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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 

DOYLE E. TULLOS PLAINTIFF 

v. No. 4:18-cv-926-DPM 

BIOMET, INC., et al. DEFENDANTS 

JOHNNY LUCAS PLAINTIFF 

v. No. 4:19-cv-161-DPM 

BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS LLC, et al. 

GARYSANDENandSUSANSANDEN 

v. No. 4:19-cv-162-DPM 

DEFENDANTS 

PLAINTIFFS 

BIOMET, INC., et al. DEFENDANTS 

DILLARD SHERRILL and 

P ATRECA M. SHERRILL 

v. No. 4:19-cv-163-DPM 

BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS LLC, et al. 

V ALENA HONEYCUTT 

v. No. 4:19-cv-216-DPM 

JOHN CUCKLER, M.D., et al. 

PLAINTIFFS 

DEFENDANTS 

PLAINTIFF 

DEFENDANTS 

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ORDER 

For the reasons stated on the record at the 8 May 2019 hearing, the 

Court made the following rulings. 

1. Lucas and Sherrill' s motion to consolidate trials, Ng 195 in 

No. 4:19-cv-161, is denied without prejudice. 

2. By agreement, the Court will enter the Protective Order entered 

in the MDL, Exhibit C to Ng 242 in No. 3:12-md-2391, with some minor 

amendments in all these cases by separate Order. 

3. The Court consolidates pretrial proceedings in all five of these 

cases. FED. R. Crv. P. 42(a)(3). No. 4:18-cv-926-DPM is the lead case; all 

filings must be made in that case number. As discussed at the hearing, 

the Court directs the parties to confer and propose a draft scheduling 

order using the Court's architecture. Joint proposal due by 31 May 

2019. 

4. Biomet must file a notice, also by 31 May 2019, about other 

cases in the MDL that may be remanded to this Court. 

So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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