Consolidated
Lead case: 1:17-md-02804

Ohio Northern District Court
Judge:Dan Aaron Polster
Case #: 1:18-op-45937
Nature of Suit470 Other Statutes - Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations
Cause18:1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act
Case Filed:Aug 09, 2018
Case in other court:New Jersey, 2:18-cv-09029
Last checked: Friday Nov 08, 2019 6:25 PM EST
Defendant
ESTATE OF RAYMOND SACKLER
Defendant
Kinray, Inc.
Defendant
Mallinckrodt LLC
Defendant
Mallinckrodt PLC
Defendant
McKesson Corporation
Represented By
Russell Lyle Hewit
Dughi & Hewit
contact info
Mark H. Lynch
Covington & Burling - Washington
contact info
Defendant
Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Defendant
NEW JERSEY CVS PHARMACY, L.L.C.
Defendant
Noramco Inc
Defendant
Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Defendant
Par Pharmaceutical
Defendant
Russell Portenoy
Represented By
Jeffrey Marc Lichtstein
Cohen Tauber Spievack & Wagner
contact info
Defendant
Purdue Frederick Company, Inc.
Represented By
Stephen C. Matthews
Dla Piper
contact info
Defendant
Purdue Pharma Inc.
Represented By
Stephen C. Matthews
Dla Piper
contact info
Defendant
Purdue Pharma L.P.
Represented By
Stephen C. Matthews
Dla Piper
contact info
Defendant
Rite Aid Corporation
Defendant
Rite Aid New Jersey, Inc.
Defendant
John N. Kapoor
Represented By
Kurt M. Mullen
Nixon Peabody - Boston
contact info
Kurt Michael Mullen
Nixon Peabody
contact info
Defendant
Dr. Richard Sackler
Defendant
Sandoz, Inc.
Defendant
H.D. Smith
Defendant
Specgx, LLC
Defendant
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Defendant
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
Defendant
Wal-Mart Stores East L.P.
Defendant
Wal-Mart Stores East, Inc.
Defendant
Walgreen Co.
Represented By
Kaspar J. Stoffelmayr
Bartlit Beck - Chicago
contact info
Defendant
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.
Represented By
Robert Stephen Stigall
Ballard Spahr
contact info
Kaspar J. Stoffelmayr
Bartlit Beck - Chicago
contact info
Casey Gene Watkins
Ballard Spahr
contact info
Defendant
Walgreens Eastern Co., Inc.
Represented By
Robert Stephen Stigall
Ballard Spahr
contact info
Kaspar J. Stoffelmayr
Bartlit Beck - Chicago
contact info
Casey Gene Watkins
Ballard Spahr
contact info
Defendant
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Defendant
Lynn Webster
Defendant
West-Ward Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Defendant
Cardinal Health Inc.
Represented By
Eric A. Inglis
Schenk Price Smith & King
contact info
Defendant
ABC Corporations
Defendant
ABC Distributors
Defendant
ABC Manufacturers
Defendant
Abbott Laboratories
Defendant
Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
Defendant
Actavis LLC
Defendant
Actavis Pharma, Inc.
Defendant
Allergan PLC
Defendant
Allergan USA, Inc.
Defendant
American Academy of Pain Medicine, Inc.
Defendant
American Pain Foundation, Inc.
Defendant
AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation
Defendant
Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Defendant
CVS Health Corporation
Defendant
Cephalon Inc.
Defendant
Endo Health Solutions Inc.
Defendant
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Defendant
Estate of Mortimer Sackler
Defendant
Estate of Raymond Sackler
Defendant
Perry Fine
Defendant
Scott Fishman
Defendant
Indivior, Inc.
Represented By
Safa W. Osmani
Hogan Lovells Us - Boston
contact info
Maria R. Durant
Hogan Lovells Us - Boston
contact info
Sara E. Silva
Hogan Lovells Us - Boston
contact info
Defendant
Insys Therapeutics, Inc.
Defendant
Jane and John Does
Defendant
Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc.
