BEST v. COOK INCORPORATED et al
Plaintiff: RUSSELL BEST, JR.
Defendant: COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED, COOK GROUP INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC and WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS
Case Number: 1:2023cv07042
Filed: June 22, 2023
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Presiding Judge: Tim A Baker
Referring Judge: Richard L Young
Nature of Suit: Personal Inj. Prod. Liability
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity-Product Liability
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
July 5, 2023 Filing 13 NOTICE of Appearance by Andrea Roberts Pierson on behalf of Defendants COOK INCOPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, MDL Defendants COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS. Associated Cases: 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-00854-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-00865-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-00919-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-00937-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-00946-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-00951-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-00997-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-01007-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-01017-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-01018-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-01046-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-01053-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-01055-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-01078-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-06949-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07005-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07009-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07010-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07011-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07012-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07013-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07014-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07015-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07016-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07017-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07019-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07021-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07023-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07024-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07025-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07028-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07029-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07030-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07031-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07032-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07033-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07034-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07035-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07037-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07038-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07042-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07043-RLY-TAB (Pierson, Andrea)
July 5, 2023 Filing 12 NOTICE of Appearance by Kip S.M. McDonald on behalf of Defendants COOK INCOPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, MDL Defendants COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS. Associated Cases: 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-00854-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-00865-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-00919-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-00937-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-00946-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-00951-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-00997-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-01007-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-01017-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-01018-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-01046-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-01053-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-01055-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-01078-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-06949-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07005-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07009-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07010-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07011-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07012-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07013-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07014-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07015-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07016-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07017-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07019-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07021-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07023-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07024-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07025-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07028-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07029-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07030-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07031-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07032-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07033-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07034-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07035-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07037-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07038-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07042-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07043-RLY-TAB (McDonald, Kip)
June 27, 2023 Filing 11 NOTICE of Appearance by Thomas W. Arbon on behalf of Plaintiff RUSSELL BEST, MDL Plaintiff RUSSELL BEST, JR.. Associated Cases: 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07042-RLY-TAB (Arbon, Thomas)
June 26, 2023 Filing 10 NOTICE of Appearance by Ben C. Martin on behalf of Plaintiff RUSSELL BEST, MDL Plaintiff RUSSELL BEST, JR.. Associated Cases: 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07042-RLY-TAB (Martin, Ben)
June 26, 2023 Filing 9 SEALED Exhibit A, re (8 in 1:23-cv-07042-RLY-TAB, 24534 in 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB) Amended Complaint, filed by Plaintiff RUSSELL BEST, MDL Plaintiff RUSSELL BEST, JR.. Associated Cases: 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07042-RLY-TAB(Martin, Ben)
June 26, 2023 Filing 8 AMENDED COMPLAINT against WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, filed by RUSSELL BEST, RUSSELL BEST, JR..Associated Cases: 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07042-RLY-TAB(Martin, Ben)
June 26, 2023 Filing 7 Remark - Case Transferred In from District of Maryland, Cause No. 8:23-cv-1437 on 6/22/2023, assigned SD/IN Cause No. 1:23-cv-7042-RLY-TAB and transferred as Member Action to MDL 2570. Case Transferred In from District of South Carolina, Cause No. 8:23-cv-2301 on 6/23/2023, assigned SD/IN Cause No. 1:23-cv-7043-RLY-TAB and transferred as Member Action to MDL 2570. Case Transferred In from Western District of Washington, Cause No. 2:23-cv-762 on 6/22/2023, assigned SD/IN Cause No. 1:23-cv-7044-RLY-TAB and transferred as Member Action to MDL 2570. Case Transferred In from Western District of Washington, Cause No. 3:23-cv-5467 on 6/22/2023, assigned SD/IN Cause No. 1:23-cv-7045-RLY-TAB and transferred as Member Action to MDL 2570. Associated Cases: 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07042-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07043-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07044-RLY-TAB, 1:23-cv-07045-RLY-TAB(LBT)
June 26, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 6 Third Amended Order Establishing Policies and Procedures. Signed by District Judge Richard L Young on 6/26/2023.(LBT)
June 22, 2023 Filing 5 Case transferred in from District of Maryland; Case Number 8:23-cv-01437. Original file copy of transfer order and docket sheet received.
June 22, 2023 Filing 4 MDL Certified Transfer ORDER.(heps, Deputy Clerk) [Transferred from Maryland on 6/22/2023.]
June 22, 2023 Remark: Case electronically transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. (heps, Deputy Clerk) [Transferred from Maryland on 6/22/2023.]
June 20, 2023 Filing 3 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Russell Best, Jr.. Cook Group Incorporated served on 6/2/2023, answer due 6/23/2023; Cook Incorporated served on 6/2/2023, answer due 6/23/2023; Cook Medical Incorporated served on 6/2/2023, answer due 6/23/2023; Cook Medical, LLC served on 6/2/2023, answer due 6/23/2023.(Browne, Justin) [Transferred from Maryland on 6/22/2023.]
May 31, 2023 Filing 2 Summons Issued 21 days as to Cook Group Incorporated, Cook Incorporated, Cook Medical Incorporated, Cook Medical, LLC, William Cook Europe APS.(heps, Deputy Clerk) [Transferred from Maryland on 6/22/2023.]
May 30, 2023 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against All Defendants ( Filing fee $ 402 receipt number AMDDC-10626020.), filed by Russell Best, Jr.. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Summons Cook Incorporated, #3 Summons Cook Medical Incorporated, #4 Summons Cook Group Incorporated, #5 Summons Cook Medical, LLC, #6 Summons William Cook Europe APS)(Browne, Justin) [Transferred from Maryland on 6/22/2023.]
May 30, 2023 Case Assigned to Judge Deborah L. Boardman. (kos, Deputy Clerk) [Transferred from Maryland on 6/22/2023.]

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Plaintiff: RUSSELL BEST, JR.
Represented By: Justin Anthony Browne
Represented By: Ben C. Martin
Represented By: Thomas W. Arbon
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Defendant: COOK INCORPORATED
Represented By: Andrea Roberts Pierson
Represented By: Kip S.M. McDonald
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Defendant: COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED
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