IN RE TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY PRODUCTS

No. 14 C 1748 MDL No. 2545 No. 14 C 4856.

67 F.Supp.3d 952 (2014)

IN RE: TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION This document applies to: Don Estep, Plaintiff, v. Pharmacia & Upjohn Co., Inc., Pfizer, Inc., Abbvie Inc., and Abbott Laboratories, Defendants.

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

Signed September 15, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. London , Douglas & London, Richard D. Meadow , The Lanier Law Firm PLLC, Andrew Keith Solow , Daniel M. Meyers , Glenn J. Pogust , Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, Lawrence B. Finn , The Finn Law Firm, Edward Anthony Wallace , Wexler Wallace LLP, Jeffrey Mark Wagner , Kaye Scholer, Chicago, IL, Yvonne M. Flaherty , Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, Minneapolis, MN, Richard M. Golomb , Golomb & Honik PC, Philadelphia, PA, Vance Robert Andrus , Andrus Wagstaff, PC, Lakewood, CO, Roger C. Denton , Schlichter, Bogard & Denton, Michael J. Flannery , Cuneo Gilbert & Laduca LLP, St. Louis, MO, Hal Jon Kleinman , Janet Jenner & Suggs LLC, Baltimore, MD, Rick David Bailey , Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh Jardine PC, Englewood, CO, James Michael Papantonio , Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Rafferty & Proctor, PA, Pensacola, FL, Robinson S. Daniel , Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc., Newport Beach, CA, Stephen T. Blackburn , Thomas Matthew Sims , Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, TX, Dennis J. Canty , Lawrence J. Gornick , Kaiser Gornick LLP, San Francisco, CA, Rachel Beth Abrams , Levin Simes, LLP, Reserve, LA, Morris Bart, III , Morris Bart, LLC, New Orleans, LA, Edward W. McNabola , McNabola Law Group, P.C., Boston, MA, Hoffman Alan Mark , Ross Feller Casey LLP, Ruben Honik , Steven D. Resnick , Golomb & Honik PC, Philadelphia, PA, David Conrad Degreeff , Shamberg, Johnson & Bergman, Chtd., Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP, Kansas City, MO, Kathleen Currie Chavez , Robert M. Foote , Kevin Paul Noll , Foote, Mielke, Chavez & O'Neil, LLC, Geneva, IL, T. Matthew Leckman , Pogust Braslow & Millrood, LLC, Conshohocken, PA, Michael L. Roberts , Roberts Law Firm, P.A., Little Rock, AR, Alan Philip Bayham, Jr. , Gregory Paul Bayham , Stanley M. Jerman , Bayham Jerman PLC, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiff.

W. Mark Lanier, Houston, TX, pro se.

Richard W. Wlodarczyk, Hopkinsville, KY, pro se.

Ashley Thomas, pro se.

Warrix, pro se.

Albert Tooley Lint, pro se.

Roland Bass, pro se.

