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LYNCH, Chief Judge. This appeal by Harden Manufacturing Corporation and others (together, “Harden plaintiffs”) is one of three that arose from multidistrict litigation (“MDL”) concerning the off-label marketing of Neurontin, an anticonvulsant drug manufactured by Pfizer, Inc. Today we issue our decisions in Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. v. Pfizer, Inc. (Kaiser),

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied.

LYNCH, Chief Judge. In Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. v. Pfizer, Inc. (Kaiser), 712 F.3d 21, Nos. 11-1904, 11-2096, 2013 WL 1320408 (1st Cir.2013), a related appeal in which we also issue an opinion today, we affirmed a court and jury verdict against Pfizer, Inc. (“Pfizer”), under section 1962 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO

LYNCH, Chief Judge. This is an appeal from verdicts of over $140 million, reached by both a jury and a court, compensating Kaiser, a major health plan provider and insurer, for the injury Kaiser suffered by its payment for four categories of off-label Neurontin prescriptions which had been induced by a fraudulent scheme by Pfizer, the manufacturer of Neurontin. These verdicts foll

431 F.Supp.2d 918 (2006) Janet BICKEL and Joseph Bickel, Plaintiffs, v. PFIZER, INC., Warner — Lambert Co., Parke — Davis, Defendants. No. 1:03-CV-372-TS. United States District Court, N.D. Indiana, Fort Wayne Division. May 19, 2006. Beverly H. Pace, PHV, Calvin S. Tregre, PIIV, Janet G. Abaray, PHV, Lopez Hodes Restaino Milman & Skikos, Cincinnati, OH, Richard

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER PATTI B. SARIS, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (“Kaiser”), Aetna, Inc. (“Aetna”), and Guardian Life Insurance Company (“Guardian”), collectively the Coordinated Plaintiffs, bring this case against Pfizer, Inc. and Warner-Lambert Company, alleging violations of the Racketeer Influ

688 F.Supp.2d 735 (2010) Ruth SMITH, Individually and as Widow for the Use and Benefit of Herself and the Next of Kin of Richard Smith, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. PFIZER INC., et al., Defendants. Case No. 3:05-0444. United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division. February 19, 2010. *738 Andrew G. Finkelstein, Kenne

722 F.Supp. 86 (1989) AMERICAN STANDARD INC., Plaintiff, v. PFIZER INC. and Howmedica, Inc., Defendants. Civ. A. No. 83-834 LON. United States District Court, D. Delaware. October 10, 1989. *87 *88 *89 Douglas E. Whitney, and Mary B. Graham of Morris, Nicho

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ERIC F. MELGREN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Many have yearned to strike an irksome coworker. But few relent to that impulse, break their coworker’s nose, lose their job, and then sue their former employer. From the few, enter Plaintiff Vincent Forbes. No longer Defendant Kinder Morgan, Inc.’s Kansas plant operator, Forbes now sues Kinder Morgan claiming that (1) age discrimination, (2

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit Nos. 18-1146, 18-1147 IN RE: CELEXA AND LEXAPRO MARKETING AND SALES PRACTICES LITIGATION PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES DISTRICT COUNCIL 82 HEALTH CARE FUND; DELANA S. KIOSSOVSKI; RENEE RAMIREZ, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; MARLENE T. LOCONTE, Plaintiffs, Appellants, MARTHA PALUMBO, individually and on behalf of al

OPINION SILER, Circuit Judge. Plaintiffs King Bradley, Jr. (“Bradley”) and Christine Bradley (“Christine”) appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants Ameristep, Inc. and Primal Vantage Co., Inc. on this product liability suit in diversity. For the reasons stated below, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

MEMORANDUM. McLAUGHLIN, District Judge. This is a fraud and unjust enrichment case brought by The Travelers Indemnity Company, Travelers Casualty & Surety Company, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, and the Standard Fire Insurance Company (collectively, the plaintiffs, or “Travelers”) against Cephalon, *541Inc., Teva Pharm

ORDER Joint Motion to Sever Claims—# 49 GOERGE FOLEY, JR., United States Magistrate Judge. This matter is before the Court on the Vanguard/Viega Defendants’ Joint Motion to Sever Claims against Different Products (# 49), filed on December 2, 2011; Defendant Centex Homes’ Joinder in the Motion to Sever (#54), filed on December 13, 2011; Joinder of the Defendants Uponor, Inc.

367 F.Supp. 711 (1973) AZOPLATE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. SILVERLITH, INC., Defendant. Civ. A. No. 3235. United States District Court, D. Delaware. November 9, 1973. *712 *713 Arthur G. Connolly, Jr., and John R. Bowman of Connolly, Bove & Lodge, Wilmington, Del., and James E. Bryan, Arli

(2008) Richard PALERMO and Sheila Palermo, Plaintiffs v. LETOURNEAU TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; Daniel C. Drew d/b/a Nationwide Medical Review; Kristy Brogan; Mississippi Baptist Medical Center; Gene R. Barrett, M.D.; Life Link Tissue Bank, Inc.; and Nutech Medical, Inc., Defendants. Civil Action No. 5:07-cv-78 (DCB)(JMR). United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Western Division.

492 F.Supp.2d 353 (2007) SANOFI-SYNTHELABO; Sanofi-Synthelabo, Inc.; and Bristol-Myers Squibb Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Holding Partnership, Plaintiffs, v. APOTEX INC. and Apotex Corp., Defendants. No. 02 Civ. 2255(SHS). United States District Court, S.D. New York. June 19, 2007. *354 *355

*608 MEMORANDUM OPINION BURKE, United States Magistrate Judge. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (“BMS”), markets a medication under the trade name Baraclude® for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in adults with evidence of active viral replication, and either evidence of p

OPINION DEBEVOISE, Senior District Judge. Presently before the Court is a motion to partially dismiss by Defendants Georgia-Pacific, LLC and Georgia-Pacific Woods Products, LLC (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Defendants” and/or “GP”) three counts of a consumer class action Amended Complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). The instant motion arises out of an Amended Complaint filed by

MURPHY, Circuit Judge. Carol Jean Brooks brought this action against the manufacturer of Simplex bone cement claiming damages for injury resulting from its failure to give adequate warnings about product dangers. The case was *787dismissed on summary judgment after the district court1 concluded that her claim was preempted by federal law,

BYE, Circuit Judge. This appeal requires us to assess the preemptive power of the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 (MDA), Pub.L. No. 94-295, 90 Stat. 539 (codified in various sections of 21 U.S.C. and 26 U.S.C.), in view of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr, 518 U.S. *959470, 116 S.Ct. 2240, 135 L.Ed.2d 700 (1996).