FUQUA v. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO.

Civil Action Nos. 11-6043 (FLW), 11-6045(FLW), 11-6047(FLW), 11-6048(FLW), 11-6051(FLW), 11-6053(FLW), 11-6055(FLW), 11-6059(FLW), 12-3533(FLW), 12-3534(FLW), 12-3535(FLW), 12-3536(FLW), 12-3537(FLW), 12-3543(FLW), 12-3538(FLW), 12-3542(FLW), 12-3547(FLW), 12-3548(FLW), 12-3550(FLW), 12-3551(FLW), 12-3553(FLW), 12-5774(FLW), 12-5793(FLW), 12-5796(FLW).

926 F.Supp.2d 538 (2013)

Cynthia FUQUA as Administratrix, and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of the Estate of Annie R. Fuqua, Plaintiff, v. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, et al., Defendants. Sharon Gibson as Administratrix, and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of the Estate of Eddie Gibson, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Deloris Page as Administratrix, and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of the Estate of Chester T. Page, Sr., Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Cassandra Kelly as Administratrix, and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of the Estate of Frances L. Bush, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Marcia Fitz as Administratrix, and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of The Estate of Winifred Fitz, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Andre Long as Administrator and Administrator Ad Prosequendum of The Estate of Juanita Long, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Phyllis Long as Administratrix, and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of The Estate of Deloris Long, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Daphne Cook as Administratrix, and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of The Estate of Madeline Higgins, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Vernon N. Stewart as Administrator and Administrator Ad Prosequendum of The Estate of Vivian N. Stewart, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Doris Simmons as Administratrix, and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of The Estate of Fannie B. Sullen, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Karen James as Administratrix, and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of The Estate of Juanita L. James, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Rochelle James, et al., Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Amalia Schlueter as Administratrix, and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of the Estate of Caroline Genito, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Rosie Robinson as Administratrix, and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of The Estate of Arthur James Anderson, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Henry Thomas as Administrator and Administrator Ad Prosequendum of The Estate of Nellie Long Thomas, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Doris King as Administratrix, and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of The Estate of Mary Ratliff, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Sheli Hughes as Administratrix, and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of The Estate of Marjorie Brown-Sampson, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Pamela Higgins as Administratrix and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of The Estate of George Higgins, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Samantha Taylor as Administratrix, and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of The Estate of Janice M. Peterson, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. William Terrell as Administrator, and Administrator Ad Prosequendum of The Estate of Willie W. Terrell, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Lisa Sanders-Ali as Administratrix and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of The Estate of Janisse Welch, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Georgette Greene as Administratrix, and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of The Estate of Georgianna Jenkins, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Adrienne Jenkins as Administratrix, and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of The Estate of Margaret Simonson, Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants. Terry Tinley as Administratrix and Administratrix Ad Prosequendum of The Estate of Lewis Tinley, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

February 15, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin P. Schrama , Stark & Stark, PC, Lawrenceville, NJ, Elizabeth H. Hamlin , Garrity, Graham, Favetta, & Flinn, Montclair, NJ, Kevin M. Hart , Stark & Stark, PC, Princeton, NJ, for Plaintiffs.

David L. Harris , Nicole Bearce Albano , Gavin J. Rooney , Lowenstein Sandler, PC, Roseland, NJ, for Defendants.


OPINION

WOLFSON, District Judge:

The above-captioned matters are toxic tort actions brought by administrators or administratrices on behalf of the respective decedents (collectively "Plaintiffs"), against Defendant Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. ("BMS" or "Defendant"). Defendant timely removed these cases from state court, where a parallel mass tort litigation is pending.1 In these federal actions, Plaintiffs seek, inter alia,<...

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