IN RE NEURONTIN MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES

MDL No. 1629. Civil Action No. 04-10981-PBS.

433 F.Supp.2d 172 (2006)

In re NEURONTIN MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES, AND PRODUCTS Liability Litigation. This Document Relates to: Harden Manufacturing Corp., et al. v. Pfizer Inc. and Warner-Lambert Co. The Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America v. Pfizer Inc. and Aetna, Inc. v. Pfizer Inc.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

June 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth V. Heller, Goldenberg, Miller Heller & Antognoli PC, Edwardsville, IL, Andrew G. Finkelstein, Eleanor Louise Polimeni, Kenneth B. Fromson, Ronald Rosenkranz, Nancy Y. Morgan, Mary Ellen Wright, Finkelstein & Partners, LLP, Newburgh, NY, Daniel D'Angelo, Robert J. Bonsignore, Bonsignore & Brewer, Medford, MA, Keith Martin Fleischman, Ronald Judah Aranoff, Bernstein Liebhard & Lifshitz, LLP, Christopher Seeger, Seeger, Weiss, LLP, Felicia S. Ennis, Robinson Brog Leinwand Greene Genovese & Gluck, Linda P. Nussbaum, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll LLC, New York, NY, Dewitt M. Lovelace, Lovelace Law Firm PA, Destin, FL, Jason J. Thompson, Charfoos & Christensen, Detroit, MI, Ronald S. Goldser, Charles S. Zimmerman, Robert Randall Hopper, Zimmerman Reed, Annamarie A. Daley, Jeffrey R. Vesel, Mark R. Ireland, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Charles H. Dodson, Jr., Joseph D. Steadman, Sims, Graddick & Dodson, P.C., Steven A. Martino, W. Lloyd Copeland, Michael Dewitt Hickman, Taylor, Martino & Hedge, P.C., Mobile, AL, Bradley Douglas Becnel, Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Matthew B. Moreland, Law Offices of Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, LA, David Scott Scalia, Joseph M. Bruno, Stephanie M. Bruno, Bruno & Bruno, LLP, Gano D. Lemoine, III, Stephen Barnett Murray, Murray Law Firm, Dane S. Ciolino, Dane S. Ciolino, Attorney at Law, David L. Browne, Douglas R. Plymale, James R. Dugan, II, Dugan & Browne, PLC, New Orleans, LA, Robert M. Becnel, Law Offices of Robert M. Becnel, Laplace, LA, Eugene Brooks, Brooks Law Firm, Savannah, GA, John A. Commerford, Meyers Taber & Meyers PC, Phoenix, AZ, Manuel H. Miller, Law Offices of Manuel H. Miller, Tarzana, CA, Michael David Liberty, Law Office of Michael D. Liberty, Burlingame, CA, John R. Climaco, Climaco Lefkowitz Peca Wilcox & Garofoli, D. Michael Noonan, Shaheen & Gordon, P.A., Dover, NH, Melinda J. Morales, Michael B. Hyman, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament, Robert A. Clifford, Clifford Law Offices, P.C., Chicago, IL, Harris L. Pogust, Cuneo, Pogust & Mason LLP, Conshohocken, PA, Andrew S. Johnston, Minor & Johnston, P.C., John S. Wilder, Sr., Wilder & Sanders, Somerville, TN, Patrick James Mulligan, Law Office of Patrick J. Mulligan, Dallas, TX, Andrew P. Campbell, Campbell Waller & Poer LLC, Birmingham, AL, J. Doyle Fuller, Susan G. Copeland, Law Office of J. Doyle Fuller, Frank Woodson, Beasley Allen, Montgomery, AL, Art Sadin, Provost Umphrey Law Firm, LLP, Friendswood, TX, George S. Bellas, Bellas & Wachowski, Park Ridge, IL, James R. Dugan, II, Gauthier, Downing, Lebarre, Beiser & Dean, Metairie, LA, Rebecca Cunard, Cunard Law Firm, Charles Andrew O'Brien, III, Charles Andrew O'Brien, Attorney at Law, Baton Rouge, LA, Calvin Clifford Fayard, Jr., Wanda Jean Edwards, Fayard & Honeycutt, Denham Springs, LA, Barry A. Knopf, Cohn, Lifland, Pearlman, Herrmann & Knopf, Esqs. Saddle Brook, NJ, Mark L. Edwards, Stipe Law Firm, Tony W. Edwards, McAlester, OK, Kathleen C. Chavez, Robert M. Foote, Foote, Meyers et al., Geneva, IL, Richard D. Keys, Nelson, Keys & Keys, PC, Rock Island, IL, Mark K. Gray, Matthew L. White, Gray, Weiss & White, Louisville, KY, M. Scott Montgomery, Law Office of M. Scott Montgomery, LLC, Springfield, MO, Charles Horne Cooper, Jr., Rex H. Elliott, Cooper & Elliott, Mark Mathew Kitrick, Mark D. Lewis, Kitrick & Lewis Co. LPA, Columbus, OH, Chad Patrick Hemmat, Anderson, Hemmat & Levine, LLC, Denver, CO, David J. Novack, Ronald J. Campione, Budd Larner, PC, Short Hills, NJ, James S. Harrington, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., Timothy J. Perry, Preti Flaherty LLP, Kenneth G. Gilman, Gilman And Pastor, LLP, Thomas M. Greene, Greene & Hoffman, P.C., Thomas G. Shapiro, Theodore M. Hess-Mahan, Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP, Boston, MA, W. Scott Simmer, Thomas J. Poulin, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., Washington, DC, Christopher J. Kervick, Law Office of J. Christopher Kervick, Windsor Locks, CT, Levi Boone, III, Boone Law Firm, Cleveland, MS, Laureen Furey Bagley, Sloan & Monsour, Longview, TX, David E. Gross, Finkelstein & Partners, LLP, Newark, NJ, Silas G. Cross, Jr., Cross, Poole, Goldasich & Fischer LLC, Tuscaloosa, AL, Harris L. Pogust, Cuneo, Pogust & Mason LLP, Conshohocken, PA, Marc A. Saggese, Saggese & Associates, Las Vegas, NV, Archie Carl Pierce, Wright & Greenhill, Jack W. London, Jack W. London & Associates P.C., Austin, TX, Gene E. Schroer, Gene E. Schroer, Attorney at Law, Neil A. Dean, Rice, Dean & Kelsey LLC, Topeka, KS, Christopher H. Neyland, Neyland & Brewer, PLLC, Ridgeland, MS, James E. Girards, Mike Ramey, Samuel J. Demaio, Girards Law Firm, Dallas, TX, Christopher P. Keenan, Westermann, Hamilton, Sheehy, Aydelott & Keenan LLP, Richard W. Cohen, Richard Bemporad, Lowey Dannenberg Bemporad & Slelinger, P.C., White Plains, NY, Alexander Jamiolkowski, Egan & Jamiolkowski, Pittsburgh, PA, Seth S. Webb, Brown and Crouppen, St. Louis, MO, David Hughes Harris, Goldstein Buckley Cechman Rice & Purtz P.A., Ft. Myers, FL, Russell A. Wood, Skelton & Clark, Russellville, AR, Barry Himmelstein, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Law Offices of Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, LA, Edward Notargiacomo, Thomas M. Sobol, Wanda Garcia, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Cambridge, MA, Garve W. Ivey, Jr., Ivey & Ragsdale, Jasper, AL, John W. Lowe, Lowe, Mobley & Lowe, Haleyville, AL, Steve W. Berman, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA, Gordon Ball, Ball & Scott, Knoxville, TN, Irwin B. Levin, Richard E. Shevitz, Cohen & Malad LLP, James Howard Young, Young & Young, Indianapolis, IN, Jonathan S. Coleman, Johnson, Pope, Okor, Ruppel & Burns LLP, Tampa, FL, T. Omar Malone, Freidin & Dobrinsky, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs.

