IN RE TAXOTERE (DOCETAXEL) PRODUCTS LIAB. LITIG.

No. 20-30104, No. 20-30107.

995 F.3d 384 (2021)

IN RE: TAXOTERE (DOCETAXEL) PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION Cynthia Thibodeaux, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sanofi U.S. Services, Incorporated, formerly known as Sanofi-Aventis U.S., Incorporated; Sanofi-Aventis, U.S., L.L.C., Defendants-Appellees, In re: Taxotere (Docetaxel) Products Liability Litigation Deborah Johnson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sanofi U.S. Services, Incorporated, formerly known as Sanofi-Aventis U.S., Incorporated; Sanofi-Aventis, U.S., L.L.C., Defendants-Appellees, Tanya Francis Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sanofi U.S. Services, Incorporated, formerly known as Sanofi-Aventis U.S., Incorporated; Sanofi-Aventis, U.S., L.L.C., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Palmer Lambert, Esq. , Gerald Edward Meunier , Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Betsy J. Barnes , John Christian Enochs , Morris Bart, L.L.C., Dawn M. Barrios , Barrios, Kingsdorf & Casteix, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Emily Catherine Jeffcott, Esq. , Morgan & Morgan, Complex Litigation, Pensacola, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ilana H. Eisenstein , Rachel Horton , Attorney, DLA Piper, L.L.P. (US), Philadelphia, PA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Jolly, Southwick, and Costa, Circuit Judges.


This appeal concerns the timeliness of the complaints of three women who suffered persistent hair loss after chemotherapy treatments. They sued as a part of a multidistrict litigation ("MDL") against distributors of the drug Taxotere (docetaxel) for permanent chemotherapy-induced hair loss, asserting a failure...

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