Defendant
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Defendant
Johnson & Johnson
Plaintiff
County of Hudson
Represented By
Marc David Grossman
Sanders Phillips Grossman
contact info
Randi A. Kassan
Sanders Phillips Grossman
contact info


Docket last updated: 04/08/2019 7:27 PM EDT
Wednesday, May 09, 2018
1 1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL by MCKESSON CORPORATION from Superior Court of New Jersey, case number HUD-L-1272-18. ( Filing and Admin fee $ 400 receipt number 0312-8728392), filed by MCKESSON CORPORATION.(HEWIT, RUSSELL) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Att: 1 Exhibit A,
Att: 2 Exhibit B,
Att: 3 Civil Cover Sheet,
Att: 4 Certificate of Service
2 2 Corporate Disclosure Statement by MCKESSON CORPORATION. (HEWIT, RUSSELL) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Thursday, May 10, 2018
Judge Esther Salas and Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor added. (eu, ) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Monday, May 14, 2018
3 3 NOTICE of Appearance by JEFFREY MARC LICHTSTEIN on behalf of RUSSELL PORTENOY (LICHTSTEIN, JEFFREY) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018
4 4 NOTICE of Appearance by KURT MICHAEL MULLEN on behalf of JOHN N KAPOOR(MULLEN, KURT) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Att: 1 Certificate of Service
5 5 Application and Proposed Order for Clerk's Order to extend time to answer as to the Amended Complaint..(MULLEN, KURT) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Att: 1 Certificate of Service
6 6 Letter from Defendants Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and Walgreen Eastern Co. Inc..(STIGALL, ROBERT) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Att: 1 Text of Proposed Order
7 7 STIPULATION AND ORDER WITH PLAINTIFF by AMERISOURCEBERGEN DRUG CORPORATION, CARDINAL HEALTH, INC., MCKESSON CORPORATION.(HEWIT, RUSSELL) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Att: 1 Certificate of Service
8 8 STIPULATION by PURDUE PHARMA INC..(MATTHEWS, STEPHEN) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Att: 1 Exhibit
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Clerk`s Text Order - The document5 Application for Clerk's Order to Ext Answer/Proposed Order submitted by JOHN N KAPOOR has been GRANTED. The answer due date has been set for 05/30/2018. (ek) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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9 9 NOTICE of Appearance by ROBERT STEPHEN STIGALL on behalf of WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE, INC., WALGREENS EASTERN CO., INC.(STIGALL, ROBERT) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Att: 1 Certificate of Service
10 10 NOTICE of Appearance by CASEY GENE WATKINS on behalf of WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE, INC., WALGREENS EASTERN CO., INC.(WATKINS, CASEY) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Att: 1 Certificate of Service
Friday, May 18, 2018
11 11 ORDER that Defendants shall have through and including thirty (30) days after the later of (1) this Court's ruling on any motion to remand, should any party file one, or (2) the JPML's final decision regarding whether to transfer this case to the MDL, to move, answer, or otherwise respond to Plaintiff's Amended Complaint, etc. Signed by Judge Esther Salas on 05/18/2018. (ek) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Monday, May 21, 2018
12 12 NOTICE of Appearance by STEPHEN C. MATTHEWS on behalf of PURDUE PHARMA INC., PURDUE PHARMA L.P., THE PURDUE FREDERICK COMPANY, INC. (MATTHEWS, STEPHEN) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Friday, May 25, 2018
13 13 Letter from Kurt M. Mullen enclosing stipulation and proposed order extending time for John N. Kapoor to respond to amended complaint.(MULLEN, KURT) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Att: 1 Stipulation and Proposed Order
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
14 14 STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME for John Kapoor to answer or otherwise respond to the amended complaint through and including 30 days after the later of this Court's ruling on any motion to remand, should Plaintiff file one, or the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigations final decision regarding whether to transfer this case to the MDL, etc. Signed by Judge Esther Salas on 05/29/2018. (ek) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Monday, June 04, 2018
15 15 STIPULATION AND ORDER that Distributor Defendants, without waiver of any defenses, shall have through and including 30 days after the later of this Court's ruling on any motion to remand, should Plaintiff file one, or the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's final decision regarding whether to transfer this case to the MDL, whichever is later, to move, answer, or otherwise respond to the Complaint, etc.. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor on 06/04/2018. (ek) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Tuesday, June 05, 2018
16 16 SUMMONS Returned Executed by COUNTY OF HUDSON. (KASSAN, RANDI) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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17 17 STIPULATION and Proposed Order by ESTATE OF MORTIMER SACKLER, ESTATE OF RAYMOND SACKLER, RICHARD SACKLER. (DRASCO, DENNIS) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Thursday, June 07, 2018
18 18 STIPULATION AND ORDER; that in the event Plaintiff moves to remand and that motion is granted by this Court, the Stipulating Defendants shall have sixty (60) days from the date of the order granting remand to answer, move, plead, or otherwise respond to Plaintiff's Amended Complaint in the Superior Court of New Jersey. Signed by Judge Esther Salas on 6/7/2018. (ld, ) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Friday, June 08, 2018
19 19 MOTION to Remand by COUNTY OF HUDSON.(GROSSMAN, MARC) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.] Modified on 9/4/2018 (P,R).
