MDL 2197

DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., ASR Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation

Master Docket Number:	1:10-md-2197
Presiding Judge:	David A. Katz
Chambers	419-213-5710
Description	The actions share factual issues as to whether DePuy’s ASR XL Acetabular Hip System, a device used in hip replacement surgery, was defectively designed and/or manufactured, and whether DePuy failed to provide adequate warnings concerning the device, which DePuy recalled along with another ASR device,3 the ASR Hip Resurfacing System, in August 2010.
Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel:	Michelle L. Kranz Zoll, Kranz & Borgess Ste. 200 6620 Central Avenue Toledo, OH 43617 419-841-9623 Fax: 419-841-9719 Email: michelle@toledolaw.com
Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel-California:	James G. O'Callahan Girardi, Keese 1126 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90017 213-977-0211 Fax: 213-481-1554 Email: jgocallahan@girardikeese.com
Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel-New Jersey:	Christopher M. Placitella Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer Ste. 900 90 Woodbridge Center Drive P.O. Box 10 Woodbridge, NJ 07095 732-855-6094 Fax: 732-855-6117 Email: placic@wilentz.com
Plaintiffs' Lead Co-Counsel	Ellen Relkin Weitz & Luxenberg 700 Broadway New York, NY 10003 212-558-5500 212-344-5461 erelkin@weitzlux.com Steven J. Skikos 625 Market Street, 1st Floor San Francisco, CA 94105-3302 888-813-2934 415-546-7301 sskikos@skikoscrawford.com
Defendants' Liaison Counsel:	Kristen L. Mayer Tucker Ellis & West 1150 Huntington Bldg. 925 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115-1475 216-696-3258 Fax: 216-592-5009 Email: kmayer@tuckerellis.com
Defendants' Co-Lead Counsel:	Susan M. Sharko Drinker Biddle & Reath - Florham Park 500 Campus Drive Florham Park, NJ 07932 973-549-7350 Fax: 973-360-9831 Email: susan.sharko@dbr.com Robert C. Tucker Tucker, Ellis & West 1150 Huntington Bldg. 925 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115 216-592-5000 Fax: 216-592-5009 Email: rtucker@tuckerellis.com

Orders Pertaining to MDL 2197

10md2197 Transfer Order	Initial Transfer Order from Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation	12/7/2010
Order	Applications for leadership committee due by 12/23/10.	12/7/2010
Case Management Order No. 1	Case Management Order No. 1	12/23/2010
Order	Status Conference set for 1/20/2011 at 9:00 AM at the Paul G. Rogers Federal Building and United States Courthouse, West Palm Beach, Florida	12/16/2010
Case Management Order No. 2	Direct Filing of Cases	1/7/2011
Notice to Attorneys	Notice to Attorneys involved in MDL Docket No. 2197	12/13/2010
Case Management Order No. 3	Counsel listed herein designated to act on behalf of parties as stated herein.	1/26/2011
Order	Status Conference re-scheduled for April 5, 2011 in West Palm Beach, Florida	3/4/2011
Stipulated Protective Order	Stipulated Protective Order of Confidentiality	4/6/2011
Explant Preservation Order	Amended Stipulated Explant Preservation Order	4/6/2011
Explant Preservation Exhibit	Exhibit A to Amended Stipulated Explant Preservation Order	4/6/2011
Case Management Order No. 4	Amended Case Management Order No. 4 - Short Form Complaints	4/6/2011
Short Form Complaint	Exhibit 1 Amended Case Managament Order No. 4	4/6/2011
Defendants' Master Answer	Exhibit 2 Amended Case Managment Order No. 4	4/6/2011
Case Management Order No. 5	Preliminary Disclosure Form.	6/2/2011
Amended Stipulated Protective Order	Amended Stipulated Protective Order of Confidentiality	6/2/2011
Amended Case Management Order No. 5	Amended Case Management Order No. 5 - Preliminary Disclosure Form	6/17/2011
Case Management Order No. 6	Re production of all electronic information	6/22/2011
Order	Status Conference to be held on July 26, 2011 at 1:30p.m. (PDT) in Courtroom 304, Civic Center Court House, 400 McAllaister Street, San Francisco, California 94102	7/5/2011
Amended Case Management Order No. 7	Deposition Guidelines for Plaintiffs who are In Extremis	7/29/2011
Case Management Order No. 8	Timing of filing of Defendants' Master Answer	9/9/2011
Amended Case Management Order No. 9	Plaintiff Fact Sheet	9/26/2011
Amended Case Management Order No. 10	Defendant Fact Sheet	9/26/2011
Summons	Sample: Summons with Rider	10/7/2011
Case Management Order No. 11	Motions pending in transferor courts	10/31/2011
Amended Order	Open court conference on 11/22/11 reset to 12:30 p.m. in Courtroom 204 before Judge David A. Katz	11/9/2011
Case Management Order No. 12	Amended stipulated protective order of confidentiality	11/22/2011
Order	Status Conference held on 11/22/2011. Next status conference set for 1/23/2012 in West Palm Beach, Florida.	11/28/2011
Case Management Order No. 13	Common Benefit Fund	11/28/2011
Amended Case Management Order No. 13	Establishing DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. ASR Hip Implant Fee and Expense Funds	12/21/2011
Order Document 332	Status Conference with Executive Committee set for 1/23/12 at 10:00 am; Open court conference set for 11:30 AM at Paul G. Rogers Federal Building and United States Courthouse, West Palm Beach, Florida	1/9/2012
Order Document 337	Notice of Case Management Conference set for 1/23/12 in West Palm Beach, Florida	1/11/2012
Stipulaton by Interlineation	Stipulation by Interlineation to Amended Case Management Order No. 13	1/17/2012
Order Document 353	Regarding Depositions	1/27/2012
Order Document 361	Status Conference with Executive Committee set for 3/15/12 at 10:00 AM in West Palm Beach, Florida. Open court conference at 11:30 AM.	2/16/2012
Order	Status Conference set for 3/15/2012 is vacated.	3/5/2011
Order Document 379	Telephone Conference held on 3/15/2012. Status Conference set for 5/1/2012 at 12:00 and Open Court Conference set for 2:00pm on Fourth Floor of West Palm Beach Courthouse, Florida	3/5/2011
Amended Order	Status conference with Executive Committee set for 5/1/12 moved to 11:30 am; Open court conference moved to 12:30 pm. All other dates remain the same.	4/10/2012
Order	Open Court Conference conducted on May 1, 2012. Next status conference scheduled for June 5, 2012.	5/10/2012

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