IN RE PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE (PPA) PRODUCTS

Nos. 04-35370, 04-35562, 04-35588, 04-35611, 04-35614, 04-35621, 04-35884, 04-36137, 05-35105, 05-35121, 05-35129, 05-35147, 05-35184.

460 F.3d 1217 (2006)

In re PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE (PPA) PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION, Shantell Allen, on behalf of Allen, Vera, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bayer Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Leon Anderson, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bayer Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Leslie Ackel, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bayer Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Bridgett Arrington, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bayer Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Calvin McGriggs, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Delaco Company, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Betty Clinton, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Delaco Company, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Donna Sasseen, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. IDE Interstate Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Elizabeth Page, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bayer Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Marie Riley, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wyeth, obo itself and its unincorporated division, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, fka Whitehall-Robins Healthcare formerly known as American Home Products Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees. and Keva K. Alford, on behalf of all wrongful death beneficiaries of Henry Dexter, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Eddie Bullock, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Wyeth, obo itself and its unincorporated division, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, fka Whitehall-Robins Healthcare formerly known as American Home Products Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, et al., Defendants. Bobby Holmes, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bayer Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Melody McDaniel, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Samantha Samuels, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bayer Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 29, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Damon A. Kirin, Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, for plaintiffs-appellants Allen, Anderson, Clinton, Riley, Holmes and Samuels; Michael J. Miller, Miller & Associates, Alexandria, VA, for plaintiff-appellant Hill.

Stephen B. Murray, Sr., Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, for plaintiffs-appellants Ackel, Arrington, and McGriggs.

David B. Vermont, Herman, Mathis, Casey, Kitchens & Gerel, LLP, Alexandria, VA, for plaintiff-appellant Page.

Daniel F. Polsenberg, Beckley Singleton, Chtd., Las Vegas, NV, for appellant K.V. Pharmaceuticals.

W. Thomas McCraney, III, McCraney & Montagnet, PLLC, Jackson, MS, for plaintiffs-appellants McDaniel and Alford.

Leila H. Watson, Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for plaintiff-appellant Sasseen.

Randolph S. Sherman (argued), Kaye Scholer, LLP, New York, NY, and D. Joseph Hurson (signed the briefs), Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP, Seattle, WA, for the defendants-appellees.

Terry O. Tottenham, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Austin, TX, and Douglas A. Hofmann, Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for the defendants-appellees.

D. Joseph Hurson, Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP, Seattle, WA, for the defendants-appellees.

Frank A. Wood, Jr., Watkins & Eager PLLC, Jackson, MS, for defendant-appellee Bayer Corporation.

Alan J. Lazarus, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, San Francisco, CA, for all defendants-appellees SmithKline Beecham Corporation (dba Glaxosmithkline) and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, L.P.

Brandi J. McKay and Wendy A. Tucker, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

Before DOROTHY W. NELSON, PAMELA ANN RYMER and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges; and EDWARD LEAVY, PAMELA ANN RYMER and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.


RYMER, Circuit Judge.

These appeals are from judgments of dismissal entered in a multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceeding for failure to comply with case management orders. The orders were entered with the agreement of all sides that they were necessary to move hundreds of cases and thousands of plaintiffs toward resolution on the merits. The district court found that many plaintiffs inexcusably failed to do what was required, and dismissed their actions. Some appeal...

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