Berris, Timothy J. Gallagher, Schwarzwald & McNair, Cleveland, OH, Don Barrett, Barrett Law Office, Lexington, MS, James R. Dugan, II, Wendell H. Gauthier, Gauthier, Dowing, Labarre, Beiser & Dean, Metairie, LA, Janet G. Abaray, Lopez Hodes Restaino Milman Skikos Polos, Richard S. Wayne, Strauss & Troy, Stanley M. Chesley, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Glen Edward Hazen, Jr., Tracy Annette Smith, Morgan, Hazen & Galbreath, Cincinnati, OH, John T. Murray, Sylvia Antalis Goldsmith, Murray & Murray, Sandusky, OH, Keith M. Fleischman, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, Lee Squitieri, Squitieri & Fearon, New York City, Stephen B. Murray, Jr., Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, Steven M. Tindall, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, John L Davidson, Frazer Davidson, P.A., Jackson, MS, Michael E. Cox, Biloxi, MS, Laura Citrano, Neil Papiano, Iverson Yoakum Papiano & Hatch, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs.

David W. Brooks, Bradley D. Honnold, Harvey L. Kaplan, Matthew D. Keenan, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, J. Patrick Herald, James J. Dries, Richard M. Franklin, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey M. Whitesell, Irene C. Keyse-Walker, Robert C. Tucker, Arter & Hadden, Bridget M. Brennan, Mary M. Bittence, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, OH, Sheryl Medeiros, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, Kenneth M. Seeger, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Steven J. Boranian, Reed Smith Crosby Heafey LLP, San Francisco, CA, Richard F. Scruggs, Scruggs Law Firm, Sidney A. Backstrom, Pascagoula, MS, Werner L. Polak, Shearman & Sterling, New York City, for Defendants.

Frank Hilton-Green Tomlinson, Pritchard, McCall & Jones, K. Dee Hutsler, III, Birmingham, AL, for Intervenor.


O'MALLEY, District Judge.

For the reasons stated below: (1) plaintiffs' motion to amend the complaint (docket no. 10) is DENIED; (2) Sulzer's motion to stay discovery (docket no. 13) is DENIED; and (3) Sulzer's motion for summary judgment (docket no. 2338, in related case no. 01-CV-9000) is GRANTED. Accordingly, this case is DISMISSED.

I. Procedural History and Undisputed Facts.

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