IN RE NEURONTIN MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

MDL Docket No. 1629. Master File No. 04-10981.

618 F.Supp.2d 96 (2009)

In re: NEURONTIN MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. This Document Relates to: Bentley v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., CA No. 05-11997-PBS. Bulger v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., CA No. 07-11426-PBS. Dixon v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., CA No. 05-11998-PBS. McGee v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., CA No. 05-12593-PBS. Owens v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., CA No. 05-11017-PBS. Pursey v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., CA No. 07-10106-PBS. Roberson v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., CA No. 05-12001-PBS. Shearer v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., CA No. 07-11428-PBS. Smith v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., CA No 05-11515-PBS. Valentine v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., CA No. 07-11067-PBS. Vercillo v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., CA No. 05-11019-PBS. Woolum v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., CA No. 07-10853-PBS.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

May 26, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry P. Abeyta, Abeyta Nelson, Yakima, WA, for Nicole Y. Campbell.

William A. Alford, III, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Richard M. Barnes, Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann, LLP, Baltimore, MD, Catherine Marie Valerio, Barrad Sidley Austin, LLP, Kimberly H. Clancy, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Charles F. Barrett, Barrett & Associates, Nashville, TN, Philip Henry Butler, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White LLP, Montgomery, AL, David C. Campbell, Williams Kastner & Gibbs, PLLC, Portland, OR, John E. Caruso, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Cherry Hill, NJ, David B. Chaffin, White and Williams LLP, Boston, MA, Mark S. Cheffo, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Paul F. Corcoran, Davis & Gilbert LLP, Charles E. Dorkey, III, McKenna, Long & Aldridge, New York, NY, Evan W. Davis, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, James R. Dugan, II, Dugan & Browne PLC, New Orleans, LA, for Pfizer, Inc., Parke-Davis, Warner-Lambert Company, Warner-Lambert Company LLC and Mary Lou Lienerth.

Keith L. Altman, Finkelstein & Partners, LLP, Newburgh, NY, Ray M. Aragon, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Washington, DC, for Members of the Plaintiffs Product Liability Steering Committee and Actavis Elizabeth LLC.

Leasa M.W. Anderson, Blank Rome LP, Washington, DC, for Third Party Payors.

Ronald Judah Aranoff, Bernstein Liebhard LLP, New York, NY, for Actavis Inc., Purepac Pharmaceutical Co. and Lorraine Kopa.

Bryan Frederick Aylstock, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, PLLC, St. Pensacola, FL, for Curtis Durden, Jr.

Gordon Ball, Ball & Scott Bank of America, Knoxville, TN, for Bauda VL Sutton Ball & Scott.

Don Barrett, Barrett Law Office, Lexington, MS, for Ruth Smith, Steven Michielsen, and Harden Manufacturing Corporation.

Thomas F. Basile, The Calwell Practice, Charleston, WV, for Members of the Class Plaintiffs Steering Committee, Mary Lou Lienerth and Donald Walker.

Bradley Douglas Becnel, Law offices of Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, LA, for Donna Joyce Adkins and Donna Joyce Adkins.

Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Becnel Law Firm, Reserve, LA, for Harden Manufacturing Corporation.

Robert M. Becnel, Law Offices of Robert M. Becnel, Laplace, LA, for Members of the Class Plaintiffs Steering Committee, Emma B. Christina, Patricia Ann White, Harold J. McPherson, Annie D. Blevins and Dianne Irene Hood.

George S. Bellas, Bellas & Wachowski, Park Ridge, IL, for Allied Services Division Welfare Fund.

Richard Bemporad, Lowey Dannenberg Bemporad & Selinger, P.C., White Plains, NY, for All Plaintiffs.

Leslie Anne Benitez, Clark Thomas & Winters, Austin, TX, for Members of the Plaintiffs Non-Class Steering Committee, Aetna, Inc., Marcos A. Tovar and G.D. Searle, LLC.