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Att: 1 Brief,
Att: 2 Declaration,
Att: 3 Text of Proposed Order,
Att: 4 Certificate of Service,
Att: 5 Exhibit A,
Att: 6 Exhibit B,
Att: 7 Exhibit C,
Att: 8 Exhibit D,
Att: 9 Exhibit E,
Att: 10 Exhibit F,
Att: 11 Exhibit G,
Att: 12 Exhibit H
Monday, June 11, 2018
Set Deadlines as to19 MOTION to Remand . Motion set for 7/2/2018 before Judge Esther Salas. Unless otherwise directed by the Court, this motion will be decided on the papers and no appearances are required. Note that this is an automatically generated message from the Clerk`s Office and does not supersede any previous or subsequent orders from the Court. (ek) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Monday, June 18, 2018
20 20 BRIEF in Opposition filed by MCKESSON CORPORATION re19 MOTION to Remand (HEWIT, RUSSELL) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Att: 1 Exhibit 1,
Att: 2 Exhibit 2,
Att: 3 Certificate of Service
21 21 MOTION to Stay by MCKESSON CORPORATION.(HEWIT, RUSSELL) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Att: 1 Brief,
Att: 2 Exhibit A,
Att: 3 Exhibit B,
Att: 4 Exhibit C,
Att: 5 Exhibit D,
Att: 6 Exhibit E,
Att: 7 Text of Proposed Order,
Att: 8 Certificate of Service
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Set Deadlines as to21 MOTION to Stay . Motion set for 7/16/2018 before Judge Esther Salas. Unless otherwise directed by the Court, this motion will be decided on the papers and no appearances are required. Note that this is an automatically generated message from the Clerk`s Office and does not supersede any previous or subsequent orders from the Court. (ek) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Monday, June 25, 2018
22 22 REPLY to Response to Motion filed by COUNTY OF HUDSON re21 MOTION to Stay (GROSSMAN, MARC) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Att: 1 Declaration,
Att: 2 Exhibit 1,
Att: 3 Exhibit 2,
Att: 4 Certificate of Service
Thursday, June 28, 2018
23 23 NOTICE by COUNTY OF HUDSON(GROSSMAN, MARC) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Att: 1 Declaration,
Att: 2 Certificate of Service,
Att: 3 Exhibit A,
Att: 4 Exhibit B
24 24 RESPONSE in Opposition filed by COUNTY OF HUDSON re21 MOTION to Stay (GROSSMAN, MARC) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Att: 1 Declaration,
Att: 2 Certificate of Service,
Att: 3 Exhibit A,
Att: 4 Exhibit B,
Att: 5 Exhibit C,
Att: 6 Exhibit D
Monday, July 09, 2018
25 25 REPLY BRIEF to Opposition to Motion filed by AMERISOURCEBERGEN DRUG CORPORATION, CARDINAL HEALTH, INC., MCKESSON CORPORATION re21 MOTION to Stay (HEWIT, RUSSELL) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Att: 1 Certificate of Service
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
26 26 TEXT ORDER: The parties are to submit a joint status report by Friday, August 10, 2018. So Ordered by Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor on 7/31/18. (tjg, ) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Tuesday, August 07, 2018
27 27 Order of MDL Panel transferring case to the Northern District of Ohio. (MDL 2804 - Judge Dan A. Polster) (gh, ) [Transferred from njd on 8/9/2018.]
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Thursday, August 09, 2018
28 28 CASE TRANSFERRED IN from District of New Jersey. Case number 2:18-cv-09029. Original file, certified copy of transfer order and docket sheet received.
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