IN RE FACTOR VIII OR IX CONCENTRATE BLOOD PRODUCTS

MDL No. 986. No. 93 C 7452.

595 F.Supp.2d 855 (2009)

In re FACTOR VIII OR IX CONCENTRATE BLOOD PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. This document relates to: Chang, et al. v. Bayer Corp., et al., 04 C 4869 Peng, et al. v. Bayer Corp., et al., 04 C 4868 Ho, et al. v. Bayer Corp., et al., 06 C 7012.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

January 14, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heather Foster, Kent Lane Klaudt, Elizabeth Joan Cabraser, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Nicholas Diamand, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, New York, NY, Valerie A, Conzo, Sheldon J. Schlesinger, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Plaintiffs.

Y. Chang, pro se.

Yossef Abo-Abed, pro se.

Da Gan Peng, pro se.

Chih-Lung Ho, pro se.

Pamela L. Gellen, Sara J. Gourley, Tamar B. Kelber, Sidley Austin LLP, Nikki Calvano, United States Attorney's Office, Pamela L. Gellen, Jerome H. Torshen, Zoran Dragutinovich, Torshen, Slobig, Genden, Dragutinovich & Axel, Ltd., Michael D. McCormick, Falk Metz LLC, Chicago, IL, R. David Walk, Jr., Dechert, LLP, John J. Snyder, Sima Zolghadri, Mc-Donald & Snyder, Philadelphia, PA, Kaspar J. Stoffelmayr, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP, Denver, CO, Geoffrey R. W. Smith Law Offices, M. Sean Laane, Scott D. Helsel, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Claudia C. Damon, Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green Professional Association, Marc R. Scheer, Wadleigh, Starr, Peters, Dunn & Chiesa, Manchester, NH, Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr., Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, AL, Deborah S. Brynes, Whiteford, Taylor and Preston, Towson, MD, Douglas A. Tate, Attorney at Law, Kokomo, IN, E. Thomas Liese, Holtkamp & Liese, Preston G. Strong, St. Louis, MO, Edward M. Ranger, The Ranger Law Firm, Scottsdale, AZ, Ellen F McCauley, Peter C. Knight, Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, Boston, MA, Joan 0. Vorster Michael R. Mosher, Mirick, O'Connell, Demalle & Lougee, Worcester, MA, Mark F. Aceto, Assistant Attorney General Office Of Arizona Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, Michael 0. Miller, Quarles & Brady Streich Lang LLP, Tucson, AZ, Robert Huntley, Givens Pursley & Huntley, Boise, ID, Michael M. Futterman, Bower, Sanger & Futterman, New York, NY, Michael L. Baum, Baum Hedlund Aristei, et al., Los Angeles, CA, Russell L. Mulinix, Oklahoma City, OK, Daphne B. Subar, Kevin J. Stack, Knapp, Petersen & Clarke, P.A., Glendale, CA, for Defendants.

Lynn A. Ellenberger, Shefsky & Froelich Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Claudia A. Hunter, Hunter & Associates, P.C., Boston, MA, David S. Shrager, Shrager, McDaid, Loftus, Flum & Spivey, Philadelphia, PA, Debra Ann Thomas, Debra A. Thomas PC, Glen Ellyn, IL, Dianne M. Nast, Roda & Nast, P.C., Lancaster, PA, Douglas Finley Fuson, Madison, WI, Duncan Barr, O'Connor, Cohn, Dillon and Barr, San Francisco, CA, Jack I. Redhair, Chandler Tullar Udall & Redhair, Tucson, AZ, Richard L. Berkman, Philadelphia, PA, Ross M. Goodman, Levin, Middlebrooks, Mabie, Thomas, Mayes & Mitchell, P.A., Pensacola, FL, for In re Factor VIII of IX Concentrate Blood Products. David I. Bell, Probitas Pharma, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant/In re Factor VIII of IX Concentrate Blood Products.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

(Ruling on Taiwan Forum Non Conveniens Motion)

JOHN F. GRADY, District Judge.

This multidistrict litigation consists of claims against the defendant pharmaceutical companies by citizens of various foreign countries who suffer from hemophilia. The plaintiffs allege that they contracted the HIV and/or Hepatitis C(HCV) viruses from using contaminated blood products manufactured by one or more of the defendants...

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