IN RE NEW ENGLAND COMPOUNDING PHARMACY, INC.

MDL No. 13-02419-RWZ. No. 1:14-cv-14019.

298 F.Supp.3d 271 (2018)

IN RE: NEW ENGLAND COMPOUNDING PHARMACY, INC. PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. This Order Applies to: Handy v. Box Hill Surgery Center, LLC, et al.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

Signed February 7, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Fed. Question: Personal Injury
Nature of Suit: 367 Personal Injury: Health Care / Pharmaceutical Personal Injury Product Liability
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Consolidated Plaintiffs, Consolidated Plaintiff, represented by Donna MacKenzie , Olsman Mueller Wallace & MacKenzie, P.C., pro hac vice, Emily M. Peacock , Olsman Mueller Wallace & MacKenzie, P.C., pro hac vice, Harold D. Gibson , Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP, pro hac vice, Harry M. Roth , Cohen,Placitella & Roth PC, pro hac vice, Jennifer K.M. Crawford , Wilson,Updike & Nicely, pro hac vice, John E. Lyons, Jr. , Lyons Law Offices, P.A., pro hac vice, Kristen A. Johnson , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, pro hac vice, Matthew Gammons , Rosenbaum & Rosenbaum, P.C., pro hac vice, Melvin B. Wright , Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter, pro hac vice, Omar Tarazi , Tarazi Law, pro hac vice, Samantha K. Sledd , Hall & Sethi, PLC, pro hac vice, Sharon L. Houston , Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C., pro hac vice, Stephen W. Mullins , Luckey & Mullins, PLLC, pro hac vice, Susan M. Bourque , Parker Scheer Attorneys, Alyson L. Oliver , Oliver Law Group PC, pro hac vice, Annika K. Martin , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, pro hac vice, Anthony A. Orlandi , Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings, PLLC, Bradford R. Shively , Sanders Pianowski LLP, pro hac vice, Christopher L. Coffin , Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, LLP, pro hac vice, Daniel L. Clayton , Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge, pro hac vice, David W. Stewart , Stewart & Stewart Attorneys, pro hac vice, Edward B. Mulligan, V , Cohen & Malad, LLP, pro hac vice, Evan D. Baker , LAW OFFICES OF ROSEMARIE ARNOLD, ESQ., pro hac vice, Fredric L. Ellis , Ellis & Rapacki, J. Kyle Roby , English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, pro hac vice, J. Scott Sexton , GENTRY LOCKE RAKES & MOORE, pro hac vice, James Stephen King , Evans Petree, Jamie R. Kendall , Price Waicukauski & Riley LLC, pro hac vice, Jeffrey P. Fritz , SOLOFF & ZERVANOS, pro hac vice, Jennifer F. Bean , The Miller Law Firm, P.C., pro hac vice, John C. Thornton, III , Andrews & Thornton, pro hac vice, Jonathan Barry Nace , Paulson and Nace PLLC, pro hac vice, Joshua R. Gale , Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher, Goldfarb, pro hac vice, Marc E. Lipton , Lipton Law, Mark R. Dancer , Dingeman Dancer & Christopherson PLC, Michael Frank Barrett , Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky, PC, pro hac vice, Michael Coren , Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C., pro hac vice, Michael G. Derrick , Shuttleworth Williams, PLLC, pro hac vice, Michael J. Sobieray , Stewart & Stewart Attorneys, pro hac vice, Patricia J. Kasputys , Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C., Patrick S. Montoya , Colson Hicks Eidson, pro hac vice, Randall Loftin Kinnard , Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge, pro hac vice, Rebecca Cothran Blair , The Blair Law Firm, pro hac vice, Robert W. Briley , Shuttleworth Williams PLLC, pro hac vice, Robert T. Sanders, III , Sanders Pianowski LLP, pro hac vice, Robert B. Sickels , Sommers Schwartz PC, Robert Arthur Young , English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, pro hac vice, Ronald Rodriguez , Law Offices of Ronald Rodriguez, PC, pro hac vice, S. James Boumil , Boumil Law Offices, Steven A. Fabbro , Law Offices of Steven A. Fabbro, pro hac vice, Steven D. Resnick , Golomb & Honik, P.C., Susan N. Marttala , Galligan & Newman, pro hac vice, Thomas B. Martin , Feldman, Shepherd, Wholgelernter, Tanner, Dodig & Weinstock, Timothy P. Wickstrom , Wickstrom Morse, LLP, W. David Paxton , Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, LLP, pro hac vice, William Daniel Leader, Jr. , Leader, Bulso & Nolan, PLC, pro hac vice, William N. Riley , Riley Williams & Piatt, LLC, pro hac vice, Glenn E. Mintzer , Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, pro hac vice & Jay D. Miller , Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, pro hac vice.

Jocelyn K. Norris & James Palmer, Plaintiffs, represented by Christopher T. Cain , Scott & Cain.

Shirely Higdon, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Brittany Henley, Plaintiff, represented by James E. Girards , Girards Law Firm.

