Rosewolf

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOSHUA ROSEWOLF, et al., Case No. 22-cv-02072-JSW Plaintiffs, Re: Dkt. Nos. 12, 34 8 v.

MERCK & CO., INC., et al., Case No. 22-cv-02263-JSW Defendants. Re: Dkt. Nos. 8, 26

SHAUNA GIBSON, et al.,

ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO

Plaintiffs, SEVER AND DENYING CROSS-

MOTIONS TO CONSOLIDATE

v. RELATED CASES

MERCK & CO., INC., et al., Defendants.

17 Now before the Court for consideration are motions to sever filed by Defendants, Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Organon & Co., and Organon, LLC (“Defendants”), and cross-motions to consolidate filed by Plaintiffs Joshua Rosewolf, Veronica Lewis, Shauna Gibson, and Cam Yuen (“Plaintiffs”). In their motions, Plaintiffs move to consolidate four cases the Court has deemed related: Rosewolf v. Merck & Co., Inc., No. 22-2072-JSW, Starr v. Merck & Co., Inc., No. 22-cv-2138-JSW (“Starr”), Skinner v. Merck & Co., Inc., No. 22-cv-2260, and Gibson v. Merck & Co.,…