James F. Hurst , Bryna Joyce Roth Dahlin , Marissa Stephanie Ronk , Matthew William Francis Poplawski , Nicole E. Wrigley , Scott M. Ahmad , Scott P. Glauberman , Thomas James Frederick , Winston & Strawn LLP, Pamela Joan Yates , Brian John Perkins , Meyers & Flowers, LLC, St. Charles, IL, James Griffin O'Brien , Michelle L. Kranz , Pamela A. Borgess , Zoll, Kranz & Borgess, LLC, Toledo, OH, Ronald E. Johnson, Jr. , Sarah N. Lynch , Schachter Hendy & Johnson PSC, Ft. Wright, KY, Michael Joseph Quillin , Onder, Shelton, O'Leary & Peterson, LLC, Saint Louis, MO, Matthew Patrick Teague , Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL, Dennis G. Pantazis, Sr. , Wiggins Childs , Birmingham, AL, Alexandra Leigh Nickow , Myron Milton Cherry , Myron M. Cherry & Associates, Corey G. Raines , Wexler Wallace LLP, John Sawin , Sawin Law Firm, Ltd., Scott Anthony Morgan , Morgan Law Firm, Ltd., Timothy Robert Carraher , Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL, Amy Marie Zeman , Eric H. Gibbs , Phyra May McCandless , Girrard Gibbs LLP, David Markevitch , Lawrence J. Gornick , Kaiser Gornick LLP, San Francisco, CA, Cristina Rousseau , Van Dorn & Curtiss, PLLC, Orford, NH, Dana Bradley Taschner , Dana B. Taschner, P.C., Los Angeles, CA, Daniel E. Becnel, Jr. , Salvadore Christina, Jr. , Becnel Law Firm, LLC, Reserve, LA, Daniel Stewart Robinson , Mark P. Robinson, Jr. , Wesley Kaikaina Polischuk , Robinson Calcagnie & Robinson, Newport Beach, CA, David Patrick Dearing , Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL, David Stuart Ratner , David T. Sirotkin , Morelli Alters Ratner LLP, New York, NY, David Edward Stanley , Eric J. Buhr , Janet H. Kwuon , Reed Smith LLP, Erin R. Ranahan , Winston & Strawn LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Dawn M. Barrios , Barrios, Kingsdorf & Casteix, LLP, Maury A. Herman , Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC, Mekel Smith Alvarez , Morris Bart, LLC, Scott R. Bickford , Martzell & Bickford, New Orleans, LA, Dianne M. Nast , Nastlaw LLC, Gregory Steven Spizer , Anapol Schwartz , Scott A. George , Seeger Weiss LLC, Scott D. Levensten , The Levensten Law Firm, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Elwood C. Stevens, Jr. , James P. Roy , Domengeaux Wright Roy Edwards, Lafayette, LA, Eremy Matthew Cothern , Berke, Berke & Berke, Chattanooga, TN, Joseph M. Lyon , The Lyon Firm, Cincinnati, OH, Julie Marie Jochum , Michael Hingle & Associates, Inc., Slidell, LA, Lee Adam Cirsch , Michael A. Akselrud , The Lanier Law Firm, Los Angeles, CA, Leonard A. Davis , Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC, New Orleans, LA, Martin Daniel Crump , Davis & Crump, P.C., Gulfport, MS, Matthew B. Moreland , Becnel Law Firm, LLC, Reserve, LA, Meghan C. Quinlivan , Burg, Simpson, Eldredge, Hersh & Jardine, PC, Englewood, CO, Michael D. Lurie , MacDonald Law Group LLC, Pamela A. Borgess , Heard Robins Cloud LLP, Santa Fe, NM, Rebecca A.G. Robertson , MacDonald Law Group LLC, Boston, MA, Rex H. Elliott , Cooper & Elliott, LLC, Columbus, OH, Seth Alan Katz , Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh Jardine PC, Englewood, CO, Timothy J. Becker , Johnson Becker PLLP, Minneapolis, MN, Todd E. Hilton , Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP, Kansas City, MO, Tor A. Hoerman , Torhoerman Law LLC, Edwardsville, IL, Trent B. Miracle , Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd, LLC, Alton, IL, Waldon Michael Hingle , Michael Hingle & Associates, Inc., Slidell, LA, Willard J. Moody, Jr. , The Moody Law Firm, Inc., Portsmouth, VA.