Pavel Bespalko, Law Office of Joel Eigerman, Boston, MA, for The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America.

Robert J. Bonsignore, Bonsignore & Brewer, Medford, MA, for Laura Allen.

Levi Boone, III, Boone Law Firm PA, Cleveland, MS, for Alfred Morabito, Timothy Bridges and Andrew Smith.

Rainey Cawthon Booth, Littlepage & Booth, Pensacola, FL, for Annie Gatewood, Bettie A. Newsom, Carlene Thomas, Charles Haynes, Jr., Charlotte Jenkins, Donna M. Pierce, Elizabeth Marie Knight, Faith Renee Ford, Frank Smith, Jr., Glinda Jean Ford, Gregory Suber, James Hunter, Janie Smith, Jerrell M. Bearden, Jerry Lowe, Kenneth Anthony Green, Lee Allan Haley, Leroy Anderson, Lestine Rogers, Lois Adams, Lolita Myers, Louisa Smith, Marie A. Barber, Mark Allen Prince, Mary Cooper, Melvin Harris, Patricia Ann Rhodes, Pearlie Maddox, Re'Shedia Young, Rodger T. Pearson, Rodney E. Plant, Roy Carrol, Shirley Drennan, Sonya Lewis, Sue Beckum, Warren Nancy, William Webb, Jessie Allen and Donna Sims.

Walter L. Boyaki, Miranda & Boyaki, El Paso, TX, for John Owens and Gloria Telles.

John A. Boyle, Marino & Associates, Newark, NJ, for Cline, Davis & Mann, Inc.

Derek T. Braslow, Pogust & Braslow LLC, Conshohocken, PA, for Jennifer Flanders.

Eugene Brooks, Brooks Law Firm, Savannah, GA, for Anne Ellis, Howard Ellis, Dale Wayne Henderson, Early Cox, Sharon Cox, Daniel Newberry, Erik Newberry, Holly Newberry, Alice Hairfield and Deidre R. Rodriguez.

William L. Bross, Heninger, Garrison & Davis, LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Jack C. Reeves, Jr., Kelly Strickland, Kelly R. Strickland and Charles Brown.

David L. Browne, Dugan & Browne, PLC, New Orleans, LA, for Jacqueline Poole, Jessica Whitten, Joyce Reach, Leisa Eaddy, Marsha Holloway, Meicki Baker, Odessa Grissom, Pauline Huff, Shelia Agee, Troy Chappell and Louisiana Health Service Indemnity Company.

Joseph M. Bruno, Stephanie M. Bruno, Bruno & Bruno LLP, New Orleans, LA, for Debra Mull.

Carter H. Burwell, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY, for Marcos A. Tovar.

W. Stuart Calwell, The Calwell Practice, Charleston, WV, for Donald Walker.

Andrew P. Campbell, Campbell Waller & Poer LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Donna Joyce Adkins, Michael L. Malcolm, Sandra Lynn Messer and Alabama Forest Products Industry Workmen's Compensation Self-Insurer's Fund.

Ronald J. Campione Budd Larner, PC, Short Hills, NJ, for Assurant Health, Inc.

Kathleen C. Chavez, Geneva, IL, for Leonard Olsen.

Robert A. Clifford, Clifford Law Offices, Chicago, IL, for Allied Services Division Welfare Fund.

John R. Climaco, Climaco Lefkowitz Peca Wilcox & Garofoli, Cleveland, OH, for Harold J. McPherson.

Daniel M. Cohen, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, Washington, DC, for Judy Morris.

Richard W. Cohen, Lowey Dannenberg Bemporad & Slelinger, P.C., White Plains, NY, for David Huff, Daniel Johnson, Susan Johnson, Early Cox, Sharon Cox, Dorothy Beckworth, Robert Beckworth, Pamela Woolum, Richard Woolum, Deborah Valentine, for Harden Manufacturing Corporation.

