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IN RE LIPITOR MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES & PRODS.

Nos. 17-1140, 17-1136, 17-1137, 17-1189.

892 F.3d 624 (2018)

IN RE: LIPITOR (ATORVASTATIN CALCIUM) MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION (NO II) MDL 2502, Plaintiffs Appealing Case Management Order 100, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Pfizer, Incorporated; McKesson Corporation; Greenstone, LLC; Pfizer International LLC, Defendants-Appellees, Jonah B. Gelbach; Carl Cranor; Dierdre N. McCloskey; Stephen T. Ziliak, Amici Supporting Appellants, Product Liability Advisory Council, Incorporated; Washington Legal Foundation; Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America; American Tort Reform Association, Amici Supporting Appellees. In re: Lipitor (Atorvastatin Calcium) Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation (No II) MDL 2502, Juanita Hempstead, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Pfizer, Incorporated; Pfizer International LLC; Greenstone, LLC, Defendants-Appellees, Jonah B. Gelbach; Carl Cranor; Dierdre N. McCloskey; Stephen T. Ziliak, Amici Supporting Appellants, Product Liability Advisory Council, Incorporated; Washington Legal Foundation; Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America; American Tort Reform Association, Amici Supporting Appellees. In re: Lipitor (Atorvastatin Calcium) Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation (No II) MDL 2502, Plaintiffs Appealing Case Management Order 99, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Pfizer, Incorporated; McKesson Corporation; Greenstone, LLC; Pfizer International LLC, Defendants-Appellees, Jonah B. Gelbach; Carl Cranor; Dierdre N. McCloskey; Stephen T. Ziliak, Amici Supporting Appellants, Product Liability Advisory Council, Incorporated; Washington Legal Foundation; Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America; American Tort Reform Association, Amici Supporting Appellees. In re: Lipitor (Atorvastatin Calcium) Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation (No II) MDL 2502, Plaintiffs Appealing Case Management Order 109, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Pfizer, Incorporated; Greenstone, LLC; Pfizer International LLC; McKesson Corporation, Defendants-Appellees, Jonah B. Gelbach; Carl Cranor; Dierdre N. McCloskey, Stephen T. Ziliak, Amici Supporting Appellants, Product Liability Advisory Council, Incorporated; Washington Legal Foundation; Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America; American Tort Reform Association, Amici Supporting Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 12, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Derek T. Ho , KELLOGG, HANSEN, TODD, FIGEL & FREDERICK, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Mark Cheffo , QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP, New York, New York, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: H. Blair Hahn , Christiaan A. Marcum , RICHARDSON, PATRICK, WESTBROOK & BRICKMAN, LLC, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina; Silvija A. Strikis , Hilary P. Gerzhoy , KELLOGG, HANSEN, TODD, FIGEL & FREDERICK, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Sheila L. Birnbaum , Bert L. Wolff , Mara Cusker Gonzalez , Lincoln Davis Wilson , Jonathan S. Tam , QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP, New York, New York; Michael T. Cole , Charleston, South Carolina, David E. Dukes , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees Pfizer Incorporated, Pfizer International LLC, and Greenstone LLC. Habib Nasrullah, WHEELER TRIGG O'DONNELL LLP, Denver, Colorado, for Appellee McKesson Corporation. Matthew Duncan , FINE, KAPLAN AND BLACK, R.P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Amicus Jonah B. Gelbach. Christopher J. McDonald , Christopher D. Barraza , LABATON SUCHAROW LLP, New York, New York, for Amici Carl Cranor, Dierdre N. McCloskey, and Stephen T. Ziliak. Mary A. Wells , L. Michael Brooks, Jr. , Brendan L. Loy , WELLS, ANDERSON & RACE, LLC, Denver, Colorado; Terri S. Reiskin , DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Hugh F. Young, Jr. , PRODUCT LIABILITY ADVISORY COUNCIL, INC., Reston, Virginia, for Amicus Product Liability Advisory Council, Incorporated. Warren Postman , UNITED STATES CHAMBER LITIGATION CENTER, Washington, D.C.; Brian D. Boone , Emily C. McGowan , Charlotte, North Carolina, David Venderbush , ALSTON & BIRD LLP, New York, New York, for Amicus The Chamber of Commerce. Cory L. Andrews , Richard A. Samp , Mark S. Chenoweth , WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Washington Legal Foundation. Eric G. Lasker , Kirby T. Griffis , Gregory S. Chernack , HOLLINGSWORTH LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici American Tort Reform Association and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Diaz wrote the opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer and Judge King joined.

This appeal arises from a multidistrict litigation ("MDL") in which thousands of women claim that their use of the medication Lipitor caused them to develop diabetes. The women sued Pfizer, Lipitor's manufacturer, asserting various products liability claims. After protracted litigation, the district court granted summary judgment...

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