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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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-1- PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 27: SCHEDULING ORDER 

FOR INITIAL MDL TRIALS – 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: 

Beverly Haslam, et al. v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., 

MDL No. 06-2145: Plaintiff Beverly 

Haslam on behalf of Glen Haslam, 

deceased

Linda Cullor, et al. v. Pfizer, Inc., MDL 

No. 06-2547: Plaintiff James P. Daly, Jr.

PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 27: 

SCHEDULING ORDER FOR INITIAL 

MDL TRIALS 

Pursuant to Pretrial Order No. 25, the Court has established a procedure for the selection 

of two plaintiffs for initial trials in the MDL. Pursuant to that procedure, the parties have selected 

Beverly Haslam, on behalf of Glen Haslam (MDL No. 06-2145) and James Daly (MDL No. 06-

2547) for the initial trials. The Court hereby establishes the following schedule for those trials, 

with hearing dates in bold: 

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-2- 

 PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 27: SCHEDULING ORDER 

FOR INITIAL MDL TRIALS – M:05-CV-01699-CRB 

Immediately Fact depositions may commence 

Monday, December 31, 2007 Preliminary fact witness lists served 

Monday, January 28, 2008 Case-specific fact discovery cut-off 

Monday, February 4, 2008 Plaintiff’s Rule 26 reports served 

Friday, February 15, 2008 Defendants’ Rule 26 reports served; expert depositions 

commence immediately thereafter; Plaintiffs’ experts in each 

area must be completed before Defendants’ experts in that area 

deposed; no party may submit any supplemental or rebuttal 

expert reports 

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Expert depositions to be completed 

Friday, March 21, 2008 Briefs in support of dispositive and Daubert motions filed (for 

experts deposed by March 14) 

Exhibit lists served (including Fed. R. Evid. 1006 summaries) 

Deposition designations served 

Monday, March 24, 2008 

Briefs in support of Daubert motions filed (for experts deposed 

after March 14) (by noon Pacific) 

Parties exchange draft joint pretrial statements, including 

witness lists 

Monday, March 31, 2008 

Motions in limine (MILs) filed 

Thursday, April 3, 2008 Opposition briefs to dispositive and Daubert motions filed 

Monday, April 7, 2008 Objections to exhibit lists served 

Objections to deposition designations and counter-designations 

served 

Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Reply briefs in support of dispositive and Daubert motions filed 

Final witness lists filed 

Trial briefs and pretrial statements filed 

Monday, April 14, 2008 

Objections to counter-designations and reply designations 

served 

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Opposition briefs to MILs filed 

Friday, April 18, 2008 Objections to reply designations served

Monday, April 21, 2008 

(proposed) 

Hearing (if any) on dispositive motions and Daubert motions – 

scope of hearing to be determined by Court 

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 PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 27: SCHEDULING ORDER 

FOR INITIAL MDL TRIALS – M:05-CV-01699-CRB 

Monday, April 28, 2008 

(proposed) 

Hearing on MILs, objections to deposition designations, and 

objections to exhibit lists 

Monday, April 28, 2008 Proposed jury instructions, jury questionnaires, and special 

verdict forms (if any) filed 

Monday, May 5, 2008 Trial commences

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 30, 2007 /s/ 

HONORABLE CHARLES R. BREYER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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