Plaintiff:	William Anthony Mitchell (deceased), by and through daughter and next of kin, Felicia Leonard, Timothy Jay Minchew, Sherri Gates, Beverly Simpson, Gary Gipson, Melanie Renee Compton, Sherry Ann Churchill, John Stanley Beech, Bruce Gahring (deceased), by and through his widow and next of kin, Valeri Gahring, Pamela Teresa Bobbett, Shonnaree Yeager, JOHN DOE, Timothy Randall Beck, Michael Anderson Cage, Jesse Cronen, Kevin Dewayne Odum, Sheretta Wright, Lance Lee Pilgreen, Lea Ann Branning, Allan Ray Neel, Bram J. Ates (deceased), by and through his mother and next of kin, Liz Ates, Paul Anthony Cimino (deceased), by and through his mother and next of kin, Sharon M. Cimino, Nancy P. Uthoff, Nancy Palmertree (deceased), by and through her daughter and next of kin, Bethany Rosamond, Randy Hutcherson, Mervin English, Willie G. Grayer, Jr., Myron D. Brown, Sr., Ryan Elizabeth Besancon, Jimmy Patterson, Austin P. Wyrick, Mala Gilbert Torrence, Jr., Gaye Barnett Sebren, Telisa Lashes Jackson, Virginia Belle Love, Alan Kuhnau, Vaughn Simms, Doris Darlene Carter, Jedidiah Gasaway, Denise Barrois Adams, Victoria O. Chavis, Irene Cunningham, Brenda Sanders, Donna M. Brownlee, Ronald Erval Cameron, Jason D. Rosamond, Sierra Danielle Russel Rogers, Kysha Marie Dedeaux, Ginger Voyles, Paul Nicholas, Dustin Mitchell Snider, Steven Bruce Price, Gloria Sparks, Elemuel Petty, Nevaeh Rice (deceased), by and through her father and next of kin, Chris Hunt, Ernie Payne Rogers (deceased), by and through his brother and next of kin, Robert Rogers, Jason Kordan Johnston, Monte Kyle Hamby (deceased), by and through his mother and next of kin, Carrie Horne, Aaron Lee Jones (deceased), by and through his mother and next of kin, Dixi Jones, Amber Elliott, Tim Wade Wedgeworth, John R. Stephens (deceased), by and through his widow, Sindra Katherine Stephens, Felicia Jean Leonard, Willis Eugene Decanter, Jeanne Marie Decanter, Robert Sipes, Kimberlee M. Palmer, Deborah Ann Gates, Brenda Renee Spivey, James Aaron Bratton, Samuel J. Hudson, Joseph Marion Crane, Robert R. Sivils, James Ray Clingan, Darian Marquiel Smith, Rhonda Brashier (deceased), Jeffrey Eugene Patterson, Sr., Larry Lynn Sheffield, Steven Thomas Johnson, Joseph Carl Adams, Michael Gene Stewart (deceased), by and through his widow, Kimberley Landrum, Annette Martin, Alfred Wayne Kelly, Tammie Bell, Jeffrey Dewayne Phillips, John Keith Pohlmann, Amanda Carol Ingle (deceased), by and through her sister and next of kin, Samantha Jo Harrison, Jeremia Rhett Haller (deceased), by and through his father and next of kin, John Haller, Billie Jean Waggle, Linda Christeen Ames, Michael Jackson, Richard Hathorn, Litasha Rena Tate, Bardin Ferrell Boyd, Tequilla S. Ellis, Jacqualine Tiera Gardner, Altheria Gates Crump, Sharon Tipton Bell, Laura Bell Walker, Stephanie L. Jones, Katie Pevey, Joseph William Kaiser, Paul D. Fayard, Jr. (deceased), by and through his father and next of kin, Paul D. Fayard. Sr., Jessica Nicole Foster, Melissa Barnett Comans, Timmy Lynn Tripp, Carole Gardner, Chadwick Keil Nason, Billie Jo Smith, Russell Chad Hawk, Joe D. Commander, Mary Kimberly Benson, Norman Daniel Noble, Jr. (deceased), by and through his widow and next of kin, Laura L. Noble, Naomi Reed, Betsy Miller, Kip Tolbert Caven, James T. Jones, Dennison Ralph Pace, Steven E. Bray, Robert Wayne Simms, II, Timothy James Gueho, Haskell Turner (deceased), by and through his widow and next of kin, Linda Turner, Joseph W. English, Stephen Michael Bagley, Christina Dawn Briggs, Loyd Hughes, Wanda Gale Lewis, Kristen L. Breland, Julie Allen Craven, Tracy M. Windham, Susan Cenales Jones (deceased), by and through her daughter and next of kin, Tiffany D. Jones, Cinema U. Sturdivant, Gloriastine Hunt, Bruce Alton Guinn, Jr., Gregory LoRe, Adam Robert Charles Sudyka, Calvin White, Christopher W. Anderson, Heather Lynn Price (deceased), by and through her widower and next of kin, Steven Price, Jerry Morgan, Roland