IN RE NEURONTIN MARKETING AND SALES PRACTICES LIT.

• Decision Date: 08 January 2010
• Docket Number: MDL NO. 1629. Civil Action No. 04-cv-10981-PBS.
• Citation: 677 F. Supp.2d 479
• Parties: In re NEURONTIN MARKETING AND SALES PRACTICES LITIGATION. This Document Relates to: The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., and Aetna, Inc. v. Pfizer, Inc., et al.
• Court: U.S. District Court — District of Massachusetts

677 F.Supp.2d 479

In re NEURONTIN MARKETING AND SALES PRACTICES LITIGATION.

This Document Relates to:

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., and Aetna, Inc. v. Pfizer, Inc., et al.

MDL NO. 1629. Civil Action No. 04-cv-10981-PBS.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

January 8, 2010.

Elizabeth V. Heller, Goldenberg Heller Antognoli Rowland Short & Gori, PC, Edwardsville, IL, Andrew G. Finkelstein, Eleanor Louise Polimeni, Kenneth B. Fromson, Ronald Rosenkranz, Nancy Y. Morgan, Mary Ellen Wright, Steven Lim, Keith L. Altman, Kenneth L. Oliver, Finkelstein & Partners, LLP, Newburgh, NY, Daniel D'Angelo, Kenneth G. Gilman, Gilman and Pastor, LLP, Timothy J. Perry, Perry, Krumsiek & Jack, LLP, Max D. Stern, Stern, Shapiro, Weissberg & Garin, Joel Z. Eigerman, Joel Z. Eigerman, Attorney-at-Law, Pavel Bespalko, Law Office of Joel Eigerman, Thomas G. Shapiro, Adam M. Stewart, Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP, Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr., Peter A. Pease, Todd A. Seaver, Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo, Thomas M. Greene, Ilyas J. Rona, Greene LLP, Boston, MA, Robert J. Bonsignore, Bonsignore & Brewer, Medford, MA, Keith Martin Fleischman, Ronald Judah Aranoff, Bernstein Liebhard & Lifshitz, LLP, Christopher Seeger, One William Street, Felicia S. Ennis, Robinson Brog Leinwand Greene Genovese & Gluck, Linda P. Nussbaum, Elana Katcher, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, New York, NY, Dewitt M. Lovelace, Lovelace Law Firm PA, Destin, FL Jason J. Thompson, Sommers Schwartz, P.C., Southfield, MI, Ronald S. Goldser, Zimmerman Reed, Matthew J. Schumacher, Pearson, Randall & Schumacher, PA, Mpls, MN, Charles H. Dodson, Jr., Joseph D. Steadman, Sims, Graddick & Dodson, P.C., Steven A. Martino, W. Lloyd Copeland, Michael DeWitt Hickman, Taylor, Martino & Hedge, P.C., Mobile, AL, Thomas P. Thrash, Peter A. Miller, Law Office of Peter Miller, Little Rock, AR, Bradley Douglas Becnel, Law offices of Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Becnel law Firm, Reserve, LA, David Scott Scalia, Joseph M. Bruno, Stephanie M. Bruno, Bruno & Bruno, Gano D. Lemoine, III, Stephen Barnett `Murray, James R. Dugan, II, Murray Law Firm, Dane S. Ciolino, Dane S. Ciolino, Attorney at Law, Paul Edward Mayeaux, Robert L. Manard, III, Robert L. Manard, PLC, David L. Browne, Douglas R. Plymale, Dugan & Browne, PLC, New Orleans, LA, Robert M. Becnel, Law Offices of Robert M. Becnel, Laplace, LA, Eugene Brooks, Brooks Law Firm, Savannah, GA, John A. Commerford, Meyers Taber & Meyers PC, Phoenix, AZ, Manuel H. Miller, Law Offices of Manuel H. Miller, Woodland Hills, CA, Michael David Liberty, Law Office of Michael D. Liberty, Burlingame, CA, John R. Climaco, Climaco Lefkowitz Peca Wilcox & Garofoli, Cleveland, OH, D. Michael