IN RE BISPHENOL-A (BPA) POLYCARBONATE PLASTIC PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

MDL No. 1967-MD-W-ODS. Master No. 08-1967-MD-W-ODS.

687 F.Supp.2d 897 (2009)

In re BISPHENOL-A (BPA) POLYCARBONATE PLASTIC PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION.

United States District Court, W.D. Missouri, Western Division.

November 9, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. McClain, Jeffrey A. Kennard, Scharnhorst, Ast & Kennard, PC, Kansas City, MO, Marissa Lau, Robert Weiss, Jericho, NY, Michael L. Hodges, Lenexa, KS, Jack T. Patterson, Little Rock, AR, for Maria Sullivan, Katherine Capita, Daniel Capita, Jennifer Moellering, Rick Moellering, Sarah Jaynes, Zachary Wilson, Carissa Wilson, Chris Mathia, Michelle Mathia, Aisha Waiters, Michael C. Liem, Michelle L. Liem, Diane Stoebe, Chloe Gale, Ruth Levine, Kathleen Gillespie, Adam Ruben, and Sarah Dijulio.

Joanne M. McCracken, Meister & McCracken Law Firm PLLC, Garfield, AR, Edith Marie Kallas, Whatley Drake & Kallas LLC, New York, NY, Stephen David Murakami, Law Offices of Robert H. Weiss, PLLC, Jericho, NY, Thomas V. Bender, Walters Bender Strohbehn & Vaughan, PC, Kansas City, MO, for Sharon Hatter, Dale L. Raggio, Jr., Maria Sullivan, Katherine Capita, Daniel Capita, Jennifer Moellering, Rick Moellering, Naayda Lanza, Lani Felix-Lozano, Sarah Jaynes, Zachary Wilson, Carissa Wilson, Chris Mathia, Michelle Mathia, Aisha Waiters, Michael C. Liem, Michelle L. Liem, Diane Stoebe, Chloe Gale, Ruth Levine, Kathleen Gillespie, Adam Ruben, Sarah Dijulio, Judith Thompson-Foster, Paul Rasmussen, Leeanne Matusek, Kim O'Neill, Elizabeth Banse, Ashley Campbell, Megan Thornberry, Jennifer Joseph, Tomeka Broadway, Perry Parsons, Bree Ginden, Staci Collier, Paige Engle, David Johnson, Kelly Johnson, Ann Coyle, Tom Brady, Garett Koch, Dawn Doerfler Koch, Christina Cavaness, Melissa Melendez, Norma Parker, Angela Barnes, Megan Dye, Anacelia Martinez-Smith, Jeffery Terrell Smith, Mario Strickland, Nadine Strickland, Robin M. Anderson, Matthew Spring, Amy Rogers, Ruben Stoebe, and Tonya Tubbs.

Christopher D. Jennings, Scott E. Poynter, Emerson Poynter, LLP, Jack T. Patterson, Little Rock, AR, James C. Wyly, Wyly-Rommel, PLLC, Texarkana, TX, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Whatley Drake, LLC, Sara Cawood Hacker, Whatley Drake & Kallas, LLC, Birmingham, AL, John G. Emerson, Emerson Poynter LLP, Houston, TX, Lili Sabo, Patrick J. Sheehan, Whatley Drake & Kallas, LLC, New York, NY, Timothy C. Hutchinson, Williams & Hutchinson, PA, Rogers, AR, for Sharon Hatter, Dale L. Raggio, Jr., Elizabeth Banse, and Ashley Campbell.

A. Ilyas Akbari, Brian R. Strange, Gretchen Carpenter, Strange & Carpenter, Roger David Drake, Ronald L.M. Goldman, Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman PC, Los Angeles, CA, for Naayda Lanza, Paul Rasmussen, Leeanne Matusek, Kim O'Neill, Robin M. Anderson, and Anne Beckner.

Harold Marion Hewell, Hewell Law Firm, APC, San Diego, CA, Howard M. Rubinstein, Aspen, CO, for Lani Felix-Lozano, and Judith Thompson-Foster.

Brian Alan Knutsen, Bridget A. Baker-White, Eric D. Lowney, Richard Adam Smith, Smith & Lowney PLLC, Steve W. Berman, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP, Seattle, WA, Daniel J. Kurowski, Elizabeth A. Fegan, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP, Oak Park, IL, for Sarah Jaynes, Diane Stoebe, Chloe Gale, Ruth Levine, Kathleen Gillespie, Adam Ruben, and Sarah Dijulio.

Joseph A. Kronawitter, Robert A. Horn, Horn Aylward & Bandy, LLC, Kansas City, MO, for Megan Thornberry, and Bree Ginden.

Gretchen Freeman Cappio, Juli E. Farris, Laura R. Gerber, Lynn Lincoln Sarko, Keller Rohrback L.L.P., Seattle, WA, for Jennifer Joseph, Perry Parsons, and Ann Coyle.

Derek H. Potts, Timothy L. Sifers, Potts Law Firm, LLC, Kansas City, MO, Dylan Hugh Potts, Gill Elrod Ragon Owen & Sherman, P.A., Little Rock, AR, for Tomeka Broadway.