David C. Behar , Rachel Nanes , DLA Piper LLP (U.S.), Miami, FL, Ezra D. Church , James D. Pagliaro , Thomas J. Sullivan , J. Gordon Cooney, Jr. , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Frederick Longer , Andreas Ringstad , Arnold Levin , Laurence S. Berman , Michael M. Weinkowitz , Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Andrew W. Knox , Carrie R. Capouellez , Lopez McHugh LLP, Joseph E. O'Neil , Ricky Mario Guerra , Thomas Finarelli , Lavin O'Neil Cedrone & Disipio, Raymond M. Williams , Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary , Robert A. Limbacher , Shevon Rockett , Goodell, Devries, Leech & Dann LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Tinos Diamantatos , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Catherine Basque Weiler , David Edward Kawala , Swanson, Martin & Bell, Edward Anthony Wallace , Wexler Wallace LLP, Jacie C. Zolna , Myron M. Cherry & Associates, Chicago, IL, Joseph P. Thomas , Jeffrey Daniel Geoppinger , Jeffrey Francis Peck , Kerry Carson Green , Ulmer & Berne LLP, Cincinnati, OH, Joanne M. O'Connor , Steven Jeffrey Rothman , Jones Foster Johnston & Stubbs, West Palm Beach, FL, David D. Mesa , Michael Fitzgerald Healy , Sedgwick LLP, Diana L. Hughes , Winston & Strawn LLP, San Francisco, CA, Arthur J. Liederman , Nicole Witteck , Morrison Mahoney LLP, Eric T. Chaffin , Roopal P. Luhana , Chaffin Luhana LLP, Benedict P. Morelli , Morelli Alters Ratner LLP, Cara D. Edwards , DLA Piper LLP, Michael A. London , Douglas & London, New York, NY, Andrea Solomon Hirsch , Herman Gerel, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Brian Alan Goldstein , Cellino & Barnes, P.C., Buffalo, NY, Camala E. Capodice , David Michael Melancon , Quentin F. Urquhart, Jr. , Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore, LLC, Morris Bart, III , Morris Bart, LLC, Russ M. Herman , Aaron Z. Ahlquist , Herman, Herman & Katz, LLC, Allan Berger , Andrew J. Geiger , Allan Berger & Associates, PLC, Brent A. Talbot , Peter Joseph Rotolo, III , Chaffe McCall LLP, Bruce S. Kingsdorf , Barrios, Kingsdorf & Casteix, LLP, Chad Joseph Primeaux , The Dugan Law Firm, APLC, David Baylis Franco , Douglas Robert Plymale , James R. Dugan, II , Dugan Law Firm, Gerald Edward Meunier , Walter C. Morrison, IV , Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, James B. Irwin , Irwin Fritchie et al., Justin Boron , Martin Alan Stern , Adams & Reese, LLP, Keenan Jermaine Dunlap , Singleton Law Firm, Lawrence J. Centola, III , Martzell & Bickford, Zachary Logan Wool , Barrios, Kingsdorf & Casteix, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Charles G. Monnett, III , Charles G. Monnett III & Associates, Charlotte, NC, Derriel C. McCorvey , Lafayette, LA, Geoffrey T. Moore , Jason R. Fraxedas , Steven R. Maher , The Maher Law Firm PA, Winter Park, FL, Griffith Joel Winthrop, III , Alvarez, Winthrop, Thompson & Storey, P.A., Orlando, FL, Jonathan A. Rabinowitz , Morgan & Morgan, P.A., Lexington, KY, Lucas Allen Westby , Stephen M. Brooks , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Atlanta, GA, Matthew Blair Clinton , William L. Bross, IV , Heninger Garrison Davis LLC, Andrew Burns Johnson , Charles Spainhour , Bradley Arant Rose LLP, Birmingham, AL, Adam J. Berger , Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, Seattle, WA, Adam E. Crowell , Charles Horne Cooper, Jr. , Cooper & Elliott, LLC, Columbus, OH, Alex H. MacDonald , MacDonald Rothweiler Eisenberg LLP, Matthew Aaron Holian , DLA Piper LLP (US), Boston, MA, Andy D. Birchfield, Jr. , Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, Pc, Montgomery, AL, Bill Robins, III , Heard, Robins, Cloud, Lubel & Greenwald, Rachal Rojas , Matthews And Associates, William Mark Lanier , The Lanier Law Firm, Houston, TX, Brandon L. Bogle , Christopher Paulos, Levin , Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Rafferty & Proctor, PA, Christopher A. Seeger , Seeger Weiss LLP, Pensacola, FL, Brendan A. Smith , Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd, LLC, Alton, IL, Bruce William Steckler , Steckler, LLP, Dallas, TX, Bryan August Pfleeger , Michael Hingle & Associates, Inc., Slidell, LA, C. Donald Briggs, III , Briggs & Wholley LLC, Rockport, ME, Chantell Marie Boutte , Singleton Law Firm, Derriel Carlton McCorvey , The Law Office Of Derriel C. McCorvey, LLC, Lafayette, LA, Christopher L. Coffin , Nicholas R. Rockforte , Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, L.L.P., Plaquemine, LA, Christopher Thomas Kirchmer , Provost Umphrey Law Firm, Beaumont, TX, Christopher V. Tisi , Drew B. Laframboise , James F. Green , Stephanie Lynn Gardner , Ashcraft & Gerel LLP, Alexandria, VA, Frank Petosa , Morgan & Morgan, PA, Plantation, FL, James S. Richter , Winston & Strawn, LLP, Newark, NJ, Jean S. Martin , Rhine Martin Law Firm, P.C., Wilmington, NC, Jennifer Lee Keel , Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, PC, Englewood, CO, Joseph M. Price , Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Kristine Keala Meredith , Michael S. Danko , Danko Meredith , San Mateo, CA, Lisa L. Causey , Salim Beasley , Natchitoches, LA, Michael J. Flannery , Cuneo Gilbert & Laduca LLP, St. Louis, MO, Nancy A. Mismash , Robert J. Derby & Associates, Salt Lake City, UT, Norman E. Siegel , Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP, Thomas C. Jones , Valley Renshaw , Davis, Bethune & Jones, LLC, Thomas L. Wagstaff , Wagstaff & Cartmell LLP, Kansas City, MO, Peter J. Flowers , Meyers & Flowers, LLC, St. Charles, IL, Reid A. Page , Greenwood Village, CO, Robert L. Salim , Law Office of Robert L. Salim, Natchitoches, LA, Roger W. Orlando , The Orlando Firm, P.C., Decatur, GA, Sean T. Keith , Keith, Miller, Butler, Schneider & Pawlik, PLLC, Rogers, AR, W. James Singleton , Singleton Law Firm, Shreveport, LA, Whitney Frazier Watt , Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Louisville, KY, William F. Causey , Peabody & Brown, Washington, DC, William Michael Hamilton , Provost, Umphrey Law Firm, LLP, Nashville, TN, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Background

On June 26, 2014, Don Estep, a citizen of Texas, sued the following entities in Illinois state court: 1) AbbVie Inc. & Abbott Laboratories (collectively AbbVie), whose principal place of business is in Illinois; 2) Pharmacia & Upjohn Co...

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