IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

 

IN RE: DIET DRUGS (Phentermine/ :

Fenfluramine/Dexfenfluramine) : MDL DOCKET NO. 1203

PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION :

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THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: :

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SYLVIA LAVERN ABNER :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20627

WYETH, et al. : 

JO L. ADAMS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20366

WYETH, et al. : 

MARY LOUISE BAKER :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20435

WYETH, et al. : 

LEE E. BELL :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20675

WYETH, et al. : 

KAREN M. BLANCHARD :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20382

WYETH, et al. : 

LARRY V. BRADLEY :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20337

WYETH, et al. : 

VIOLET E. BROOKS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 03-20411

WYETH, et al. : 

MARILYN B. BROUSSARD :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20356

WYETH, et al. : 

BILLIE JEAN BRYANT :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20370

WYETH, et al. : 

KATHY LYNN BURROW :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20689

WYETH, et al. : 

MARY M. BUTLER :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20686

WYETH, et al. : 

GILBERT MANUEL CADENA :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20350

WYETH, et al. : 

DELORES A. CALVIN :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20349

WYETH, et al. : 

DOUGLAS RAY CARTER :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20339

WYETH, et al. : 

ELEANOR CASTILLO :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20674

WYETH, et al. : 
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LINDA D. CASTILLO :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20682

WYETH, et al. : 

BETTY ANN COBB :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20319

WYETH, et al. : 

JUDITH A. CODY :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20628

WYETH, et al. : 

PATRICIA A. COLE :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20358

WYETH, et al. : 

PAULA COLLINS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20347

WYETH, et al. : 

PATRICIA CONNER :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20372

WYETH, et al. : 

ELIZABETH A. COOTS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 03-20398

WYETH, et al. : 

VIRGINIA COUDRAIN :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20346

WYETH, et al. : 

DEBRA DAVIS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20360

WYETH, et al. : 

LINDA M. DAVIS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20344

WYETH, et al. : 

MERRIBETH J. DEATON :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20286

WYETH, et al. : 

PHYLLIS DELL :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20636

WYETH, et al. : 

HUBERT JOSEPH DIES :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20368

WYETH, et al. : 

GAIL DINJAR :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20506

WYETH, et al. : 

JAMIE DODD :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20436

WYETH, et al. : 

KATHIE J. DORSEY :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20522

WYETH, et al. : 

MARIE DUDLEY :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 03-20349

WYETH, et al. : 
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DELORES ELLIS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20335

WYETH, et al. : 

LINDA C. FISHER-PARROTT :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20681

WYETH, et al. : 

STEPHANIE FLORES :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20323

WYETH, et al. : 

JO ANN GALAVIZ :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20387

WYETH, et al. : 

BARBARA W. GARNER :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20375

WYETH, et al. : 

ADELE R. GIORDANO :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 03-20412 

WYETH, et al. : 

GWEN GOMEZ :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20348

WYETH, et al. : 

LINDA F. GREEN :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20357

WYETH, et al. : 

DONNA LOIS GUIDRY :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20363

WYETH, et al. : 

MARY L. HAGLUND :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 03-20402

WYETH, et al. : 

ORA DONNA HALLUMS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20329

WYETH, et al. : 

DRU HARPER :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20669

WYETH, et al. : 

LORRAINE HARRIS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20374

WYETH, et al. : 

ROSELLEN L. HENRICKSEN :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20622

WYETH, et al. : 

SHIRLEY ANN HILL :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20388

WYETH, et al. : 

MYRTLE HOFFPAUIR :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20361

WYETH, et al. : 

TAMMY P. HOLLAND :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20369

WYETH, et al. : 
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PAMELA M. HOWARD :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20520

WYETH, et al. : 

MARIA ESTER HUERTA :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 03-20396

WYETH, et al. : 

GRACE F. ISON :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20519

WYETH, et al. : 

RITA G. JEAN :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 03-20413

WYETH, et al. : 

JOHN LYNN JEFFRIES :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20641

WYETH, et al. : 

VAN E. JOHNSON :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20289

WYETH, et al. : 

HATTIE KING :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20638

WYETH, et al. : 

OPHELIA J. KING :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20320

WYETH, et al. : 

SYLVIA KIRBY :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20324

WYETH, et al. : 

