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Select Orders by Date Date Docket No. Order 04/09/2013 1 Transfer Order from the MDL Panel 04/12/2013 2 Pretrial Order No. 1: Outlining Initial Procedures for the MDL 05/23/2013 19 Pretrial Order No. 2: Memorializing May 21, 2013 Status Conference 05/29/2013 20 Case Management Order No. 1: Appointing Plaintiffs’ Leadership Positions 07/01/2013 24 Pretrial Order No. 3: Memorializing July 2, 2013 Status Conference 07/12/2013 27 Pretrial Order No. 4: Agreed Protective Order 07/17/2013 28 Pretrial Order No. 5: Correct Spelling of Defendant’s Name 08/02/2013 30 Case Management Order No. 2: Initial Scheduling Order 08/02/2013 31 Case Management Order No. 3: Service of Plaintiffs’ Complaints, Defendant’s Abbreviated Answer and Affirmative Defenses, Initial Disclosures 08/05/2013 32 Pretrial Order No. 6: Common Benefit Fund Order 08/05/2013 33 Pretrial Order No. 7: Memorializing July 29, 2013 Status Conference 09/06/2013 49 Pretrial Order No. 6-A: Amendment to Pretrial Order No. 6 09/06/2013 50 Pretrial Order No. 8: Memorializing Sept. 5, 2013 Status Conference 10/22/2013 65 Pretrial Order No. 9: Stipulation and Agreed Order Regarding Discovery and Use of Electronically Stored Information 10/24/2013 68 Case Management Order No. 4: Plaintiff Fact Sheets and Records Authorizations (Plaintiff Fact Sheet and Plaintiff Authorizations Attached as Exhibits) 11/01/2013 83 Pretrial Order No. 10: Memorializing Oct. 23, 2013 Status Conference 11/01/2013 84 Pretrial Order No. 11: Stipulation and Order Regarding Selection of a Mediator 11/25/2013 117 Pretrial Order No. 12: Stipulation and Agreed Order Extending December 1, 2013 Deadlines 12/12/2013 128 Case Management Order No. 5: Plaintiff Medical Record(s) Procurement 12/16/2013 133 Pretrial Order No. 13: Memorializing Dec. 11, 2013 Status Conference 01/17/2014 154 Pretrial Order No. 14: Memorializing Jan. 15, 2014 Status Conference 02/28/2014 194 Case Management Order No. 6: Identification & Selection of Discovery Pool Plaintiffs 03/05/2014 198 Pretrial Order No. 15: Memorializing Feb. 28, 2014 Status Conference 03/21/2014 213 Discovery Order No. 1: The Costs of Obtaining C8 Health Project Records & Extension of the Deadline for Selection of the Discovery Pool Plaintiffs 04/03/2014 222 Pretrial Order No. 16: Memorializing Apr. 1, 2014 Status Conference 04/03/2014 223 Discovery Order No. 2: Plaintiff Procurement Costs of Obtaining C8 Health Project Records from MRC 04/11/2014 237 Discovery Order No. 3: Request of Oral Argument and Leave to File Sur-Reply on Plaintiffs’ First Motion to Compel 04/22/2014 244 Pretrial Order No. 17: Memorializing Apr. 17, 2014 Status Conference 04/24/2014 247 Discovery Order No. 4: Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Deposition of DuPont’s Corporate Representative 04/28/2014 251 Discovery Order No. 5: Plaintiffs’ Motion for Protective Order—Limits of Discovery on Discovery Pool Plaintiffs 05/05/2014 262 Pretrial Order No. 18: DuPont’s Motion to Modify Case Management Orders Based on State-Court Filings 05/06/2014 264 Discovery Order No. 6: Scheduling the Depositions of Treating Physicians 05/09/2014 265 Pretrial Order No. 19: Memorializing May 6, 2014 Status Conference 05/16/2014 270 Discovery Order No. 7: Permissible Scope of Plaintiffs’ Counsel’s Ex Parte Contact With Treating Physicians 06/09/2014 273 Pretrial Order No. 20: Pro Hac Vice Requirements 06/17/2014 277 Pretrial Order No. 21: Memorializing June 9, 2014 Status Conference 07/09/2014 341 Pretrial Order No. 22: Status Report in Lieu of July 10, 2014 Conference. 