Jonathan S. Coleman, Johnson, Pope, Okor, Ruppel & Burns LLP, Tampa, FL, Aetna, Inc. and Ana Medero.

John A. Commerford, Meyers Taber & Meyers PC, Phoenix, AZ, for Shirley Levin, and Melissa Johnson.

Charles Horne Cooper, Jr., Cooper & Elliott, Columbus, OH, for Rebecca Groves.

Susan G. Copeland, Law Office of J. Doyle Fuller, Montgomery, AL, for Alabama Forest Products Industry Workmen's Compensation Self-Insurer's Fund.

W. Lloyd Copeland, Taylor, Martino & Hedge, P.C., for Gulf Distributing Holdings, LLC.

Ian Crawford, Todd & Weld LLP, Boston, MA, for IMS Health Inc.

Silas G. Cross, Jr., Cross, Poole & Smith, LLC, Tuscaloosa, AL, for Frieda Burroughs.

Rebecca Cunard, Cunard Law Firm, Baton Rouge, LA, for Linda Rizzo.

Daniel D'Angelo, Gilman and Pastor, LLP, Boston, MA, for Laura Allen.

Jeanne F. D'Esposito, Lowey Dannenberg Bemporad & Selinger, P.C., White Plains, NY, for Alfred Morabito, Timothy Bridges and Aetna, Inc.

Samuel J. DeMaio, Girards Law Firm, Dallas, TX, for Jacqueline Poole, Jessica Whitten, Joyce Reach, Leisa Eaddy, Marsha Holloway, Meicki Baker, Odessa Grissom, Pauline Huff, Shelia Agee, Troy Chappell and Steven Alexander.

Neil A. Dean, Rice, Dean & Kelsey LLC, Topeka, KS, for Brenda Cunningham.

Christopher Brooks Dellmuth, Harrisburg, PA, for Grace Sanutti.

Charles H. Dodson, Jr., Sims, Graddick & Dodson, P.C., Mobile, AL, for Gulf Distributing Holdings, LLC.

John J. Driscoll, The Driscoll Firm, P.C., St. Louis, MO, for Sandoz, Inc. and Fazila Mustafa.

James R. Dugan, II, Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, for Allied Services Division Welfare Fund.

James T. Dulin, Dulin & Dulin, Gulfport, MS, for Louisiana Health Service Indemnity Company, Members of the Class Plaintiffs Steering Committee and Hilda Bonner.

J. Blake Dutcher, Jr., Godlove Joyner Mayall Dzialo Dutcher & Erwin, Lawton, OK, for Larry A. Shelley.

Daniel J. Dwyer, Hanify & King Professional Corporation, Boston, MA, for Anthony Wild.

Scott A. Edelman, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, NY, Donald S. Edgar, Law Office of Donald S. Edgar, Santa Rosa, CA, for Lodewijk J.R. DeVink, Anthony Wild and Charles K. Smith.

Mark L. Edwards, Stipe Law Firm, McAlester, OK, for Ricky E. Smith, Rosemary Smith, Jeffrey Mecija, Jennifer Mecija and Carolyn Hollaway.

Tony W. Edwards, McAlester, OK, for Jerry Hollaway and Carolyn Hollaway.

Wanda Jean Edwards, Fayard & Honeycutt, Denham Springs, LA, for Jerry Hollaway and Barbara M. Strawitz.

Joel Z. Eigerman, Joel Z. Eigerman, Attorney-at-Law, Boston, MA, for Elaine Lucille Edwards, Susan Roby, Tracey Lynn Robichaux and The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SARIS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This multi-district litigation involves over 100 plaintiffs who allege they, or their decedents, suffered suicide-related injuries after their doctors prescribed the drug Neurontin, manufactured by defendants Pfizer Inc. and Warner-Lambert Company LLC (collectively "Pfizer"). Plaintiffs allege that defendants engaged in a fraudulent scheme to market Neurontin...

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