Joan Hulsey, Plaintiff, represented by Joshua R. Gale , Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher, Goldfarb.

Jose Ramos, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

NORMA KING, TUCKER LAW GROUP LLC, Plaintiff, represented by KATHLEEN KIRKPATRICK , TUCKER LAW GROUP LLC.

Thomas Randy Davis & Cindy A Carman, Plaintiffs, represented by Jason G. Denton , Rochelle, McCulloch & Aulds.

Sandra F. Artis, Dana Marlene Bradley, Ronnie A. Brown & James Wirt Smith, Jr., Plaintiffs, represented by Harold D. Gibson , Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP, pro hac vice, J. Scott Sexton , GENTRY LOCKE RAKES & MOORE, J. Scott Sexton , GENTRY LOCKE RAKES & MOORE, pro hac vice & W. David Paxton , Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, LLP, pro hac vice.

ronald t. courtney, Trudy R Epperly, Barbara J. Filson, Zachary Lucas Foutz, Robert Earl Harris, Jr., Julian D. Holbrook, Executor Robert Dana bender, Chester T. Kalinoski, Pauline R. McFarlane, Odessa M. shuck, Randolph Edward Smith, Patricia S. Brown, Jenae Patsell, John D. Spicer & rose m. white, Plaintiffs, represented by Harold D. Gibson , Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP, pro hac vice, J. Scott Sexton , GENTRY LOCKE RAKES & MOORE, pro hac vice & J. Scott Sexton , GENTRY LOCKE RAKES & MOORE.

Richard Alden Whitlow, Plaintiff, represented by J. Scott Sexton , GENTRY LOCKE RAKES & MOORE & J. Scott Sexton , GENTRY LOCKE RAKES & MOORE, pro hac vice.

Ronnie A. Brown, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Barbara J. Filson, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Chester T. Kalinoski, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Benjamin T. Foutz, Parent-Next Friend of Zachary L. Foutz & Andrea L. Foutz, Plaintiffs, represented by J. Scott Sexton , GENTRY LOCKE RAKES & MOORE.

Mr. John Charles Sawyers & Mrs. Elizabeth Sawyers, Plaintiffs, represented by Brian L. Schuette , Crain, Schuette & Associates, pro hac vice.

Hilda C Allen, Tamela M. Miller, Crandall & Katt, Sharon W. Bishop, Crandall & Katt & Larry D. Gaskins, Crandall & Katt, Plaintiffs, represented by Patrick Thomas Fennell , CRANDALL & KATT.

Juanita Rivera & Brian T. Pennington, Plaintiffs, represented by Michael Frank Barrett , Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky, PC.

Chad Trudeau, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Denia Taliaferro, Forrest Linthicum, Allison Morris Stoots, Linda Charlene Boggs, Kimberly Elaine Brown & Treva Dawn Morris, Plaintiffs, represented by Jennifer K.M. Crawford , Wilson,Updike & Nicely.

Maria Lumbreras, Plaintiff, represented by Ronald Rodriguez , Law Offices of Ronald Rodriguez, PC.

William L. Neal, Gladys G. Austin, Richard Blankenship, Cheryl Brogan, Kimberly Chitwood, Christopher Compton, Shirley Doyle, Renate Fariss, Nancy Goodfellow, Norma Hurley, Mabel Hutcherson, Arnold Moon, Rosanne Moon, Sharon Overstreet, Mary Radford, Audrey Ransome, Nosworthy Reid, Larry Hall, Frank Haranzo, Jr., Susanne Hastings, Jacob Helm, Stuart Katz, Melissa Marshall, John Marsinko, Jane McKeon, Angela Norman, Larry Rice, Deanna Smith, Stevie Thomas, Brenda Varley & Christine Wheeler, Plaintiffs, represented by John Eric Lichtenstein , LICHTENSTEIN LAW GROUP PLC, pro hac vice & Gregory Lee Lyons , LICHTENSTEIN LAW GROUP PLC.

William Lewis, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Joseph Brady, Barbara Kennedy, Michael R. Kennedy & Leslie G. Musselwhite, Plaintiffs, represented by Justin A. Browne , Janet Jenner & Suggs LLP & Kimberly A. Dougherty , Andrus Wagstaff, PC.

Rebecca Brady, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

James Roman, Plaintiff, represented by Jonathan Barry Nace , Paulson and Nace PLLC, pro hac vice.

BERNADETTE EFFENDIAN, Plaintiff, represented by Evan D. Baker , LAW OFFICES OF ROSEMARIE ARNOLD, ESQ.

MARY DENISE MORELL, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Elisha N. Hawk, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

ROBERT PINKSTAFF, RANDALL FORSTER, DONNA TULEY, WILLIAM TULEY & JARROD WHIRLEY, Plaintiffs, represented by Daniel Tysen Smith, II , Dolt, Thompson, Shepherd & Kinney PSC, pro hac vice.

Burton Panitz, Plaintiff, represented by Matthew Gammons , Rosenbaum & Rosenbaum, P.C.

