IN RE COOK MEDICAL, INC., PELVIC REPAIR SYSTEMS

This Document Relates to All Cases MDL NO. 2440.

365 F.Supp.3d 685 (2019)

IN RE: COOK MEDICAL, INC., PELVIC REPAIR SYSTEMS PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION.

United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia, Charleston Division.

Signed January 30, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1331 Fed. Question: Personal Injury
Nature of Suit: 365 Personal Inj. Prod. Liability
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon Humphrey & Raymond Humphrey, Plaintiffs, represented by Caroline L. Maida , MOSTYN LAW, J. Steven Mostyn , THE MOSTYN LAW FIRM, Jason A. Itkin , ARNOLD & ITKIN, Kurt B. Arnold , ARNOLD & ITKIN & Noah M. Wexler , ARNOLD & ITKIN.

Cook Biotech, Inc., Defendant, represented by Douglas B. King , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Jere Ann Rosebrock , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Amy S. Kline , SAUL EWING, Andrea Roberts Pierson , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, Andrew Cookingham , THOMPSON & KNIGHT, Crystal S. Wildeman , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Daniel E. Danford , STITES & HARBISON, Daniel D. Trachtman , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Erica Kay Drew , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Francis M. McDonald, Jr. , MCDONALD TOOLE WIGGINS, Glen G. Reid, Jr. , WYATT TARRANT & COMBS, Gregory J. Freyberger , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Ivan A. Gustafson , EVERT WEATHERSBY HOUFF, J. David Martin , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL, James Stephen Bennett , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, James M. Boyers , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, James C. Bradshaw, III , WYATT TARRANT & COMBS, Janelle L. Davis , THOMPSON & KNIGHT, John M. Famularo , STITES & HARBISON, John H. Martin , THOMPSON & KNIGHT, John T. Schlafer , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, John D. Waller , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Kip S. McDonald , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Lauren Elizabeth Dimmitt , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Leah B. Silverthorn , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Matthew Mark Adolay , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Maureen E. Ward , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Michael Gary Smith , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Michele S. Bryant , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Miriam E.C. Bailey , POLSINELLI, Nathaniel Metz , SAUL EWING, Patricia Genevieve Duret , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Robert A. Henderson , POLSINELLI, Robert David Segall , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL, Robert Joseph Simmons , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Sarah Anne Long , MCDONALD TOOLE WIGGINS, Shannon L. Holliday , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL & Stephanie N. Russo , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS.

Cook Medical, Inc., Defendant, represented by Andrew Cookingham , THOMPSON & KNIGHT, Crystal S. Wildeman , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Daniel E. Danford , STITES & HARBISON, Daniel D. Trachtman , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Douglas B. King , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Erica Kay Drew , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Francis M. McDonald, Jr. , MCDONALD TOOLE WIGGINS, Glen G. Reid, Jr. , WYATT TARRANT & COMBS, Gregory J. Freyberger , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Ivan A. Gustafson , EVERT WEATHERSBY HOUFF, J. David Martin , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL, James M. Boyers , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, James C. Bradshaw, III , WYATT TARRANT & COMBS, Janelle L. Davis , THOMPSON & KNIGHT, Jere Ann Rosebrock , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, John M. Famularo , STITES & HARBISON, John H. Martin , THOMPSON & KNIGHT, John D. Waller , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Kip S. McDonald , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Lauren Elizabeth Dimmitt , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Leah B. Silverthorn , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Matthew Mark Adolay , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Matthew B. Millis , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Maureen E. Ward , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Michael Gary Smith , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Michele S. Bryant , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Patricia Genevieve Duret , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Robert David Segall , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL, Robert Joseph Simmons , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Sarah Anne Long , MCDONALD TOOLE WIGGINS, Shannon L. Holliday , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL & Stephanie N. Russo , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS.

American Medical Systems, Inc., Defendant, represented by Barbara R. Binis , REED SMITH, Brooke G. Malcom , LIGHTFOOT FRANKLIN & WHITE, Erik W. Legg , FARRELL WHITE & LEGG, Harlan I. Prater, IV , LIGHTFOOT FRANKLIN & WHITE, Lori G. Cohen , GREENBERG TRAURIG, Marcella Coladangelo Ducca , GREENBERG TRAURIG, Melody H. Eagan , LIGHTFOOT FRANKLIN & WHITE, Michael J. Farrell , FARRELL WHITE & LEGG & Tracy G. Weiss , REED SMITH.

American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. & Endo Health Solutions, Inc., Defendants, represented by Brooke G. Malcom , LIGHTFOOT FRANKLIN & WHITE, Harlan I. Prater, IV , LIGHTFOOT FRANKLIN & WHITE & Melody H. Eagan , LIGHTFOOT FRANKLIN & WHITE.