ELIZABETH ANN KOTZ :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20343

WYETH, et al. : 

BETTY ANN KOWIS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20277

WYETH, et al. : 

JOSEPH KOWIS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20288

WYETH, et al. : 

ESTA KRONBERG :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20427

WYETH, et al. : 

NANCY KRUGER :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20423

WYETH, et al. : 

FRED LAIRD :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20640

WYETH, et al. : 

BARBARA LANDON :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20509

WYETH, et al. : 

BARBARA LANHAM :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20629

WYETH, et al. : 
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ELIZABETH LASKOSKIE :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20626

WYETH, et al. : 

LINDA LEBOEUF :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20338

WYETH, et al. : 

CYNTHIA J. LEE :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 03-20538

WYETH, et al. : 

ANGELA LIVING :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20516

WYETH, et al. : 

NANCY LOREN :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20507

WYETH, et al. : 

GEORGIA L. LOUVIERE :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20326

WYETH, et al. : 

SANDRA LYONS-MENEFEE :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20511

WYETH, et al. : 

BONNIE B. MACFARLAND :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20679

WYETH, et al. : 

ELLA M. MALBROUX :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20425

WYETH, et al. : 

DONNA K. MARCEAU :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20503

WYETH, et al. : 

LINDA MARTINEZ :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20524

WYETH, et al. : 

RUTH MASSEY :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20517

WYETH, et al. : 

DELISIA MATTHEWS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20328

WYETH, et al. : 

OLLIE MATTHEWS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20630

WYETH, et al. : 

LEE ANN MAYER :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20415

WYETH, et al. : 

CARRIE MCDONALD :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20648

WYETH, et al. : 

CINDY MITCHELL :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-21607

WYETH, et al. : 
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RITA MOLINA :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20625

WYETH, et al. : 

PAUL MOORE :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20642

WYETH, et al. : 

CINDI NELSON :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 03-20348 

WYETH, et al. : 

MADGE NICHOLS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20341

WYETH, et al. : 

DIANE NORMAN :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20432

WYETH, et al. : 

EVA N. OLLIFF :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20365

WYETH, et al. : 

EVELYN MARY ORR :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20688

WYETH, et al. : 

GERALDINE M. PATTERSON :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20501

WYETH, et al. : 

ELIZABETH JAN PERRY :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20428

WYETH, et al. : 

NELMA PETITT :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20523

WYETH, et al. : 

MARIA E. PETTIS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20283

WYETH, et al. : 

BEVERLY PHILLIPS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20621

WYETH, et al. : 

DEBRA PHILLIPS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20362

WYETH, et al. : 

IONA G. POWELL :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20670

WYETH, et al. : 

BARBARA J. PROCTOR :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20334

WYETH, et al. : 

BARBARA PRYOR :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20650

WYETH, et al. : 

EMMA REED :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20683

WYETH, et al. : 
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REBECCA HALL RILEY :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20521

WYETH, et al. : 

PAMELA S. ROMERO :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20336

WYETH, et al. : 

LESLIE ROTH :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 03-20352

WYETH, et al. : 

KAREN RUBENDALL :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20526

WYETH, et al. : 

VICKIE RUSSELL :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20430

WYETH, et al. : 

BEVERLY SARVER :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20321

WYETH, et al. : 

RONALD J. SCHLAHT :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20418

WYETH, et al. : 

BEVERLY SCOTT :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20424

WYETH, et al. : 

SHERIDAN W. SCOTT :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20502

WYETH, et al. : 

MARSHA SEABOURNE :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 03-20346

WYETH, et al. : 

PATRICIA SEAMAN :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20644

WYETH, et al. : 

JOE LARRY SEDBERRY :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20422

WYETH, et al. : 

MARY JANE SEKITO :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 03-20408

WYETH, et al. : 

WAYNEL SEXTON :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20497

WYETH, et al. : 

GLORIA SHEFFIELD :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20623

WYETH, et al. : 

SHERLYN SHOTWELL :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20649

WYETH, et al. : 

DOROTHY P. SMITH :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20325

WYETH, et al. : 
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MELINDA SMITH :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20340

WYETH, et al. : 

JOANN SOWELL :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20376

WYETH, et al. : 

SHIRLEY R. SPAIN :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20667 

WYETH, et al. : 

MARY ANN SPARKS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20359

WYETH, et al. : 