08/06/2014 602 Case Management Order No. 7: Selection of the Initial Trial Cases and Expert Disclosures Schedule 08/18/2014 708 Pretrial Order No. 23: Memorializing Aug. 13, 2014 Status Conference. 08/21/2014 712 Pretrial Order No. 24: DuPont’s Motion to Drop Misjoined Plaintiffs from Gregory and Bauman Actions 09/08/2014 872 Pretrial Order No. 25: Modification of Deadlines Set Forth in Case Management Nos. 3 and 4 09/11/2014 873 Pretrial Order No. 26: Memorializing Sept. 10, 2014 Status Conference 10/17/2014 1206 Pretrial Order No. 27: Memorializing Oct. 16, 2014 Status Conference and Modification of Case Management Order No. 7 10/29/2014 1297 Case Management Order No. 8: Utilization of a Mediator 10/31/2014 1350 Pretrial Order No. 28: Memorializing Oct. 29, 2014 Status Conference 11/20/2014 1466 Pretrial Order No. 29: Memorializing Nov. 20, 2014 Status Conference 12/17/2014 1679 Dispositive Motions Order No. 1: Class Membership and Causation 12/22/2014 1731 Pretrial Order No. 30: Status Report in Lieu of Dec. 17, 2014 Conference 01/26/2015 2032 Pretrial Order No. 31: Memorializing Jan. 26, 2015 Status Conference 02/26/2015 2478 Pretrial Order No. 32: Memorializing Feb. 26, 2015 Status Conference 03/09/2015 2556 Discovery Order No. 8: Plaintiffs' Second Motion to Compel Deposition of DuPont's Corporate Representative and Production of Documents Relating to DuPont's Announced Corporate Reorganization 03/10/2015 2257 Dispositive Motions Order No. 2: DuPont's Prior Admissions 04/03/2015 2806 Pretrial Order No. 33: Emails to Chambers and Request to Amend Pretrial Order No. 29 04/17/2015 2925 Pretrial Order No. 34: Filing Under Seal 05/18/2015 3442 Pretrial Order No. 35: Memorializing May 6, 2015 Status Conference 05/20/2015 3549 Case Management Order No. 9: Pretrial Schedule for Initial Two Trial Cases. 05/20/2015 3550 Discovery Order No. 9: Defendant's Motion to Compel Discovery Responses from Trial Plaintiffs Carla Bartlett and John Wolf 05/20/2015 3551 Dispositive Motions Order No. 3: Choice of Law 06/17/2015 3968 Pretrial Order No. 36: Memorializing June 11, 2015 Status Conference 07/06/2015 3972 Dispositive Motions Order No. 1-A: Dupont's Motion for Clarification of Dispositive Motions Order No. 1, Class Membership and Causation 07/06/2015 3973 Dispositive Motions Order No. 4: Defendant's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment 07/20/2015 4079 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 1: Plaintiffs' and Defendant's Motions for Expert Opinions Related to Causation 07/21/2015 4113 Dispositive Motions Order No. 5: Defendant's Motions for Summary Judgment Related to Specific Causation 07/22/2015 4116 Pretrial Order No. 37: Memorializing July 22, 2015 Status Conference 08/06/2015 4129 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 2: Defendant's Motion to Exclude Expert Opinions Related Corporate Conduct 08/11/2015 4178 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 3: Defendant's Motion to Exclude Expert Opinions Related to Narrative Testimony 08/19/2015 4183 Case Management Order No. 10: Pretrial Schedule for Bartlett Trial 08/19/2015 4184 Dispositive Motions Order No. 6: Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment on the Issue of Duty 08/19/2015 4185 Dispositive Motions Order No. 7: Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment on Punitive Damages 08/27/2015 4197 Dispositive Motions Order No. 8: Defendant's Motion to Bifurcate Punitive Damages 08/27/2015 4198 Pretrial Order No. 38: July 24 and 25, 2015 Conference Order 08/27/2015 4199 Motions in Limine Order No. 1: August 24-25, 2015 Hearing on Motions in Limine 08/31/2015 4206 Motions in Limine Order No. 2: Evidence Regarding