Linda Lui Luong, P.A. & Eugen D Williams, M.D., Plaintiffs, represented by Robert J. Iacopino , LaFollette, Johnson, DeHaas, Fesler & Ames.

Raymond McDow & Rosanne Brooks, Plaintiffs, represented by Mark P. Chalos , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP.

Sarah Gilliam, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Wayne A. Reed, Plaintiff, represented by George H. Nolan , Leader, Bulso & Nolan, PLC & William Daniel Leader, Jr. , Leader, Bulso & Nolan, PLC.

Anonymous Health Care Provider 6, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Anonymous Health Care Provider 7, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Anonymous Health Care Provider 8, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Board of Registration in Pharmacy, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Tosha Andrews, Crandall & Katt, Plaintiff, represented by Patrick Thomas Fennell , CRANDALL & KATT, John D. Eure , Johnson Ayers & Matthews & Timothy D. Dooley , Dooley Law PLC.

Debra P. Buchanan, Crandall & Katt Plaintiff, represented by Patrick Thomas Fennell , CRANDALL & KATT.

Paul Compton, Brita Carignan, Tammy Allen, Stevens wyman, Shryl Tillson, Swisher steve, Lisa Maria Russo, Loraine Morris, Park Dawn, Nellie Poelt, Timothy Reardon, Debra Hache, Rosanne McCall & William Broussard, III, Plaintiffs, represented by Peter G. McGrath , McGrath Law Firm, P.A.

Swisher steve, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Jojayra Garcia, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Cheryl A. McCarthy, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Lecia J. Golden, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Owen Finnegan & Stephen Haynes, Plaintiffs, represented by Dennis R. Brown , Dennis R. Brown, P.C.

JOANN OVERSTREET, JOHN D. OVERSTREET, Rebecca Brady, David L. Cooper, Kimberly J. Bradley Cooper, Susan M. Edwards, Clay C Jeffries, Michelle Janin Luna, Donna Montee, Jeff Pettit & Sally L. Pettit, Plaintiffs, represented by Kimberly A. Dougherty , Andrus Wagstaff, PC.

Abdul Barakat, Plaintiff, represented by Alysson M. Gray , Capplis, Connors & Carroll, PC, Matthew R. Connors , Connors & Carrol, P.C. & Thomas M. Dolan, III , Capplis, Connors & Carroll, PC.

Craig S. Simas, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

John E. Jones, Plaintiff, represented by Robert Arthur Young , English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley.

Naomi Daugherty, Plaintiff, represented by Brian Chadwick Rickman , Loring Justice, PLLC.

Robert Cole, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

DONALD HEADLEY, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

GAIL HEADLEY, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Susan M. Edwards, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Clay C. Jeffries, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Barbara Kennedy, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Michael R. Kennedy, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Michelle Janin Luna, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Leslie G. Musselwhite, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

JOANN OVERSTREET, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

JOHN D. OVERSTREET, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Joseph Brady, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Lawrence Carter, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Wilma S. Carter, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

David L. Cooper, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Kimberly J. Bradley Cooper, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Donna Montee, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Pinal Patel, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Jeff Pettit, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Sally L. Pettit, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Ann Bequette, Carolyn Bland, Amarjit Deol, Glenda Hurt, Kenneth Judd, Joshua Kirkwood, Mary Martin, Frederick May, Basil McElwee, Estalene Morris, Clark Kenneth Osborne, Mae Parman, Joseph Pellicone, Diana Reed, Kevin Richards, Elfreida Wiley & Earline Williams, Plaintiffs, represented by William Daniel Leader, Jr. , Leader, Bulso & Nolan, PLC.

Joe Alcozar, Ardemus Allen, George Bostic, Tracey Briggs, Larry Browning, Robert Cobb, Leisa Copp, Viola Copsey, Alan Craigo, Patricia Durben, Dawn Elliott, Patricia Fortier, Susan Frick, Brenda Garl, James Greenwood & Susan Grice, Plaintiffs, represented by Douglas D. Small , Foley & Small LLP.

Marc Lipton, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Meghan Handy, Plaintiff, represented by Michael Coren , Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C. & Harry M. Roth , Cohen,Placitella & Roth PC.

Kathryn Drain, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Victoria Gibson, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Kathleen Guzman, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

George T. Moore, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Martha Parkell, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Jagdish Patel, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Barbara J. Stansbery, Plaintiff, represented by Ryan M. Osterholm , Pritzker Hageman, P.A.

Michelle Palmer, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Dorothy A. Fuelling, William E. Johnson, Sr., Betty L. Knight, Carole B. Koonce, Eddie Lovelace, Herman M. Mathias, Mary E. McKee, Stella M. Miller, Janice K. Rhind, Harvell A. Settle, Lewis Ray Sharer, Paula K. Smith, Anna M. Sullivan & Edna M Youree, Plaintiffs, represented by Daniel L. Clayton , Kinnard, Clayton & Beveridge.