James Sugar Albers, Albers and Albers, Columbus, OH, Michael L. Hodges, Lenexa, KS, for Staci Collier, Paige Engle, David Johnson, and Kelly Johnson.

John R. Wylie, Futterman Howard Watkins Wylie & Ashley, Chtd., Chicago, IL, for Ann Coyle.

Hugh J. Green, Zimmerman Law Offices, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Tom Brady.

Arthur S. Gold, Gold & Coulson, Chicago, IL, for Lucas Koch, Garett Koch, and Dawn Doerfler Koch.

Graham B. Lippsmith, James P. Sizemore, Jennifer Ann Lenze, Girardi and Keese, Los Angeles, CA, Jon J. Eardley, Jon Eardley Law Offices, Whittier, CA, for Christina Cavaness, Melissa Melendez, and Norma Parker.

William Grant Cromwell, Office of William G. Cromwell, Yehuda Smolar, The Smolar Firm, Atlanta, GA, for Angela Barnes, Megan Dye, Anacelia Martinez-Smith, Jeffery Terrell Smith, Mario Strickland, and Nadine Strickland.

Mark L. Punzalan, Rosemary M. Rivas, Finkelstein Thompson, San Francisco, CA, for Matthew Spring.

Brian R. England, Michael H. Steinberg, Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Clayborne S. Stone, Philip S. Anderson, Williams & Anderson, PLLC, Little Rock, AR, Jacqueline T. Albus, Mark V. Bossi, Thompson Colburn, LLP, Michael A. Vitale, Herzog Crebs LLP, W. David Wells, Constangy Brooks and Smith LLP, St. Louis, MO, John M. Alten, John J. Haggerty, Ulmer & Berne LLP, Cleveland, OH, Judy Okenfuss, Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Kristen Elizabeth Hudson, Paula Enid Litt, Schopf & Weiss LLP, Chicago, IL, Robert M. Thompson, Bryan Cave, LLP, Kansas City, MO, for Avent America, Inc., Handi-Craft Company, Evenflo Company Inc., Gerber Products Company, Playtex Products Inc., Nalge Nunc International Corporation, RC2, A Delaware Corporation, Philips Electronics North America Corporation, A Delaware Corporation, Gerber Novartis, Nestle USA, A California Corporation, Abbott Laboratories Inc., and Mead Johnson & Company.

Jeremy Robert Larson, Foster Pepper, Seattle, WA, John F. Kinney, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, Peter W., Jr., Herzog, Jr., Herzog Crebs LLP, St. Louis, MO, Richard J. Stinstrom, Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley, Los Angeles, CA, for Handi-Craft Company, and Playtex Prod, Inc. Dist of Connecticut.

Anne M. Zehr, Timothy R. Bricker, Carpenter Lipps & Leland LLP, Columbus, OH, Dan H. Ball, Peter W. Herzog, III, Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis, MO, Jennifer A. Jackson, Bryan Cave, Santa Monica, CA, Sarah N. Swatosh, Bryan Cave, LLP, Kansas City, MO, for Evenflo Company Inc.

Bryan Merryman, Rachel Feldman, Thomas J. Benedict, White and Case, Los Angeles, CA, Joseph J. Roper, Jacqueline M. Sexton, Foland & Wickens, P.C., Kansas City, MO, for Gerber Products Company, and Nestle USA, A California Corporation.

John W. Moticka, Kristin L. Farnen, Stinson, Morrison, Hecker, LLP, St. Louis, MO, Mary Rose Alexander, Latham & Watkins, LLP, Chicago, IL, Russell J. Keller, Robin K. Carlson, Stinson Morrison Hecker, LLP, Kansas City, MO, William K. Rawson, Latham & Watkins, Washington, DC, for Playtex Products Inc., and Playtex Prod, Inc. Dist of Connecticut.

Jason Levin, Lawrence P. Riff, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Nalge Nunc International Corporation.

Bart Thomas Murphy, Ice Miller LLP, Lisle, IL, Hillary G. Buttrick, Ice Miller, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, for RC2, A Delaware Corporation.

Kathleen Patricia Lally, Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago, IL, for Playtex Prod, Inc. Dist of Connecticut.

Alexis MacDowall, Winston and Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, Christian Edward Dodd, Winston and Strawn LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Abbott Laboratories Inc.

Anthony J. Anscombe, David Grycz, Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold, Chicago, IL, Jacqueline M. Jauregui, Marina L. Whelan, Amand K. Mines, Karen Elizabeth Woodward, Sedgwick Detert Moran and Arnold LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Mead Johnson & Company.


ORDER AND OPINION ADDRESSING CERTAIN OF DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS

ORTRIE D. SMITH, District Judge.

Pending are numerous Motions to Dismiss. This Order and Opinion addresses some of those motions. Specifically,

1. The Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Plead a Legally Cognizable Injury and Lack of Standing (Doc. # 140) is granted in part and denied in part, 2. The Motion to Dismiss...

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