City and County of San Francisco v. Purdue Pharma L.P.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN Case No. 18-cv-07591-CRB FRANCISCO, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
STRIKE KEYES AND WALDMAN
v.
REBUTTAL REPORTS
12 PURDUE PHARMA L.P., et al., 13 Defendants.
15 Defendants move to strike sections of the rebuttal reports of Plaintiff’s experts Dr. 16 Keyes and Dr. Waldman. Defendants argue that the relevant sections of the reports offer 17 new analyses and new opinions that are improper for rebuttal reports. See generally 18 Motion to Strike (“Mot.”) (dkt. 984–2). Plaintiff opposes the motion. See Opposition 19 (“Opp.”) (dkt. 1072–2). For the reasons discussed below, the motion is granted. 20 A. Dr. Keyes 21 In her opening report, Dr. Keyes offers several opinions regarding the connection 22 between increasing numbers of opioid prescriptions and opioid related harms. See Keyes 23 Report (dkt. 977–4) at 3–5, 13–25, 29–41. Among her opinions, Dr. Keyes states that 24 evidence shows that Defendants’ aggressive marketing of opioids resulted in an 25 oversupply of opioids causing…