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FILED Superior Court ofCalifornia County Los Angeles SEP of052014
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Sherri R. Carter Execuuve Officer/Clerk
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ROBINSON CALCAGNIE ROBINSON SHAPIRO DAVIS, INC
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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COORDINATION PROCEEDING
[UDICIAL COUNCIL COORDINATION
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SPECIAL TITLE [RULE 3.550] RISPERDAL® AN]) INVEGA® PRODUCT LIABILITY CASES
~ROCEEDINGNO. 4775 ~~~C1ZE MANAGEMENT )RDER NO.4
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THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:
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ALL CASES
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This Case Management Order No. 4 controls and applies to the litigation of any and all related actions that are coordinated with this matter, RISPERDAL® and INVEGA® PRODUCT
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I. APPOINTMENT OF PLAINTIFFS STEERING COMMITTEE: Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs request the Court appoint the following to the Plaintiffs
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Conrad Adams
Amy Carter
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Matthews & Associates 2905 Sackett Street Houston, TX 77098 713-522-5250 cadams@themafthews1a~~ corn
Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett 301 East Ocean Blvd., Suite 1950 Long Beach, California 90802 Tel: 562.590.3400 acarter(~sg~bIaw.com
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Plaint~jj&Steering Committee
Plaint~ffsSteering Committee
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Martin Crump Davis & Crump, PC Tel: 1-800-277-0300
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Fax: 228-864-0907 1712 15th St., Ste. 300
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Gulf~ort,MS 39501 martincrumv@daviscrump.com
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Plaintjffs Steering Committee
Michael K. Johnson Johnson Becker, PLLC 33 South Sixth Street, Suite 4530 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Toll Free: 800-279-6386 Facsimile: 612-436-1801 mjohnson@johnsonbecker.com
Penman Heard Heard Robins Cloud, LLP 808 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 450 Santa Monica, CA 90401 310-929- 4200 dheard@heardrobjns.com Plaint~/fsSteering Committee ___________________________________________________
Brian McCormick Ross Feller Casey, LLP OneLiberty Place 1650 Market St., Suite 3450 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone 215-231-3740 bmccormick(~rossfelIercasey.com -
Plaintjffs Steering Committee
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Rick Meadow The Lanier Law Firm 126 East 56th Street 0 New York, New York 10022 0 212-421-2800 0 917-546-0464 (fax) rdm@lanierlawfirm.com
Willard J. Moody, Jr. The Moody Law Firm, Inc. 0 500 Crawford Street, Suite 2000 Portsmouth., VA 237040 Phone: (757) 393-40930 Toll Free: (800) 368-1033 Plainfiffs Steering Committee
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Plaintifs Steering Committee
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James G. O’Callahan Girardi & Keese
ELlen Presby The Nemeroff Law Firm
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1126 Wilshire Boulevard0 Los Angeles, CA 900170
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Phone: 213-977-02110 Fax: 213-481-1554 igocallahan(~girardikeese.com
A Professional Corporation 2626 Cole Avenue, Suite 450 Dallas, TX 75204 Office (direct): 972-707-2363 Fax: 214-393-7897 ellenpresby@nemerofflaw.com
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Plaint~ffsSteering Committee
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Plaintifs Steering Committee
Perry Sanders, Jr. SandersR.Law Firm LLC 31 N. Tejon Street, Suite 400 Cob. Springs, CO 80903 (719)630-1556 Fax (719) 630-7004 perry@scclaw net Plaintiffs Steering Committee Aimee Wagstaff
Norman E. Siegel Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP 550 West C Street, Suite 1750 San Diego, CA 92101 1-800-714-0360 siegel(~1stuevesjegel.com Plaintifs Steering Committee
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Andrus Wagstaff 7171 West Alaska Drive Lakewood, Colorado 80226
Laura Yeager Morgan & Morgan 201 North Franklin Street, 7th Floor Tampa, FL 33602
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Direct (720) 208-9414 aimee.wagstaff~AndrusWagstaff.com
Office: 813.223.5505 Fax:813.222.4796
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CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER NO.4
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II. Plaintiffs Steering Committee Responsibilities Co-Lead Counsel, Robert Mosier and Daniel Robinson, and Co-Liaison Counsel Eric
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Gibbs and Mark Crawford’ shall be members of the Plaintiffs Steering Committee (“PSC”). CoLead Counsel shall authorize and direct the work of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (“PSC”). 6 At Co-Lead Counsels’ direction, the PSC shall have the following duties and responsibilities: 1. PRETRIAL DISCOVERY. 7 8
a. Conduct pretrial discovery on behalfofPlaintiffs in all actions coordinated with the instant JCCP 4775;
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b. Cause to be issued in the name of Plaintiffs the necessary pretrial discovery requests, discovery motions, and subpoenas or other third-party discovery pertaining to any
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c. Conduct pretrial discovery in a coordinated manner on behalf of and for the
15 benefit ofPlaintiffs, in a fashion in keeping with current practice guidelines orthose established in subsequent discovery plans or orders ofthis Court. 2. PRETRIAL MOTIONS, HEARINGS AND CONFERENCES.
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a. Initiate proposals, suggestions, schedules, motions or briefs, and any other
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Plaintiffs;
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c. Appear and argue any pretrial motions on behalf ofPlaintiffs; and
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d. Appear on behalf of Plaintiffs at pretrial conferences or other pretrial
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Mark Crawford from the Skikos, Crawford, Skikos & Joseph firm is added as Co-Liaison
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MISCELLANEOUS. a. Perform any task necessary and proper for the PSC to accomplish its
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b. Maintain adequate files of all pretrial matters, including establishing and
5 maintaining a document or exhibit depository, in either real or virtual format, and having those 6 documents available, under reasonable terms and conditions for examinations by all JCCP
7 Plaintiffs or theirattorneys. 8
Compensation for work performed and the approved costs incurred by Co-Lead, Co-
9 Liaison Counsel, the PSC and any subcommittee approved by Co-Lead Counsel, will be paid by
10 the Common Benefit Funds which shall be covered in a separate Case Management Order. 11 ITIS SO ORDERED.
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Hon. ~illiam~Hig~r
CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER NO.4
PROOF OF SERVICE 2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ORANGE 3
I am employed in the County ofOrange, State ofCalifornia. I am over the age of 18 and not a party to the within action. My business address is: Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro 4 Davis, Inc., 19 Corporate Plaza Drive, Newport Beach, California 92660.
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On September 4, 2014, I served the foregoing document described as: EPROPOSEDI CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER NO.4
on the interested parties in this action through the use ofthe California RisperdalÂŽ and InvegaÂŽ 8 Product Liability Cases Website maintained by Case Anywhere. I caused the foregoing document to be transmitted to Case Anywhere for electronic service in the following maimer (check one 9 box): 10 ~ I provided the document(s) listed above electronically to Case Anywhere through the 11 12
Case Anywhere website pursuant to the instructions on that website; [The document will be deemed served on the date that it was uploaded to the website as indicated by the Case Anywhere system.]
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1 declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the
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Executed on this 4th day ofSeptember, 2014, at Newport Beach, California.
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