Joseph LeBlanc, Summer D. Coleman, Andrew Krause, Brandi Leigh Mudd, Amanda Cole Letchworth, Brian Thomas Garrens, Joseph Arthur Ramsey (deceased), by and through his widow and next of kin, Julie Harrison, Michael B. Bean, Ramsay Dakota Prine, Vinester Rena Smith, John Jacob Kinard, Christopher Alan Lindsey, by and through his mother, next of kin, and conservator, Peggy Lindsey-Watson, Kenric Terrance Hughes (deceased), by and through his mother and next of kin, Bobby Faye Hughes, Timothy Michael Hall, Beau Don Morton, Gabriel Makenzy-Frazier Throckmorton (deceased), by and through her father and next of kin, Russell Frazier, Janie Carlene Williams (deceased), by and through her widower, Robert W. Williams, James Brown, Jr., David C. Pruett, Willie Matthews, Jr., Walter Lee Bogan, Mike A. Anderson, Stephanie Annette Dyson, Robin Jean Brashear (deceased), by and through her sister and next of kin, Carrie Huggins, Nancy Ellen Manning (deceased), by and through her daughter and next of kin, Christine L. Manning, Kristy Rochelle Mathis-Holifield, Douglas Gordon Jennings, Kimberly Smith Beach, Miranda N. McClaskey (deceased), by and through her widower, Ronald C. McClaskey, Joel Franklin Williams, Shelia G. Collins, Victoria E. White, Cynthia Ray Williams, Demetria C. Stewart, Jerry Logan, George Edward Waltman, Leolia Thomas, Marilyn Ray Roberts, Brian K. Buckhalter, Odarian R. Jones, Temeka Rochelle Dunn, Roger Dale Aultman, Tori B. Lambert (deceased), by and through her mother and next of kin, Tammy Harris, Robert Marcus Snyder (deceased), by and through his mother and next of kin, Marci Jo Snyder, Jerret Hyman (deceased), by and through his brother and next of kin, Sidney Lambert, James P. Proby, William Headd, Samuel L. Allen, Rita Lamberson-Edwards, Edward Jermaine Tatum, Gerald Butcher, Kathy R. White, Thomas David Lloyd, Benjamin Shane Fortner, Bobby Faye Hughes, Sarah Louise Bolton, Regina Gwen Faulkner, Mandy Higgins Lee, by and through her father, next of kin, and power of attorney, William J. Higgins, Angela Hernandez (deceased), by and through her fiance, Damian Dodier, M. L. Fort, II (deceased), by and through his widow and next of kin, Andrea Garth-Fort, Kendricka Sanqunette Williams, Kevin Matthew Abels (deceased), by and through his mother and next of kin, Judy Ables, Vincent Maiden, William Carmichael, Jamie Gilmer, William Wayne Price, Sr., Mary Ashly Wise, Dewana Nicole Bailey (deceased), by and through her mother and next of kin, Helen Bailey, Zandra L. Campbell, Paula M. Rouse, Robert Brian Williams (deceased), by and through his father and next of kin, Robert W. Williams, Christopher Tyrone Hale, Brandon Bass, Chelsey Walker, Joseph Blake Kaiser (deceased), by and through his father and next of kin, Joseph William Kaiser, Robert A. McDaniel, Ronte Fields, James E. Walters, Nicholas Cline, Mark Anthony Moss, Ronald Merrill Tigner, Emily Mokler, Jonathan Douglass Newman, Leland Darnell Nelson, John Milton Haller, II (deceased), by and through his father and next of kin, John Haller, Jeffrey D. Dallas, Christine L. Manning, William Ray Channon, Terrell A. Bailey, Lorraine Brown Carter, Ebony Sparks, Sondra L. Jones (deceased), by and through her mother and next of kin, Queen Hicks, Megan LeeAnn Bloom (deceased), by and through her mother and next of kin, Janice Bloom, Stephen Miles Ford (deceased), by and through his mother and next of kin, Stacy Ford, Joyce Hunter, Steven D. Wade, Maurice Herbert Johns, Eric Hodnett, Delicia Y. Brandon, Robert Glenn Walker (deceased), by and through his widow and next of kin, Lanita Walker, Jo S. Morgan (deceased), by and through her daughter and next of kin, Constance Morgan, Joseph Wayne Jackson, Joseph Williams, Tasha Lachet Dempsey, Nicholas Slade Anderson (deceased), by and through his mother and next of kin, Cammie B. Anderson, Julia Ward, Laura B. Keeton, Pamela Kuykendall, Danielle Lantrease Emmerson, Leticia Bazan, Roy Audler, Jr., Linda Marie Ross, Tanya