JAMES BANE, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Liaison Counsel, represented by Elizabeth J. Cabraser , Lieff, Cabraser & Heimann, J. Gerard Stranch, IV , Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings, PLLC, pro hac vice, Kimberly A. Dougherty , Andrus Wagstaff, PC, Kristen A. Johnson , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, pro hac vice, Marc E. Lipton , Lipton Law, pro hac vice, Mark P. Chalos , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, pro hac vice, O. Mark Zamora , pro hac vice, Patrick Thomas Fennell , CRANDALL & KATT, pro hac vice, Thomas M. Sobol , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Annika K. Martin , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Benjamin A. Gastel , Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings, PLLC, pro hac vice, Fredric L. Ellis , Ellis & Rapacki, George H. Nolan , Leader, Bulso & Nolan, PLC, James Gerard Stranch, III , Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings, PLLC, Michael R. Hugo , Law Office of Jon M. Adler & Steven D. Resnick , Golomb & Honik, P.C.

Federal-State Liaison Counsel, Plaintiffs Liaison Counsel, represented by Elizabeth J. Cabraser , Lieff, Cabraser & Heimann & Mark P. Chalos , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, pro hac vice.

Lead Counsel, Plaintiffs Liaison Counsel, represented by Jessica Rose MacAuley , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Thomas M. Sobol , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP & Kristen A. Johnson , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, pro hac vice.

Alaunus Pharmaceutical, LLC, Defendant, represented by Franklin H. Levy , Lawson & Weitzen & Ryan A. Ciporkin , Lawson & Weitzen.

New England Compounding Pharmacy, Inc., doing business as New England Compounding Center, Defendant, represented by Frederick H. Fern , Harris Beach PLLC, pro hac vice, Alan M. Winchester , Harris Beach, PLLC, pro hac vice & Jessica Saunders Eichel , Harris Beach PLLC.

Ameridose LLC, Defendant, represented by Alan M. Winchester , Harris Beach, PLLC, pro hac vice, Ingrid S. Martin , Todd & Weld & Matthew E. Mantalos , Martin, Magnuson, McCarthy and Kenney.

Medical Sales Management, Inc., Defendant, represented by Daniel M. Rabinovitz , Murphy & King, Professional Corporation & John K. Wells , Greenberg Traurig LLP.

Barry J Cadden & Lisa Conigliaro Cadden, Defendants, represented by Alan M. Winchester , Harris Beach, PLLC, pro hac vice, Bruce A. Singal , Donoghue, Barrett & Singal, PC, Callan G. Stein , Donoghue, Barrett & Singal, PC & Michelle R. Peirce , Donoghue, Barrett & Singal, PC.

Greg Conigliaro, Defendant, represented by Alan M. Winchester , Harris Beach, PLLC, pro hac vice.

GDC Properties Management, LLC, Defendant, represented by Robert A. Curley, Jr. , Curley & Curley P.C.

ARL Bio Pharma, Inc., Defendant, represented by Kenneth B. Walton , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Courtney Ann Longo , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP & Pamela C. Rutkowski , Donovan & Hatem, LLP.

Douglas Conigliaro & Carla Conigliaro, Defendants, represented by Alan M. Winchester , Harris Beach, PLLC, pro hac vice, Melinda L. Thompson , Todd & Weld & Christopher R. O'Hara , Todd & Weld LLP.

Glenn Chin, Defendant, represented by Alan M. Winchester , Harris Beach, PLLC, pro hac vice & Stephen J. Weymouth , Law Office of Stephen J. Weymouth.

South Jersey Healthcare & South Jersey Regional Medical Center, Defendants, represented by Kristin Muir Mykulak , Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP, pro hac vice, LOUIS R. MOFFA, Jr. , MONTGOMERY, McCRACKEN, WALKER & RHOADS, LLP, pro hac vice, Michael B. Hayes , Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP, pro hac vice & Stephen A. Grossman , Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP.

Nitesh Bhagat, Defendant, represented by John M. Lovely , Cashman & Lovely & Joseph R. Lang , Lenox, Socey, Formidoni, Giordano, Cooley, Lang & Casey, LLC, pro hac vice.

Carilion Surgery Center New River Valley LLC, d/b/a New River Valley Surgery Center, LLC, Defendant, represented by Michael Preston Gardner , Leclair Ryan, A Professional Corporation.

Premier Orthopaedic And Sports Medicine Associates Of Southern New Jersey, LLC, trading as Premier Orthopaedic Associates, Premier Orthopaedic Associates Surgical Center, LLC & Kimberly Yvette Smith, M.D., also known as Kimberly Yvette Smith-Martin, M.D., Defendants, represented by Christopher M. Wolk , Law Offices of Jay J. Blumberg, ESQ., pro hac vice & Jay J. Blumberg , Law Offices of Jay Blumberg.

