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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

WESTERN DIVISION

In re: 

PREMPRO PRODUCTS LIABILITY 

LITIGATION

ETHEL PAQUIN, et al.

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WYETH, INC., et al.

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MDL Docket No. 4:03CV01507-WRW

 4:05CV00598-WRW

PLAINTIFFS

 

 DEFENDANTS

ORDER

Under Rule 21 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, every plaintiff other than the first

named plaintiff,1 is DROPPED from this civil action as follows:

(1) Dropped plaintiffs have 30 days from the date of this Order to file new, individual2

complaints in a proper venue. The complaints should be served in accordance with the Rules of

Civil Procedure.

(2) Without further order of the Court, claims of dropped plaintiffs who do not file new

civil actions within the 30 day period will be considered dismissed without prejudice.

(3) Dropped plaintiffs are deemed to have ongoing MDL No. 1507 actions in this Court

for all purposes for 30 days after the date of this Order or until the filing of their new complaints

in the appropriate venue -- whichever is first.

(4) For the application of statutes of limitations, laches, or other time-bar laws, the filing

date of a newly filed action pursuant to this Order will be deemed to relate back to the date that

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Ethel Paquin will remain in the original lawsuit. However, within 40 days of the date of

this Order, she must cure the complaint to remove any unnecessary defendants.

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An exception to this Order is that a plaintiff and her spouse and children (or any other

associated derivative claimant) need not be severed from each other.

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the dropped plaintiff originally filed her complaint -- insofar as the new complaint alleges only

the claims alleged in the original complaint and joins only the defendants named (or fewer) in

the original complaint, or the successors of such original defendants.

(5) Counsel are reminded of their obligations under MDL Panel Rule 7.5(e) and directed

to promptly notify the MDL Panel of the new case number designated to the case in the receiving

district.

(6) The Clerk of the Court is directed to send a contemporaneous copy of this order to

the MDL panel to allow, to the extent possible, fast-tracking of § 1407 transfers of these cases

back to MDL No. 1507 for coordinated and consolidated pretrial proceedings. 

IT IS SO ORDERED this 24th day of March, 2010.

 /s/ Wm. R. Wilson, Jr. ___________

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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