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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 19:12:09+00:00

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IN RE: LEVAQUIN PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION John Schedin, Plaintiff–Appellee v. Ortho–McNeil–Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Defendant–Appellant.
Before RILEY, Chief Judge, BYE and MELLOY, Circuit Judges. John Winter, argued, New York, NY, Tracy Joan Van Steenburgh, Peter D. Gray, Dana M. Lenahan, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant. Lewis Saul, Charles M. Wolfson, argued, New York, NY, for appellee.
Ortho–McNeil–Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OMJP)1 appeals from an opinion and order of the district court2 denying OMJP's motion for relief from judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(2) and (3). Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.
This case returns to us. See In re Levaquin Prods. Liab. Litig ., 700 F.3d 1161 (8th Cir.2012) (Levaquin I ). In Levaquin I, we upheld a jury award of $630,000 in compensatory damages to John Schedin against OMJP for Achilles tendon injuries Schedin suffered while taking OMJP's prescription antibiotic Levaquin. See id. at 1163, 1165, 1170. We reversed the punitive damages award of $1,115,000 because Schedin failed to present clear and convincing evidence OMJP deliberately disregarded the safety of Levaquin users. See id. at 1170.
In requesting relief, OMJP proposed that Dr. Wells's withheld calculations were “newly discovered evidence that entitle[d] [OMJP] to relief from the judgment pursuant to Rule 60(b)(2).” OMJP also contended Schedin's “serious misconduct in failing to disclose” Dr. Wells's calculations, including telling Dr. Wells he need not disclose them, “independently” entitled OMJP to relief under Rule 60(b)(3). The district court denied OMJP's request for relief. OMJP timely appealed.
“Rule 60(b) provides for ‘extraordinary relief which may be granted only upon an adequate showing of exceptional circumstances.’ “ U.S. Xpress Enters., Inc. v. J.B. Hunt Transp., Inc., 320 F.3d 809, 815 (8th Cir.2003) (quoting United States v. Young, 806 F.2d 805, 806 (8th Cir.1987) (per curiam)). “A district court has wide discretion in ruling on a Rule 60(b) motion and we will only reverse for a clear abuse of discretion.” Jones v. Swanson, 512 F.3d 1045, 1049 (8th Cir.2008). “An abuse of discretion occurs where the district court fails to consider an important factor, gives significant weight to an irrelevant or improper factor, or commits a clear error of judgment in weighing those factors.” Gen. Motors Corp. v. Harry Brown's, LLC, 563 F .3d 312, 316 (8th Cir.2009).
OMJP contends the district court abused its discretion in denying OMJP relief from judgment under Rule 60(b)(2) based on “Schedin's delinquent and belated ․ disclosure of the calculation [Dr.] Wells performed while preparing Paragraph 32 of his Report regarding the relative risk of Achilles tendon rupture” to certain patients. To prevail on this “newly discovered evidence” claim under Rule 60(b)(2), OMJP must establish “(1) the evidence was discovered after trial; (2) due diligence was exercised to discover the evidence; (3) the evidence is material and not merely cumulative or impeaching; and (4) the evidence is such that a new trial would probably produce a different result.” Schwieger v. Farm Bureau Ins. Co. of Neb., 207 F.3d 480, 487 (8th Cir.2000).
“A district court does not abuse its discretion in denying a Rule 60(b) motion when the moving party fails to show that the alleged misrepresentations or newly discovered evidence ‘would probably produce a different result.’ “ U.S. ex rel. Newell v. City of St. Paul, Minn., 728 F.3d 791, 799 (8th Cir.2013) (quoting McCormack v. Citibank, N.A., 100 F.3d 532, 542 (8th Cir.1996)). Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
1. OMJP is now Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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