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IN THE MATTER OF OxyCONTIN

15 Misc.3d 388 (2007)

833 N.Y.S.2d 357

In the Matter of OxyCONTIN.

Supreme Court, Richmond County.

January 19, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chadbourne & Parke, LLP, New York City, and Harold J. Siegel, Staten Island, for defendants.

Hanly Conroy Bierstein & Sheridan, LLP, New York City, and Russo, Scamardella & D'Amato, P.C., Staten Island, for plaintiffs.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JOSEPH J. MALTESE, J.

This court denies the defendants' motion to dismiss 924 out-of-state plaintiffs from the 1,117 OxyContin drug cases that have been filed as part of the coordinated products liability actions because New York is an inconvenient forum in which to conduct discovery and ultimately jury trials.

However, the 924 non-New York plaintiffs shall post security for the potential costs that may be awarded the defendants...

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