LASHLEY v. PFIZER, INC.

Nos. 12-60861, 12-41148.

750 F.3d 470 (2014)

Walter LASHLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PFIZER, INC.; Wyeth, Inc.; Schwarz Pharma, Inc.; Watson Pharma, Inc.; Watson Laboratories, Inc.;, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 21, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence J. Donahue, Jr., Esq. , Daniel J. McGlynn , McGlynn Glisson & Mouton, Baton Rouge, LA, William B. Curtis , Curtis Law Group, Dallas, TX, Gerald Joseph Diaz, Jr. , Diaz Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Madison, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kevin Christopher Newsom, Esq. , Lindsey C. Boney, Esq. , Attorney, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, L.L.P., Birmingham, AL, Walter Thomas Johnson , Leigh Davis Vernon and Steve Orlansky , Watkins & Eager, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, Henninger Simons Bullock , Andrew Jonathan Calica , Attorney, Mayer Brown, L.L.P., New York, NY, Joseph Paul Thomas , Linda E. Maichl, Esq. , Jeffrey Francis Peck , Attorney, Ulmer & Berne, L.L.P., Cincinnati, OH, Rex Allen Littrell , Ulmer & Berne, L.L.P., Columbus, OH, Ronald G. Peresich, Esq. , Page, Mannino, Peresich & Mcdermott, P.L.L.C., Biloxi, MS, Michael Andrew Walsh, Sr., Esq. , Attorney, Strasburger & Price, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Richard Anthony Oetheimer, Esq. , Goodwin Procter, L.L.P., Boston, MA, William F. Sheehan, Esq. , Attorney, Goodwin Procter, L.L.P., Washington D.C., Michael G. Terry , Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer, L.L.P., Corpus Christi , Kannon K. Shanmugam , Williams & Connolly, L.L.P., Washington D.C., for Defendants-Appellees.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

These appeals arise out of claims against both generic and brand-name manufacturers for injuries related to use of the drug metoclopramide (brandname Reglan). Because the pertinent facts and legal issues of these cases are nearly identical, we consolidate them for disposition.

In case No. 12-60861, Lashley v. Pfizer, et al., Appellant Walter Lashley ("Lashley") appeals the Southern District of Mississippi's grant of Watson Pharmaceuticals...

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