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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 31C: APPLICATION OF PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 31 TO ALL 

REMAINING PLAINTIFFS IN MDL PROCEEDINGS – M:05-CV-01699-CRB 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

IN RE: BEXTRA AND CELEBREX 

MARKETING SALES PRACTICES AND 

PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION 

CASE NO. M:05-CV-01699-CRB 

MDL No. 1699 

This Order Relates to: 

ALL CASES. 

PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 31C: 

APPLICATION OF PRETRIAL ORDER 

NO. 31 TO ALL REMAINING PLAINTIFFS 

IN MDL PROCEEDINGS 

This Court previously entered Pretrial Order No. 31 (“PTO 31”), which required certain 

plaintiffs with claims filed in this MDL proceeding as of September 30, 2008 – as well as any 

other plaintiffs whose cases were originally filed in, transferred to, or removed to this Court and 

assigned thereto after September 30, 2008 – to: (1) provide Docket Data Sheets to Defendants, 

(2) engage in settlement discussions with Defendants, and (3) provide Case-Specific Expert 

Reports as to injury causation if those discussions were not successful. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that PTO 31 shall apply in its entirety to all remaining 

plaintiffs in these MDL proceedings. In particular, any plaintiff not previously required to 

comply with PTO 31 by providing a Docket Data Sheet shall do so by June 30, 2010. Each 

Plaintiff shall send his or her Docket Data Sheet to Defendants’ counsel by Federal Express or 

email at the following address: 

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PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 31C: APPLICATION OF PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 31 TO ALL 

REMAINING PLAINTIFFS IN MDL PROCEEDINGS – M:05-CV-01699-CRB 

Michelle Sadowsky, Esq. 

DLA PIPER LLP (US) 

1251 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10020 

michelle.sadowsky@dlapiper.com

If any plaintiff does not provide a Docket Data Sheet that complies with PTO 31 by June 30, 

2010, the compliance procedures in PTO 31 shall apply, along with the rest of that order. In 

other words, if a plaintiff does provide a satisfactory Docket Data Sheet to Defendants, the parties 

then must engage in private settlement discussions. If those discussions are unsuccessful, 

Defendants must issue a Notice of Unsuccessful Settlement Conference, after which the plaintiff 

will be required to provide a Case-Specific Expert Report that complies with PTO 31, after which 

Defendants may move for summary judgment, if appropriate. If a plaintiff fails to provide a 

Case-Specific Expert Report by the required time, the plaintiff will be subject to the compliance 

procedures in PTO 31. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April __, 2010 

HONORABLE CHARLES R. BREYER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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