Saint Thomas Outpatient Neurosurgical Center, LLC, Howell Allen Clinic, A Professional Corporation, John Culclasure, M.D. & Debra Schamberg, M.D., Defendants, represented by Alan S. Bean , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLLC, pro hac vice, C.J. Gideon, Jr. , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice, Chris J. Tardio , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice, John-Mark Zini , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice & Matthew H. Cline , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice.

Ocean State Pain Management, Inc., Defendant, represented by Sean E. Capplis , Ficksman & Conley LLP, Matthew R. Connors , Connors & Carrol, P.C. & Thomas M. Dolan, III , Capplis, Connors & Carroll, PC.

Medical Sales Management SW, Inc., Defendant, represented by Daniel M. Rabinovitz , Murphy & King, Professional Corporation.

Insight Imaging, Inc., Defendant, represented by Albert L. Hogan, III , SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM, LLP, pro hac vice, Diane Flannery , MCGUIREWOODS LLP, pro hac vice, Matthew J. Matule , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Ron E. Meisler , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, pro hac vice, Samuel T. Towell , MCGUIREWOODS LLP, pro hac vice & Stephen D. Busch , McGuireWoods LLP, pro hac vice.

Saint Thomas West Hospital, formerly known as Saint Thomas Hospital, Saint Thomas Network & Saint Thomas Health, Defendants, represented by Eric J. Hoffman , FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, LLP, pro hac vice, Marcy H. Greer , Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsent, pro hac vice, Sarah P. Kelly , Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, Yvonne K. Puig , FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P., pro hac vice, Adam T. Schramek , Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, pro hac vice & Stephen J. Brake , Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP.

BKC Pain Specialists, Adil Katabay, Nikesh Batra, Advanced Pain & Anesthesia Consultants PC d/b/a APAC Centers for Pain Management, Randolph Y. Chang, M.D., Saud Siddiqui, M.D., Meena Chadha & Lori Sheets, LPN, Defendants, represented by Tory A. Weigand , Morrison, Mahoney, & Miller LLP & Anthony E. Abeln , Morrison Mahoney LLP.

Kenneth R. Lister, M.D., Defendant, represented by Alan S. Bean , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLLC, pro hac vice, C.J. Gideon, Jr. , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice, Chris J. Tardio , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice, John-Mark Zini , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice, Matthew H. Cline , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice, Kent E. Krause , Brewer, Krause, Brooks & Chastain, PLLC, pro hac vice, Megan A. Carrick , Brewer, Krause, Brooks, Chastain & Burrow, PLLC, pro hac vice & Parks T. Chastain , Brewer, Krause, Brooks & Chastain, PLLC, pro hac vice.

Marion Pain Management Center, Inc., Cincinnati Pain Management Consultants, Inc., Cincinnati Pain Management Consultants, Ltd., Gururau Sudarshan, M.D., James Molnar, M.D. & tuttle, Defendants, represented by Tory A. Weigand , Morrison, Mahoney, & Miller LLP.

Unifirst Corporation a/d/b/a Uniclean Cleanroom Services, Defendant, represented by James Rehnquist , Goodwin Procter LLP, Damian W. Wilmot , Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Michael K. Murray , Goodwin Procter, LLP & Roberto M. Braceras , Goodwin Procter, LLP.

Minnesota Surgery Center, Defendant, represented by Robert L. Bouley , McCarthy, Bouley & Barry, PC.

Medical Advanced Pain Specialists, PA & David M. Schultz, M.D., Defendants, represented by Clare F. Carroll , McCarthy Bouley Barry & Morgan, P.C.

Ascension Health & Ascension Health Alliance, Defendants, represented by Marcy H. Greer , Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsent & Sarah P. Kelly , Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP.

Ambulatory Care Center, LLC, Defendant, represented by Joseph Charles Klausing , O'BRYAN, BROWN & TONER, PLLC, pro hac vice.

Specialty Surgery Center, PLLC, Defendant, represented by Alan S. Bean , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLLC, pro hac vice, Ashley E. Geno , Brewer, Krause, Brooks, & Chastain, PLLC, pro hac vice, Chris J. Tardio , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice, Kent E. Krause , Brewer, Krause, Brooks & Chastain, PLLC, pro hac vice, Megan A. Carrick , Brewer, Krause, Brooks, Chastain & Burrow, PLLC, pro hac vice & Parks T. Chastain , Brewer, Krause, Brooks & Chastain, PLLC, pro hac vice.

Vaughan A. Allen, M.D., Defendant, represented by Chris J. Tardio , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice.

Saint Thomas Hospital West f/k/a Saint Thomas Hospital, Defendant, represented by Adam T. Schramek , Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, pro hac vice, Marcy H. Greer , Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsent, Sarah P. Kelly , Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP & Stephen J. Brake , Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP.

Kenneth Lister, M.D., P.C., Defendant, represented by Chris J. Tardio , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice & Ashley E. Geno , Brewer, Krause, Brooks, & Chastain, PLLC, pro hac vice.

