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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 ST ATES 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 

PLAINTIFF 

BIOMET INC., et al. DEFENDANTS 

DILLARD SHERRILL and 

PATRECA 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. 

PLAINTIFF 

DEFENDANTS 

PLAINTIFF 

DEFENDANTS 

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ORDER 

1. Lucas, NQ 4:19-cv-161-DPM, is dismissed without prejudice 

based on the parties' stipulation. The Court will enter Judgment 

according! y. 

2. Sherrill, NQ 4:19-cv-163-DPM, is dismissed without prejudice 

based on the parties' notices that proceedings should be stayed because 

they were close to settlement, NQ 84, on the Sherrill docket; and that they 

have settled, NQ 98 at 2 on the docket in the lead case Tullos, 

NQ 4:18-cv-926-DPM. The Court will enter Judgment accordingly. 

3. The Court reminds the parties that, because the Court has 

consolidated all these cases for pretrial proceedings, all filings - even if 

they relate to only one case - should be made on the Tullos docket, 

NQ 4:18-cv-926-DPM. 

4. The joint motion, NQ 98, is granted as modified. For good 

cause, the Final Scheduling Order, NQ 95, is amended. The deadline for 

mediation is extended to 31 October 2019. The fact discovery cutoff is 

extended to 20 December 2019. The initial deadline for all parties to 

identify experts and produce their opinions is extended to 20 January 

2019. All other deadlines remain in place. The parties should prepare 

their experts to sprint if these cases do not settle at the mediation. For 

clarity, a global Amended Final Scheduling Order containing the 

updated deadlines, reaffirming all other deadlines, and eliminating 

Lucas and Sherrill will issue. The Court refers the three remaining cases 

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to Magistrate Judge Deere to conduct a mediation on a mutually 

convenient date before 31 October 2019. Counsel must make 

themselves available. 

So Ordered. 

V' 

D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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