Noonan, Shaheen & Gordon, P.A., Dover, NH, Teresa E. Teater, Barbara L. Hosford, Omaha, NE, Melinda J. Morales, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament, Michael B. Hyman, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament, Bell & Rubenstein, Robert A. Clifford, Clifford Law Offices P.C., Aaron R. Walner, Lawrence Walner, Lawrence Walner & Associates, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Matthew B. Moreland, Law Offices of Daniel E Becnel, Jr., Reserve, LA, Charles S. Zimmerman, Robert Randall Hopper, Zimmerman Reed, Mpls., MD, Lisa J. Rodriguez, Rodriguez & Richards, LLC, Haddonfield, NJ, Harris L. Pogust, Robert N. Wilkey, T. Matthew Leckman, Robert N. Wilkey, Derek T. Braslow, Cuneo, Pogust & Mason LLP, Conshohocken, PA, Andrew S. Johnston, Minor & Johnston, P.C., John S. Wilder, Sr., Wilder & Sanders, Somerville, TN, Patrick James Mulligan, Law Office, of Patrick J. Mulligan, James E. Girards, Mike Ramey, Samuel J. DeMaio, Girards Law Firm, Dallas, TX, Andrew P. Campbell, Campbell Waller & Poer LLC, Timothy C. Davis, W. Lewis Garrison, Jr., William L. Bross, Heninger, Garrison & Davis, LLC, Kimberly R. West, Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, LLC, Joshua J. Wright, Hollis & Wright, PC, Birmingham, AL, J. Doyle Fuller, Susan G. Copeland, Law Office of J. Doyle Fuller, Frank Woodson, Beasley Allen, Montgomery, AL, Art Sadin, Provost Umphrey Law Firm, LLP, Friendswood, TX, George S. Bellas, Bellas & Wachowski, Park Ridge, IL, Rebecca Cunard, Cunard Law Firm, Charles Andrew O'Brien, III, Charles Andrew O'Brien, Attorney at Law, Baton Rouge, LA, Calvin Clifford Fayard, Jr., Wanda Jean Edwards, Fayard & Honeycutt, Denham Springs, LA, Barry A. Knopf, Cohn, Lifland, Pearlman, Herrmann & Knopf, Esqs, Saddle Brook, NJ, Mark L. Edwards, Stipe Law Firm, Tony W. Edwards, McAlester, OK, Kathleen C. Chavez, Robert M. Foote, Foote, Meyers et al, Geneva, IL, Richard D. Keys, Nelson, Keys & Keys, PC, Rock Island, IL, Mark K. Gray, Matthew L. White, Gray, Weiss & White, Mark D. Fisher, Rawlings & Associates, P.L.L.C., Louisville, KY, M. Scott Montgomery, Law Office of M. Scott Montgomery, LLC, Springfield, MO, Charles Horne Cooper, Jr., Rex H. Elliott, Cooper & Elliott, Mark Mathew Kitrick, Mark D. Lewis, Kitrick & Lewis Co. LPA, Columbus, OH, Chad Patrick Hemmat, Anderson, Hemmat & Levine, LLC, Denver, CO, David J. Novack, Budd Larner, PC, Ronald J. Campione, Budd Larner, PC, Short Hills, NJ, W. Scott Simmer, Leasa M. W. Anderson, Thomas J. Poulin, Blank Rome LLP, Daniel M. Cohen, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, Justine J. Kaiser, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, J. Christopher Kervick, Windsor Locks, CT, Levi Boone, III, Boone Law Firm PA, Cleveland, MS, David E. Gross, Finkelstein & Partners, LLP, Newark, NJ, Silas G. Cross, Jr., Cross, Poole & Smith, LLC, Tuscaloosa, AL, Marc A. Saggese, Saggese & Associates, Glen J. Lerner, Law Offices of Glen J. Lerner & Associates, Las Vegas, NV, Archie Carl Pierce, Wright & Greenhill, Jack W. London, Jack W. London & Associates P.C., Austin, TX, Gene E. Schroer, Gene E. Schroer, Attorney at Law, Berryton, KS, Neil A. Dean, Rice, Dean & Kelsey LLC, Topeka, KS, Christopher H. Neyland, Neyland & Brewer, PLLC, Madison, MS, Christopher P. Keenan, Westermann, Hamilton, Sheehy, Aydelott & Keenan LLP, Deborah A. 