Ortega v. Merck & Co., Inc. et al
| William Ortega |
| Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Organon & Co. and Organon, LLC |
| 1:2022cv10511 |
| April 7, 2022 |
| US District Court for the District of Massachusetts |
| Nathaniel M Gorton |
| Richard G Stearns |
| Personal Inj. Prod. Liability |
| 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity-Personal Injury |
| Both |
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| Filing 26 NOTICE of Appearance by Kimberly Lewis Beck on behalf of William Ortega (Beck, Kimberly) |
| Filing 25 REPLY to Response to #13 MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM Reply in Support of Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Organon & Co., and Organon, LLCs Motion to Dismiss Leave to File Granted on May 16, 2022 filed by Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Organon & Co., Organon, LLC. (Schaffer, Michelle) |
| Filing 24 Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton: ELECTRONIC ORDER entered ALLOWING #21 MOTION for Leave to File A Reply to Plaintiff's Opposition to Defendants Motion to Dismiss ; Counsel using the Electronic Case Filing System should now file the document for which leave to file has been granted in accordance with the CM/ECF Administrative Procedures. Counsel must include - Leave to file granted on (date of order)- in the caption of the document. (Warnock, Douglas) |
| Filing 23 Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton: ELECTRONIC ORDER entered ALLOWING #22 Motion for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice Added Kimberly Beck. Attorneys admitted Pro Hac Vice must have an individual PACER account, not a shared firm account, to electronically file in the District of Massachusetts. To register for a PACER account, go the Pacer website at # https://pacer.uscourts.gov/register-account.Pro Hac Vice Admission Request Instructions # https://www.mad.uscourts.gov/caseinfo/nextgen-pro-hac-vice.htm.A Notice of Appearance must be entered on the docket by the newly admitted attorney. (Warnock, Douglas) |
| Filing 22 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice for admission of Kimberly Beck Filing fee: $ 100, receipt number AMADC-9322316 by William Ortega. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A Affidavit)(Bliss, Paula) |
| Filing 21 MOTION for Leave to File A Reply to Plaintiff's Opposition to Defendants Motion to Dismiss by Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Organon & Co., Organon, LLC.(Schaffer, Michelle) |
| Filing 20 Opposition re #13 MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM filed by William Ortega. (Bliss, Paula) |
| Filing 19 ELECTRONIC NOTICE of Reassignment. Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton added. Judge Indira Talwani no longer assigned to case. (Finn, Mary) |
| Filing 18 Judge Indira Talwani: ELECTRONIC ORDER entered. ORDER OF RECUSAL.(MacDonald, Gail) |
| Filing 17 ELECTRONIC NOTICE of Reassignment. Judge Indira Talwani added. Judge Richard G. Stearns no longer assigned to case. (Finn, Mary) |
| Filing 16 Judge Richard G. Stearns: ELECTRONIC ORDER entered. The factual disparities among individual plaintiffs' cases -- broad differences in the time periods and frequencies during which plaintiffs were prescribed SINGULAR or its generic (dating from 2000 to 2020), the intervening changes in the contents of the published warnings during that same time span, the predictable differences on issues of individual damages and causation -- fails the related civil cases standard set out in D. Mass. LR 40.1. (There are no circumstances that the court can envision that would allow a joint trial of the cases filed thus far). Accordingly, the court will return all but the first-filed case, Baiona v. Merck & Co., Inc., 22-10474-RGS, to the Clerk to be redrawn. The court will, once the cases are reassigned, entertain a motion for consolidation of the cases for purposes of discovery related to common factual issues, as well as issues that are purely a matter of law, on agreement of the parties and the district court judges to whom the cases are assigned. Associated Cases: 1:22-cv-10474-RGS et al.(Zierk, Marsha) |
| Filing 15 STATE COURT Record. (Schaffer, Michelle) |
| Filing 14 MEMORANDUM in Support re #13 MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM filed by Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Organon & Co., Organon, LLC. (Schaffer, Michelle) |
| Filing 13 MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM by Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Organon & Co., Organon, LLC.(Schaffer, Michelle) |
| Filing 12 RESPONSE TO COURT ORDER by Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Organon & Co., Organon, LLC re 4 Order,, 1.Defendants L.R. 40.1(g)(5)(b) Certification. (Schaffer, Michelle) |
| Filing 11 NOTICE of Appearance by Michelle M. Byers on behalf of Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Organon & Co., Organon, LLC (Byers, Michelle) |
| Filing 10 Request for Judicial Notice Request for Judicial Notice in Support of Defendants Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Organon & Co., and Organon, LLCs Notice of Removal and Removal of Action by Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Organon & Co., Organon, LLC. (Schaffer, Michelle) |
| Filing 9 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT by Organon & Co.. (Schaffer, Michelle) |
| Filing 8 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT by Organon, LLC identifying Corporate Parent Organon & Co. for Organon, LLC.. (Schaffer, Michelle) |
| Filing 7 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT by Merck & Co., Inc.. (Schaffer, Michelle) |
| Filing 6 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. identifying Corporate Parent Merck & Co., Inc. for Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp... (Schaffer, Michelle) |
| Filing 5 NOTICE by Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Organon & Co., Organon, LLC Defendants Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp., Organon & Co., and Organon, LLCs Notice of Compliance With 28 U.S.C 1446(D) (Attachments: #1 Exhibit State Court Notice of Removal)(Schaffer, Michelle) |
| Filing 4 Judge Richard G. Stearns: ELECTRONIC ORDER entered. To file this as a case related to 22-10474, removal counsel is required to file a certification pursuant to D. Mass. L.R. 40.1(g)(5)(B) that this matter meets the definition of related case. See L.R. 40.1(g). The certification must be filed no later than April 14, 2022. The court notes that common questions of law and some of the same parties are insufficient bases for related case status. L.R. 40.1(g)(3).Associated Cases: 1:22-cv-10496-RGS, 1:22-cv-10489-RGS, 1:22-cv-10511-RGS, 3:22-cv-30035-RGS(Zierk, Marsha) |
| Filing 3 ELECTRONIC NOTICE of Case Assignment. Judge Richard G. Stearns assigned to case. If the trial Judge issues an Order of Reference of any matter in this case to a Magistrate Judge, the matter will be transmitted to Magistrate Judge Judith G. Dein. (Finn, Mary) |
| Filing 2 AFFIDAVIT of Michelle I. Schaffer re #1 Notice of Removal Declaration of Michelle I. Schaffer in Support of Defendants Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Organon & Co., and Organon, LLCs Notice of Removal Under 28 U.S.C. 1441(B) by Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Organon & Co., Organon, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Complaint, #2 Exhibit New Jersey State Treasurers Status Report for Merck & Co., Inc., #3 Exhibit Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.s Business Entity Summary, #4 Exhibit New Jersey State Treasurers Status Report for Organon & Co., #5 Civil Cover Sheet Civil Action Cover Sheet, #6 Exhibit Category Form)(Schaffer, Michelle) |
| Filing 1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL by Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Organon & Co., Organon, LLC ( Filing fee: $ 402, receipt number AMADC-9263397 Fee Status: Filing Fee paid) (Schaffer, Michelle) |
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