Image Guided Pain Management, P.C., Dr John Mathis & Robert O'Brien, Defendants, represented by Nancy Fuller Reynolds , Leclair Ryan, A Professional Corporation & John Thomas Jessee , LeClair Ryan, A Professional Corporation.

Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, LLC & Wilson Chu, Defendants, represented by Maura K. Monaghan , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.

HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL & Tenet HealthSystem Hahnemann, LLC, Defendants, represented by Barbara Hayes Buell , Smith Duggan Buell & Rufo LLP.

Abbeselom Ghermay & Dallas Back Pain Management/Momentum Pain Management, Defendants, represented by Elizabeth Masters Fraley , Fraley & Fraley LLP.

Nasareth Hospital & Mercy Health System of S.E. Pennsylvania, Defendants, represented by Daniel J. Divis , Gerolamo, McNulty, Divis & Lewbart, pro hac vice & Frank A. Gerolamo , Gerolamo, McNulty, Divis & Lewbart.

MD WILLIAM A. ANDERSON, THE ROTHMAN INSTITUTE & The Rothman Institute at Nazareth Hospital, Defendants, represented by Brook Hastings , O'brien & Ryan, pro hac vice.

Eugen D Williams, M.D. & Fullerton Orthopaedic Surgery Medical Group, Inc., Defendants, represented by Robert J. Iacopino , LaFollette, Johnson, DeHaas, Fesler & Ames.

Jeffrey B. Glaser & Glaser Pain Institute, Defendants, represented by Stephanie R. Hanning , Schmid & Voiles, pro hac vice.

Anonymous Health Care Provider 1, Defendant, represented by Joseph Charles Klausing , O'BRYAN, BROWN & TONER, PLLC, pro hac vice & Sarah P. Kelly , Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP.

Anonymous Health Care Provider 2 & Anonymous Health Care Provider 3, Defendants, represented by Sarah P. Kelly , Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP.

Anonymous Health Care Provider 5, Defendant, represented by Nicholas Brunette , Reminger CO., LPA, pro hac vice, Ronald A. Mingus , Reminger CO., LPA, pro hac vice & Sarah P. Kelly , Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP.

Tim I. Chowdhury, M.D., Defendant, represented by Bartholomew T. Freeze , Freund, Freeze & Arnold, pro hac vice & Mark L. Schumacher , Freund, Freeze & Arnold, pro hac vice.

Paul Abrams, Defendant, represented by Stephen A. Grossman , Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP.

ANONYMOUS HEALTH CARE PROVIDER 4, Defendant, represented by Bryan Elliott Rogers , O'NEILL MCFADDEN & WILLETT LLP, pro hac vice, Jessica M. Mullen , O'Neill McFadden & Willett LLPL, pro hac vice & Michelle P. Burchett , ONeill McFadden & Willett LLP, pro hac vice.

Dr. O'Connell's Pain Care Centers, Inc., John Kane, APRN, CRNA, Michael J. O'Connell d/b/a Dr. O'Connell's Pain Care Centers, Inc. d/b/a Pain Care Centers, Inc., Michael O'Connell, MD, David Tung, M.D., MPH, Michael J. O'Connell, d/b/a Dr. O'Connell's Pain Care Centers d/b/a Pain Care Centers, INc. & Michael O'Connell, M.D., Defendants, represented by James A. Bello , Morrison, Mahoney LLP.

Joshua L. Greenspan, Defendant, represented by Brian J. Bouchard , Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green PA.

Calisher and Associates Inc., Defendant, represented by Chris Han , LeClair Ryan, P.C.

Barbara Wagner, Deponent, represented by Ashley L. Marucci , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, pro hac vice.

Chance Baker, Ferman Wertz & Patrick Johnston, Movants, represented by Lauren Ellerman , Frith & Ellerman Law Firm, P.C., pro hac vice.

Owen Finnegan & Stephen Haynes, Movants, represented by Dennis R. Brown , Dennis R. Brown, P.C.

Summit Surgery Center, Third Party Witness, represented by Maura K. Monaghan , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.

Michael D. O'Neal, Witness, represented by Kathryn Mary Auger Young , Law Offices of Jacqueline L. Allen.

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 Case of New England Compounding Pharmacy, Inc., Interested Party, represented by David J. Molton , Brown Rudnick LLP, pro hac vice, Anne Andrews , Andrews & Thornton, pro hac vice & Rebecca L. Fordon , Brown Rudnick LLP.

United States of America & U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Interested Partys, represented by David M. Glass , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Federal Programs.

Roanoke Area LichtensteinFishwick Intervenors, Roanoke Area LichtensteinFishwick Intervenors, Interested Party, represented by Gregory Lee Lyons , LICHTENSTEIN LAW GROUP PLC.

J. Does 1-4, Interested Party, represented by Michael J. Pineault , Clements & Pineault, LLP.

John Doe, John Doe c/o Paul W. Shaw, Interested Party, represented by Paul W. Shaw , Verrill Dana, LLP.

