IN RE CHANTIX (VARENICLINE) PRODS. LIABILITY LIT.

No. 2:09-CV-2039-IPJ. MDL No. 2092.

889 F.Supp.2d 1272 (2012)

In re CHANTIX (VARENICLINE) PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division.

August 21, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert J. Harb , Hodges Doughty & Carson PLLC, Knoxville, TN, Ernest Cory, Elizabeth Ellis Chambers , B. Kristian W. Rasmussen , Cory Watson Crowder & Degaris, Birmingham, AL, Barrett W. Stetson , Law Firm of Barrett W. Stetson, Dallas, TX, James C. Ferrell , Bradlyn James Cole , R.G. Taylor II & Associates, Houston, TX, Cale H. Conley , Conley Griggs LLP, Atlanta, GA, H. Blair Hahn , David L. Suggs , Christiaan A. Marcum , Richardson Patrick Westbrook & Brickman LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC, Christian C. Creed , Creed & Creed, Monroe, LA, Christopher A. Keith , Wettermark Holland & Keith LLC, Birmingham, AL, Jayne Conroy , Clinton Fisher , Hanly Conroy Bierstein Sheridan Fisher & Hayes LLP, New York, NY, Cynthia K. Garrett , Cynthia K. Garrett , Attorney at Law, Tulsa, OK, Daniel Paul Ruggiero , Ruggiero & Haas, Portsmouth, OH, Elizabeth E. Deemer , Levicoff Silko & Deemer PC, Pittsburgh, PA, Tara D. Sutton , Kate E. Jaycox , Gary L. Wilson , Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciersi LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Herbert J. Friedman , Friedman Law Offices, Lincoln, NE, Joe R. Whatley, Jr. , Whatleykallas LLC, Birmingham, AL, John M. Bailey , Law Offices of John M. Bailey, Memphis, TN, John J. Carey , Carey, Danis & Lowe, St. Louis, MO, John W. Degravelles , Degravelles, Palmintier, Holthaus & Fruge, LLP, Baton Rouge, LA, Michael D. Axline , John Evan Eickmeyer , Miller Axline and Sawyer, Sacramento, CA, Kenneth J. Ignozzi Dyer Garofalo Mann & Schultz LPA, Dayton, OH, Kevin D. Alexander , Guerriero & Guerriero, Monroe, LA, Lee L. Coleman , Hughes & Coleman, Bowling Green, KY, Marc David Grossman , Sanders Viener Grossman, LLP, Mineola, NY, Matthew Lopez , Lopez McHugh LLP, Newport Beach, CA, Philip Bohrer , Bohrer Law Firm LLC, Baton Rouge, LA, Ramon Rossi Lopez , Lopez Mchugh LLP, Newport Beach, CA, Richard A. Griggs , Conley Griggs LLP, Atlanta, GA, Sara C. Hacker , Whatley Drake & Kallas LLP, Birmingham, AL, Saul C. Belz , Glankler Brown PLLC, Memphis, TN, Scott D. Levensten , The Levensten Law Firm PC, Philadelphia, PA, Shane Allen Romines , Copeland & Romines Law Office, PLLC, Corbin, KY, Sheila P. Hiestand , Bubalo, Hiestand & Rotman, PLC, Louisville, KY, Stephen R. Hunt, Jr. , Cory Watson Crowder & Degaris PC, Birmingham, AL, Trent B. Miracle , Simons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd LLC, Altoon, IL, Vincent J. Desalvo , Baton Rouge, LA, William M. Audet , Audet & Partners, San Francisco, CA, William E. Winingham , Wilson Kehoe & Winingham, Indianapolis, IN, Adam S. Gober , Taylor Law Firm LLC, Fairhope, AL, Andrew Jason Geiger , Allan Berger , Allan Berger and Associates, New Orleans, LA, Andrea Witcher Brock , Andrea Brock PA, Forrest City, AR, Andrew G. Finkelstein , Andrew Finkelstein, Newburgh, NY, Angela Newell Gray , Gray Newell LLP, Greensboro, NC, Angela R. Shute , Kelley, Scritsmier Law Firm, North Platte, NE, Ann E. Brown-Graff , Brady & O'Shea PC, Cedar Rapids, IA, Antoinette Burgess , Law Offices of Fred Tromberg, Jacksonville, FL, Baharak Dejban , Khorrami LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Benedict James , Fears/Nachawati Law Firm, Dallas, TX, Benjamin E. Maxell , Adams & Sullivan PC, Papillion, NE, Brad J. Brady , Brady & O'Shea PC, Cedar Rapids, IA, Bradley Russell Irwin , Irwin & Boesen PC, Denver, Co, Bradley C. West , The West Law Firm, Shawnee, OK, Brian Goldstein , Cellino & Barnes PC, New York, NY, Carrie R. Capouellez , Lopez Mchugh LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Catherine T. Heacox , The Lanier Law Firm, New York, NY, Charles S. Zimmerman , Zimmerman Reed PLLP, Minneapolis, MN, Christopher L. Garrison , Garrison Law Firm LLC, Indianapolis, IN, Dale M. Foreman , Law Offices of Dale M. Foreman, Wenatchee, WA, Daniel C. Burke , Parker Waichman LLP, Port Washington, NY, Daniel M. Delluomo , Delluomo & Crow, Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff.

Kathy J. Owen , Brooke L. Killian , Raymond M. Williams , Raj Niranjan Shah , Loren H. Brown , David Jordan Pivnick , Christopher G. Campbell , Albert Edward Hartmann , DLA Piper U.S. LLP, Chicago, IL, Lela Hollabaugh , Clyde W. Steineker , Charles F. Spainhour , Nicholas J. Voelker , Andrew B. Johnson , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham, AL, Amy K. Fisher , Katherine A. Winchester , Bonnie L. Gallivan , Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Sarah G. Cronan , Jamie K. Neal , Carol Dan Browning , Stites & Harbison, Louisville, KY, Michael K. Huffer , Charles F. Gotch , Cassem, Tierney Law Firm, Omaha, NE, Christopher C. Land , Clifford Chance US, LLP, New York, NY, Dwight E. Tarwater , Daniel C. Headrick , Paine Tarwater & Bickers LLP, Knoxville, TN, Kelly G. Juneau , John W. Sinnott , Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore LLC, New Orleans, LA, Joseph M. Price , Faegre & Benson LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Peter J. Goss , Blackwell Burke PA, Minneapolis, MN, Alison Anne Verret , Eldridge Cooper Steichen & Leach PLLC, Tulsa, OK, Christopher Duke Baucom , Armstrong Teasdale LLP, St Louis, MO, Matthew Joseph Rifino , David A. White , McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE, F. Chadwick Morriss , Covington & Burling LLP, Kimberly O. Branscome , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, Lyn Peeples Pruitt , Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC, Little Rock, AR, Michael J. Sandmire , Ater Wynne, LLP, Portland, OR, Nancy J. Penner , Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, Cedar Rapids, IA, Prince C. Chambliss, Jr. , Armstrong Allen Prewitt Gentry Johnston & Holmes, Memphis, TN, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION and ALL CASES ORDER

INGE PRYTZ JOHNSON, District Judge.

This cause comes before the court on defendant's motions to exclude certain general causation and liability opinions offered by various plaintiffs' experts (doc. 578), and numerous briefs and evidence filed in support of and in opposition to said motions. Specifically, defendant challenges plaintiffs' designated experts Dr. Richard E. Olmstead, Dr. Curt Furberg, Dr. Shira Kramer,...

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