Scott Alan Watson, Rawlings, WY, pro se.

Teresa E. Teater, Oregon City, OR, pro se.

Aetna, Inc., pro se.

John A. Boyle, Marino & Associates, Newark, NJ, Neal H. Klausner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Paul F. Corcoran, Scott L. Walker, Davis & Gilbert LLP, Deborah L. MacGregor, Dennis E. Glazer, Erik March Zissu, James E. Murray, James P. Rouhandeh, Nahal Kazemi, Carter H. Burwell, Neal A. Potischman, Patrick J. Murray, Reema Abdelhamid, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, David C. Landever, R. Eric Kennedy, Weisman, Kennedy & Berris, Ralph Streza, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Cleveland, OH, Asa Groves, III, Groves and Verona PA, Kenneth James Reilly, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Miami, FL, Aaron D. Van Oort, Joseph Michael Price, Peter J. Goss, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN, Andrew Burns Johnson, Fred M. (Tripp) Haston, III, James W. Gewin, John E. Goodman, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, AL, Ann Michele Scarlett, St. Louis Univ. School of Law, St. Louis, MS, Carol D. Browning, Sarah G. Cronan, Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Louisville, KY, Craig Ruvel May, Wheeler, Trigg, Kennedy, LLP, Denver, CO, David C. Campbell, Paul R. Duden, Williams Kastner & Gibbs, PLLC, Portland, OR, David B. Chaffin, Hare & Chaffin, Joseph J. Leghorn, Nixon Peabody, LLP, Daniel J. Dwyer, Daniel J. Lyne, Hanify & King, Boston, MA, George D. Sax, Robert Burkart Ellis, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, Graeme Em Hancock, Lori Anne Higuera, Fennemore Craig PC, Phoenix, AZ, Henri Wolbrette, III, Kathleen Ann Manning, Mindy Brickman Patron, McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC, New Orleans, LA, James B. Murphy, Jr., Matthew J. Moore, Scott William Anderson, Shook Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Tampa, FL, Jeffrey R. Lilly, Kenneth Joseph Ferguson, Leslie Anne Benitez, Susan E. Burnett, Clark Thomas & Winters, Austin, TX, Joel T. Galanter, Stokes, Bartholomew, Evans & Petree PA, Nashville, TN, John C. Aisenbrey, Stinson Morrison Hecker, LLP, Scott W. Sayler, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, MO, John E. Caruso, Meghan Marie Thomsen, Richard G. Placey, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Cherry Hill, NJ, John Gerard Stretton, Marc L. Zaken, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, Stamford, CT, Kimberly H. Clancy, Thomas P. Hanrahan, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Lowell Steven Fine, Alebik Fine & Callner, Atlanta, GA, Philip Henry Butler, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White LLP, Montgomery, AL, Prince C. Chambliss, Jr., Stokes, Bartholomew, Evans, & Petree, P.A., Memphis, TN, Scott E. Ortiz, Williams Porter Day & Neville, Casper, WY, Walter T. Johnson, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, MS, Debra V. Urbanowicz-Pandos, Duran & Pandos, Esq., Mountainside, NJ, for Defendants.

Charles F. Barrett, Barrett Law Office P.A., Nashville, TN, Don Barrett, Barrett Law Office, Lexington, MS, Lisa J. Rodriguez, Rodriguez & Richards, LLC, Haddonfield, NJ.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SARIS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs claim they were injured by the defendant drug manufacturers' multifaceted and fraudulent scheme to market the drug Neurontin for a variety of "off-label uses," or uses for which the drug had not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"). Defendants have moved to dismiss the Amended Class Complaint1

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