MARY SPEARS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20345

WYETH, et al. : 

LINDA D. SPRIGGINS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20508

WYETH, et al. : 

DEVA STAHL :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20676

WYETH, et al. : 

BARBARA JO STEVENS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20342

WYETH, et al. : 

MARY L. STINEBRICKNER :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20383

WYETH, et al. : 

LAUREN STRICKLAND :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20525

WYETH, et al. : 

LILLIE TAVEL :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20439

WYETH, et al. : 

FRANCES TERRY :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20672

WYETH, et al. : 

MARIA L. THORNTON :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20498

WYETH, et al. : 

HARRY W. THROWER :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20442

WYETH, et al. : 

GARY TIMS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20685

WYETH, et al. : 

MARY IRENE TORRES :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20284

WYETH, et al. : 

MARY ELIZABETH TREADWAY :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20330

WYETH, et al. : 
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JULIANNE MARCY TUTT :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20381

WYETH, et al. : 

KELLY TYMON :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20279

WYETH, et al. : 

VIRGINIA UPPENCAMP :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20668

WYETH, et al. : 

LAURIE VATER :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20420

WYETH, et al. : 

CLARE B. WALKER :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20437

WYETH, et al. : 

MARVIN E. WALKER :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20419

WYETH, et al. : 

ANNA BELLE WASHINGTON :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20364

WYETH, et al. : 

ALAN L. WATERS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20417

WYETH, et al. : 

SUSAN C. WEDGEWORTH :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20282

WYETH, et al. : 

FRANCES H. WESTMORELAND :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20373

WYETH, et al. : 

BETTYE J. WHARTON-MIMS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20441

WYETH, et al. : 

ELIZABETH WHITE :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20285

WYETH, et al. : 

DEBRA N. WILLIAMS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20384

WYETH, et al. : 

PATRICIA A. WILLIS :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20512

WYETH, et al. : 

REBECCA WILSON :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20426

WYETH, et al. : 

PATSY G. WOODROM :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20351

WYETH, et al. : 

MARGARET E. WOODSON :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20633

WYETH, et al. : 
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BARBARA YEATES :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20637

WYETH, et al. : 

REBEKAH YOUNG :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20367

WYETH, et al. : 

CYNTHIA ZARCO :

v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 04-20634

WYETH, et al. : 

PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 

AND NOW, this day of July, 2004, it is hereby

ORDERED that:

(1) the motions of plaintiffs to remand in the 154

above-captioned actions are DENIED;

(2) all defendants in the 154 above-captioned actions

except Wyeth, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and A.H. Robins

Company, Inc. are DISMISSED; and

(3) the motions of defendant Jay C. Proctor to dismiss

are DENIED as moot in the following actions: Blanchard v. Wyeth,

et al., CIV.A. No. 04-20382 (E.D. Pa.); Bryant v. Wyeth, et al.

CIV.A. No. 04-20370 (E.D. Pa.); Coudrain v. Wyeth, et al., CIV.A.

No. 04-20346 (E.D. Pa.); and Hoffpauir v. Wyeth, et al., CIV.A.

No. 04-20361 (E.D. Pa).

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The 154 complaints were originally filed by Texas

citizens in the Texas state courts in or after May, 2003, more

than five years after the diet drugs Pondimin and Redux were

withdrawn from the market in September, 1997. The defendants

include Wyeth, the manufacturer of these diet drugs, as well as
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prescribing physicians, pharmacies, phentermine manufacturers,

Wyeth’s managerial employees Clayton Lacy and Frank Bedrick, and

sales representatives of Wyeth and of a co-promoter, Interneuron,

now known as Indevus. Some of the defendants, including Wyeth

and its related companies, are of diverse citizenship while

others are not. There are no federal claims. Wyeth timely

removed the actions to the appropriate federal district courts in

Texas. All of these cases were then transferred to this court as

part of MDL 1203. 

For the reasons set forth in Memorandum and Pretrial

Order No. 3666 in Accadia, et al. v. Wyeth, et al., CIV.A. No.

03-20546 (E.D. Pa. June 29, 2004), we find and conclude that all

defendants except Wyeth and its related companies are

fraudulently joined to avoid federal subject matter jurisdiction. 

Accordingly, we are denying the motions to remand.

BY THE COURT:

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J.