Cook, Inc., Defendant, represented by Douglas B. King , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, J. David Martin , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL, Robert David Segall , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL & Shannon L. Holliday , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL.

Cook Incorporated, Defendant, represented by Amy S. Kline , SAUL EWING, Andrea Roberts Pierson , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, Andrew Cookingham , THOMPSON & KNIGHT, Crystal S. Wildeman , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Daniel D. Trachtman , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Douglas B. King , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Erica Kay Drew , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Francis M. McDonald, Jr. , MCDONALD TOOLE WIGGINS, Glen G. Reid, Jr. , WYATT TARRANT & COMBS, Gregory J. Freyberger , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Ivan A. Gustafson , EVERT WEATHERSBY HOUFF, J. David Martin , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL, James Stephen Bennett , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, James M. Boyers , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, James C. Bradshaw, III , WYATT TARRANT & COMBS, Janelle L. Davis , THOMPSON & KNIGHT, Jere Ann Rosebrock , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, John H. Martin , THOMPSON & KNIGHT, John T. Schlafer , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, John D. Waller , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Kip S. McDonald , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Lauren Elizabeth Dimmitt , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Matthew Mark Adolay , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Matthew B. Millis , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Maureen E. Ward , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Michael Gary Smith , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Michele S. Bryant , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Miriam E.C. Bailey , POLSINELLI, Nathaniel Metz , SAUL EWING, Patricia Genevieve Duret , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Robert A. Henderson , POLSINELLI, Robert David Segall , COPELAND FRANCO SCREWS & GILL, Robert Joseph Simmons , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Sarah Anne Long , MCDONALD TOOLE WIGGINS & Stephanie N. Russo , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS.

Ethicon, Inc., Johnson & Johnson & Ethicon, LLC, Defendants, represented by Susan M. Robinson , THOMAS COMBS & SPANN & William M. Gage , BUTLER SNOW.

Cook Medical Inc., Defendant, represented by Amy S. Kline , SAUL EWING, Douglas B. King , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Ivan A. Gustafson , EVERT WEATHERSBY HOUFF, James M. Boyers , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Jere Ann Rosebrock , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Justin Andrew Kashman , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Miriam E.C. Bailey , POLSINELLI, Nathaniel Metz , SAUL EWING & Robert A. Henderson , POLSINELLI.

C. R. Bard, Inc., Defendant, represented by David J. Walz , CARLTON FIELDS, Edward W. Gerecke , CARLTON FIELDS & Richard B. North, Jr. , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, pro hac vice.

Cook Biotech, Incorporated & Cook Urological Inc., Defendants, represented by Douglas B. King , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN.

Cook Medical Incorporated & Cook Biotech Incorporated, Defendants, represented by Andrea Roberts Pierson , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, Daniel D. Trachtman , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Douglas B. King , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Erica Kay Drew , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, James Stephen Bennett , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, James M. Boyers , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Jere Ann Rosebrock , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, John T. Schlafer , FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, John D. Waller , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Lauren Elizabeth Dimmitt , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN, Matthew B. Millis , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN & Michael Gary Smith , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN.

Endo Pharmaceuticals, Defendant, represented by Barbara R. Binis , REED SMITH & Tracy G. Weiss , REED SMITH.

DIMA S.L., Neomedic International, S.L., Neomedic, Inc. & Desarrollo e Investigacion Medica Aragonesa, S.L., Defendants, represented by Carolyn Purwin , CIPRIANI & WERNER & Ernest F. Koschineg , CIPRIANI & WERNER.

Boston Scientific Corporation, Defendant, represented by Michael Bonasso , FLAHERTY SENSABAUGH & BONASSO.

Cook Biotech Inc., Defendant, represented by Douglas B. King , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN, Jere Ann Rosebrock , WOODEN MCLAUGHLIN & Matthew B. Millis , WOODEN & MCLAUGHLIN.

Coloplast Corp., Defendant, represented by Lana K. Varney , KING & SPALDING.

Covidien plc & Covidien Inc., Defendants, represented by Devin K. Ross , SHOOK HARDY BACON & Micah L. Hobbs , SHOOK HARDY & BACON.

Covidien LP, formerly known as Tyco Healthcare Group LP, doing business as Covidien Inc., Defendant, represented by Deborah A. Moeller , SHOOK HARDY BACON, Devin K. Ross , SHOOK HARDY BACON & Micah L. Hobbs , SHOOK HARDY & BACON.

United States Surgical Corp., a division of Tyco Healthcare Group LP, Defendant, represented by Deborah A. Moeller , SHOOK HARDY BACON.

Garretson Resolution Group, Inc., Movant, represented by T. Matthew Lockhart , HUDDLESTON BOLEN.

Andrus Wagstaff, PC, Interested Party, represented by Aimee H. Wagstaff , ANDRUS & WAGSTAFF & Andrew M. Williamson , BLANK ROME.


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