Johnson v. C.R. Bard, Inc.

UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL

on

MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION

IN RE: DAVOL, INC./C.R. BARD, INC.,

POLYPROPYLENE HERNIA MESH PRODUCTS

LIABILITY LITIGATION MDL No. 2846

(SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE)

CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER (CTO —94)

On August 2, 2018, the Panel transferred 50 civil action(s) to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. See 316 F.Supp.3d 1380 (J.P.M.L. 2018). Since that time, 334 additional action(s) have been transferred to the Southern District of Ohio. With the consent of that court, all such actions have been assigned to the Honorable Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. It appears that the action(s) on this conditional transfer order involve questions of fact that are common to the actions previously transferred to the Southern District of Ohio and assigned to Judge Sargus. Pursuant to Rule 7.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, the action(s) on the attached schedule are transferred under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 to the Southern District of Ohio for the reasons stated in the…