Orlando Center for Outpatient Sugery, LP, doing business as Orlando Center for Outpatient Surgery, Interested Party, represented by Theresa A. Domenico , McCumber, Daniels, Buntz, Hartig & Puig, P.A., pro hac vice.

Virginia Crandall & Katt Plaintiffs, Interested Party, represented by Patrick Thomas Fennell , CRANDALL & KATT.

Cumberland Medical Center, Interested Party, represented by Rachel Park Hurt , Arnett Draper, & Hagood LLP, pro hac vice.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Board of Registration in Pharmacy, Interested Party, represented by Michelle B. Kalka , Office of the Attorney General Martha Coakley, Ronald F. Kehoe , Attorney General's Office, J. David Hampton , Office of the Attorney General & Thomas Vincent DiGangi , Massachusetts Attorney General's Office.

Leona E. Corker & Esquire Steven Weiss, Interested Partys, represented by Steven Weiss , Shatz, Schwartz & Fentin P.C.

Erlanger Health System, Objector, represented by Arthur P. Brock , Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams, PC, pro hac vice, Cara E. Weiner , Spears, Moore, Rebman, & Williams, PC, pro hac vice & John B. Bennett , Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams, PC, pro hac vice.

Neurosurgical Group of Chattanooga, doing business as Chattanooga Neurosurgery & Spine, Objector, represented by C.J. Gideon, Jr. , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice, Chris J. Tardio , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice, John-Mark Zini , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice & Matthew H. Cline , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice.

Specialty Surgery Center, PLLC, Objector, represented by Ashley E. Geno , Brewer, Krause, Brooks, & Chastain, PLLC, pro hac vice, C.J. Gideon, Jr. , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice, Chris J. Tardio , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice, Jason A. Lee , Brewer, Krause, Brooks, Chastain & Burrow, PLLC, pro hac vice, John-Mark Zini , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice, Kent E. Krause , Brewer, Krause, Brooks & Chastain, PLLC, pro hac vice, Matthew H. Cline , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice, Megan A. Carrick , Brewer, Krause, Brooks, Chastain & Burrow, PLLC, pro hac vice & Parks T. Chastain , Brewer, Krause, Brooks & Chastain, PLLC, pro hac vice.

Dr. Donald Jones, M.D., Objector, represented by Alan S. Bean , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLLC, pro hac vice, C.J. Gideon, Jr. , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice, Chris J. Tardio , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice, John-Mark Zini , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice & Matthew H. Cline , Gideon, Cooper & Essary, PLC, pro hac vice.

Liberty Industries, Inc., Objector, represented by Nicole D. Dorman , Law Office of Nicole D. Dorman, LLC, Peter G. Hermes , Hermes, Netburn, O'Connor & Spearing, Scott S. Spearing , Hermes, Netburn, O'Connor & Spearing & Kara A. Loridas , Hermes, Netburn, O'Connor & Spearing.

Southeast Michigan Surgical Hospital, Objector, represented by Steven Weiss , Shatz, Schwartz & Fentin P.C.

Surgical Park Center, Ltd., HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc., also known as Centennial Medical Center & Sahara Outpatient Surgery Center, Ltd., Objectors, represented by Cari A. Wint , Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, pro hac vice, Mark P. Goodman , Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, pro hac vice & Maura K. Monaghan , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, pro hac vice.

Michigan Pain Specialists, PLLC, Objector, represented by C. Mark Hoover , Hackney, Grover, Hoover & Bean, pro hac vice, David M. Thomas , RUTLEDGE, MANION, RABAUT, TERRY & THOMAS, P.C., pro hac vice & Randy J. Hackney , Hackney, Grover, Hoover & Bean, pro hac vice.

Thorek Memorial Hospital, Objector, represented by Kip J. Adams , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Scott C. Bentivenga , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, pro hac vice & Thomas J. Schlesinger , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP.

Surgery Center Associates of High Point, LLC & High Point Surgery Center, Objectors, represented by Carrie A. Hanger , Smith, Moore, Leatherwood, LLP, pro hac vice & Terrill J. Harris , Smith, Moore, Leatherwood, LLP, pro hac vice.

Baltimore Pain Management Center, Objector, represented by Michelle J. Marzullo , Marks, O'Neill, O'Brien, Doherty & Kelly, P.C., pro hac vice & Michelle J. Marzullo , Marks, O'Neill, O'Brien, Doherty & Kelly, P.C.

North Carolina Orthopaedic Clinic, Objector, represented by Mark E. Anderson , McGuireWoods LLP.

Martin Kelvas, Objector, represented by Eric J. Hoffman , FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, LLP, Marcy H. Greer , Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsent, pro hac vice & Yvonne K. Puig , FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P., pro hac vice.

The South Bend Clinic, LLP, Objector, represented by David E. Fialkow , K & L Gates LLP.

Surgery Center of Wilson, LLC, Objector, represented by C. Houston Foppiano , Batten Lee PLLC, pro hac vice, David H. Batten , Batten Lee PLLC & G. Adam Moyers , Batten Lee PLLC, pro hac vice.

