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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. 14: REGARDING 

PSC MEMBER CARLENE RHODES LEWIS – M:05-CV-01699-CRB 

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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. 14: 

REGARDING PSC MEMBER 

CARLENE RHODES LEWIS 

The Court notes with great sadness the death of Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee 

member Carlene Rhodes Lewis, who died in Houston, Texas on Monday, June 6, 2006, and 

extends its expression of sorrow and condolences to Ms. Lewis’s husband and daughters, other 

members of her family, and her friends and professional colleagues around the country, who now 

mourn her passing. 

The Court would like to acknowledge and express its gratitude and appreciation 

for Ms. Lewis’s service to this Court, this case, and her clients, especially since that service 

continued in the face of her illness. Her ability to balance family, community, and professional 

responsibilities serves as an example and inspiration to all who strive to maintain and promote 

such balance in our lives and careers. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: the contributions and service of Carlene Rhodes 

Lewis to this litigation, as an Officer of the Court, and as a Court-appointed member of the 

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 PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 14: REGARDING 

PSC MEMBER CARLENE RHODES LEWIS – M:05-CV-01699-CRB 

Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, are acknowledged by this Court with deep appreciation, respect 

and gratitude; and that this ORDER be entered on the docket of MDL No. 1699 with respect to all 

actions. 

IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that Shelly Sanford, of Goforth Lewis 

Sanford, Ms. Lewis’s law partner, who has actively participated in this action, and has served the 

PSC as the chair of its Experts and Science Committee, is appointed to serve as a member of the 

Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in Ms. Lewis’s stead. 

Dated: June 13, 2006 /s/ 

HONORABLE CHARLES R. BREYER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

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