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Edgar, Jeremy R. Fietz, Edgar Law Firm, Santa Rosa, CA, Thomas F. Basile, W. Stuart Calwell, The Calwell Practice, Charleston, WV, Paul F. Macri, Berman & Simmons, Lewiston, ME, Gale D. Pearson, Stephen J. Randall, Pearson, Randall & Schumacher, PA, Minneapolis, MN, Newton B. Schwartz, Sr., Houston, TX, Stephen N. Leuchtman, Ravid Assoc., Southfield, MI, John R. Wilson, Rush Hannula Harkins & Kyler LLP, Tacoma, WA, William Arthur Green, William Arthur Green Law Office, North Charleston, SC, Jeffrey L. Kodroff, Spector & Roseman, Theodore M. Lieverman, Spector Roseman & Kodroff, P.C., John F. Innelli, John F. Innelli, LLC, Craig L. Hymowitz, Blank Rome LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Mark S. Sandmann, Rawlings & Associates, LaGrange, KY, Hal Jon Kleinman, Tobias Millrood, Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP, Radnor, PA, Peter J. Stubbs, Law Offices of Peter J. Stubbs, Sacramento, CA, Michael L. Williams, Williams Love O'Leary Craine & Powers, PC, Portland, OR, Corrie Johnson Yackulic, Kristin M. Houser, Schroeter, Goldmark & Bender, Steve W. Berman, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA, L. Vincent Ramunno, Ramunno & Ramunno, Wilmington, DE, J. Blake Dutcher, Jr., Godlove Joyner Mayall Dzialo Dutcher & Erwin, Lawton, OK, Pamela Beard Slate, Randolph, MA, James T. Dulin, Dulin & Dulin, Gulfport, MS, Gregory W. Turman, Kathryn Snapka, Richard Waterhouse, Snapka Turman & Waterhouse LLP, Corpus Christi, TX, Anne MacArthur, Habush, Habush & Rottier, S.C., Madison, WI, Walter L. Boyaki, Miranda & Boyaki, El Paso, TX, Danny S. Shepard, Colquitt, GA, Christopher Brooks Dellmuth, Harrisburg, PA, Mark P. Robinson, Jr., Robinson Calcagnie and Robinson, Newport Beach, CA, Robert K. Jenner, Janet Jenner and Suggs LLC, Baltimore, MD, Christopher M. Posey, Philadelphia, MS, A. E. Harlow, Jr., Harlow & Harlow, Grenada, MS, Erin Rebekah Smith, Bullard & Wangerin, LLP, Kevin A. Wangerin, Macon, GA, Donald Angelo Caminiti, Breslin & Breslin, PA, Hackensack, NJ, Joseph L. Garrubbo, Garrubbo & Capece, Esqs., Westfield, NJ, Norman M. Hobbie, Hobbie, Corrigan, Bertucio & Tashjy, PC, Eatontown, NJ, Richard W. Wedinger, Barry, McTiernan & Wedinger, Esqs., Edison, NJ, Barry Himmelstein, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, Edward Notargiacomo, Thomas M. Sobol, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Wanda Garcia, Hagens Berman LLP, Cambridge, MA, Garve W. Ivey, Jr., Ivey & Ragsdale, Jasper, AL, John W. Lowe, Lowe, Mobley & Lowe, Haleyville, AL, Gordon Ball, Ball & Scott, Knoxville, TN, Eric S. Pavlack, Irwin B. Levin, Richard E. Shevitz, Cohen & Malad LLP, James Howard Young, Young. & Young, Indianapolis, IN, Jonathan S. Coleman, Johnson, Pope, Okor, Ruppel & Burns LLP, Tampa, FL, T. Omar Malone, Freidin & Dobrinsky, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiff/Consolidated Plaintiff.

Scott Alan Watson, Rawlings, WY, pro se.

Robert F. Wilson, Jay DiGiacomo, pro se.

Theodore Populis, Amite, LA, pro se.

Lore J. Cailor, pro se.

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