Neuromuscular and Rehabilitation Associates of Northern Michigan, and its employees, Objector, represented by Brett J. Bean , Hackney, Grover, Hoover & Bean, pro hac vice & Timothy J. Dardas , Hackney, Grover, Hoover & Bean, pro hac vice.

Insight Health Corp., Objector, represented by Albert L. Hogan, III , SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM, LLP, pro hac vice, Christopher E. Trible , McGuireWoods, LLP, pro hac vice, Clinton R. Shaw , Bonner, Kiernan, Trebach & Crociata, LLP, pro hac vice, Diane Flannery , MCGUIREWOODS LLP, pro hac vice, Lena L. Busscher , McGuire Woods LLP, pro hac vice, Matthew J. Matule , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Nicholas R. Kennedy , McGuireWoods LLP, Ron E. Meisler , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, pro hac vice, Samuel T. Towell , MCGUIREWOODS LLP, pro hac vice & Stephen D. Busch , McGuireWoods LLP, pro hac vice.

Greenspring Surgical Center, Objector, represented by John T. Sly , Waranch & Brown, LLC, pro hac vice.

Dr. O'Connell's Pain Care Center, Inc., Objector, represented by William E. Christie , Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. & Benjamin T. Siracusa Hillman , Shaheen & Gordon, P.A.

Rochester Brain and Spine Neurosurgery & Pain Management, LLC, Objector, represented by Alan J. Bozer , Phillips Lytle, LLP, pro hac vice, Joanna J. Chen , Phillips Lytle, LLP, pro hac vice & Michael E. Hager .

Dr. O'Connell's Pain Care Center, Objector, represented by William E. Christie , Shaheen & Gordon, P.A., Benjamin T. Siracusa Hillman , Shaheen & Gordon, P.A., Jessica L. Cummings , Capplis, Connors & Carroll, PC & Peter G. McGrath , McGrath Law Firm, P.A.

Pain Consultants of West Florida, Objector, represented by Halley M. Stephens , Fuller, Mitchell, Hood & Stephens, LLC, pro hac vice.

Doylestown Hospital, Objector, represented by John B. Reiss , Doylestown Hospital, pro hac vice.

Allegheny Pain Management, P.C., Objector, represented by Allen P. Neely , McQuaide, Blasko, Inc., pro hac vice.

Encino Outpatient Surgery Center, Objector, represented by Cynthia A. Palin , Prindle, Goetz, Barnes & Reinholtz LLP, pro hac vice.

Interventional Spine & Sports Medicine, PC, Objector, represented by Martin S. Hyman , Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, pro hac vice & Matthew C. Daly , Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, pro hac vice.

Pain Associates of Charleston, LLC d/b/a InverveneMD, Objector, represented by Robert Homes Hood, Jr. , Hood Law Firm.

Universal Pain Management Medical Coporation, doing business as Universal Pain Management, Objector, represented by Paul M. Corson , Law, Brandmeyer Packer, LLP, pro hac vice.

Pain Medicine Specialists P.A. & Surgcenter of Bel Air, LLC, Objectors, represented by Gregory K. Kirby , Pessin Katz Law, P.A., pro hac vice.

Travelers Property Casualty Company of America, Objector, represented by Brian M. Cullen , Law Offices of Steven B. Stein.

Box Hill Surgery Center, LLC, Objector, represented by Gregory K. Kirby , Pessin Katz Law, P.A., pro hac vice, Bryan R. Ebert , Pessin Katz Law, P.A. & Catherine W. Steiner , Pessin Katz Law, P.A.

Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company, Objector, represented by Nancy D. Adams , Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, PC.

Hartford County Ambulatory Surgical Center, LLC, Objector, represented by Ashley L. Marucci , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, pro hac vice & R. Scott Krause , Eccleston & Wold, P.C., pro hac vice.

Paul D. Moore, in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee of the Defendant New England Compounding Pharmacy, Inc. d/b/a New England Compounding Center, Trustee, represented by Michael R. Gottfried , Duane Morris LLP, Frederick H. Fern , Harris Beach PLLC, Jessica Saunders Eichel , Harris Beach PLLC & Keri L. Wintle , Duane Morris LLP.

Tort Trustee Lynne F. Riley, Tort Trustee, Trustee, represented by Lynne F. Riley , Casner & Edwards.

State of Tennessee, Intervenor, represented by Joseph Ahillen , Office of Attorney General Civil Rights and Claims Div., pro hac vice & Mary M. Bers , Office of Attorney General, pro hac vice.

United States of America, Intervenor, represented by Amanda P. Strachan , United States Attorney's Office MA, Brian M. LaMacchia , US Attorney's Office & George P. Varghese , United States Attorney's Office.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

Plaintiffs are the surviving family members and estate of Brenda Lee Rozek. Ms. Rozek died on September 16, 2012, sixteen days after defendant Dr. Ritu T. Bhambani treated her with contaminated methylprednisolone acetate ("MPA") ordered from New England...

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