D. Todd, Jerry Michael Lamb, Pamela Denise Reynolds-Box (deceased), by and through her son and next of kin, Jessie White, Donald Rushing, Mary Ann Gedrich, Quentin Percy, Donna Jean Locke, George Wayne Dick, Roy L. Williams, Sally Ann Speed (deceased), by and through her widower, Kenneth D. Speed, Philemon Jones (deceased), by and through his sister and next of kin, Phoenicia Jones, Tony Angelo James (deceased), by and through his widow and next of kin, Vickie James, John Himes (deceased), by and through his sister and next of kin, Amanda Bianchini, Jarrett Henry Brown, Sara Jackson, Richard T. Shields, Abraham Boggs (deceased), by and through his mother and next of kin, Anita Kay Boggs, Herchel Shane Lindsey, Bradley Edwin Bynum, Christina Marie Yvonne Whigham, Cedric L. Bankhead, Erin Elizabeth Faulkner-Bardham (deceased), by and through her mother and next of kin, Debra Faulkner, David Leslie Cole, Joshua Smith, Jennifer Rose Ardis (deceased), by and through her mother and next of kin, Jan Clark, Patricia Kay Evans, Cheryl Simms, Stacy Elizabeth Ford, William Dejon Turner (deceased), by and through his mother and next of kin, Nancy Uthoff, Roderick Le'Shaun Brady, Derek Mical Brown (deceased), by and through his sister and next of kin, Michelle Lynn Brown, Letha D. Bivins, Dewayne Robert Kendall, Michael Wayne Norwood (deceased), by and through his mother and next of kin, Vonda Norwood, Jessie B. Stovall, Ryan Neale Branger, Jeramie Berger (deceased), by and through his widow and next of kin, Brittney Cowar, Colton Jackson, Donnie Wayne Davis (deceased), by and through his widow and next of kin Rita Davis, Joseph Brian McCool, Samuel Ashley Martin (deceased), by and through mother and next of kin, Dianne Sullivan, Thomas Boone, Paula T. Smith Jackson, Brittin Kyle Summers, William R. Blackwell, Virginia Mills, Mary Jane DePriest, Melissa Jane Smith (deceased), by and through her widower, Roger D. Smith, Tyler Wade Richburg (deceased), by and through his father and next of kin, Adam Wade Richburg, John William Westmoreland, Nicholas Joseph Necaise (deceased), by and through his mother and next of kin, Geraldine H. Necaise, George Keaton Friend, Tiffani Nicole George, Donika Darlene Stampley, Jessica Leigh Breland (deceased), by and through her mother and next of kin, Jennifer Coleman, Amanda Gillespie, Brittany Leatherberry, Phillip Bernard Headd, Kenneth Scott Ellis, David Michael Ladnier, JoAnn Ray O'Neal, Kevin Thweatt, Jonathan Crawford, Vickie James, Joann Brown Coakley, Kasey Ayron Gibson, Steven Anthony Fettig, II, Donald Ray Martin, Henry Lee Moody, Jr., Shonda Branger and Sidney Winfred Shadburn, II
Defendant:	Endo Health Solutions, Inc., Mallinckrodt PLC, AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation, Cephalon, Inc., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Actavis LLC, The Purdue Frederick Company, Inc., Noramco, Inc., Johnson and Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Purdue Pharma L.P., Mallinckrodt LLC, Actavis Pharma, Inc. f/k/a Watson Pharma, Inc., McKesson Corporation, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. n/k/a Actavis, Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Watson Laboratories, Inc., Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. f/k/a Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc. n/k/a Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Purdue Pharma, Inc., Allergan PLC f/k/a Actavis PLS, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc. n/k/a Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Cardinal Health, Inc.
Petitioner:	Rocklyn S. Smith
Case Number:	1:2020op45113
Filed:	March 25, 2020
Court:	U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Presiding Judge:	Dan Aaron Polster (MDL 2804)
Nature of Suit:	Racketeer/Corrupt Organization
Cause of Action:	18 U.S.C. § 1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act
Jury Demanded By:	Plaintiff

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