Obesity as a Causal Factor 08/31/2015 4207 Motions in Limine Order No. 3: Issues Related to the Tennant's Farm 09/02/2015 4211 Dispositive Motions Order No. 9: Defendant's Motion on Fraud and Emotional Distress 09/04/2015 4212 Motion in Limine Order No. 4: Evidence Regarding the Weinberg Group 09/04/2015 4213 Pretrial Order No. 39: Exhibits for the Bartlett Trial 09/08/2015 4215 Dispositive Motions Order No. 10: Application of the Ohio Tort Reform Act 09/14/2015 4226 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 1-A: Defendant's Specific Causation Expert 10/01/2015 4233 Motion in Limine Order No. 5: Defendant's Motion in Limine No. 20, to Exclude Deposition Testimony and Exhibits 10/01/2015 4234 Dispositive Motions Order No. 9-A: Reconsideration of Defendant's Motion For Summary Judgment on Emotional Distress 10/01/2015 4235 Dispositive Motions Order No. 11: Defendant's Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law on Punitive Damages 10/05/2015 4239 Motion in Limine Order No. 6: Calculation of Punitive Damages 10/16/2016 4247 Case Management Order No. 11: Pretrial Schedule for Wolf Trial 10/19/2015 4248 Case Management Order No. 10-A: Final Pretrial Order 10/21/2105 4250 Case Management Order No. 12: Pretrial Schedule for the Wolf Trial 10/26/2015 4252 Case Management Order No. 12-B: Nunc Pro Tunc Order in Reference to Case Management Order No. 12 11/24/2015 4263 Case Management Order No. 13: Pretrial Schedule for Freeman Trial 12/03/2015 4267 Pretrial Order No. 40: December 2, 2015 Conference Order 12/03/2015 4268 Case Management Order No. 14: Pretrial Schedule for Dowdy Trial 12/03/2015 4269 Case Management Order No. 15: Pretrial Schedule for Baker Trial 12/16/2015 4274 Pretrial Order No. 41: Granting DuPont's Motion to Preserve and Clarify the Record of Appeal 02/02/2016 4294 Pretrial Order No. 42: January 27, 2016 Conference Order 02/17/2016 4306 Dispositive Motions Order No. 12: Defendant's Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law or, Alternatively, for a New Trial and Remittitur on Plaintiff Carla Bartlett's Claims 02/25/2016 4325 Case Management Order No. 13-B: Freeman Trial 02/26/2016 4326 Pretrial Order No. 43: Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to Amend Terry Pugh's Complaint 03/22/2016 4352 Dispositive Motions Order No. 13: Plaintiff's Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment to Add Pre- and Post-Judgment Interest 03/29/2016 4381 Pretrial Order No. 44: Memorializing March 23, 2016 Status Conference 03/29/2016 4382 Case Management Order No. 16: Denial of Motion to Stay Freeman, Dowdy, and Baker Trials 04/15/2016 4458 Dispositive Motions Order No. 14: Defendant's Motions on Mr. Freeman's Fraud and Emotional Distress Claims 04/18/2016 4459 Case Management Order No. 17: Initial Pre Trial Schedule for the 40 Cancer Trials to Begin in May 2017 04/28/2016 4518 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 4: Defendant's Motion to Exclude Expert Opinion Related to Specific Causation 04/29/2016 4519 Dispositive Motions Order No. 15: Defendant's Motions for Summary Judgment Related to Specific Causation 04/29/2016 4520 Dispositive Motions Order No. 16: Defendant's Motions for Summary Judgment Related to Punitive Damages 05/12/2016 4532 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 5: Plaintiff's Motions for Partial Exclusion of Defendant's Causation Experts 05/18/2016 4538 Motions is Limine Order No 7: May 6, 2016, Hearing on Motions in Limine 05/19/2016 4539 Motions in Limine Order No. 8: Questioning of Plaintiff's Treating Physician on Causation 05/25/2016 4549 Dispositive Motions Order No. 17: Defendant's Motion for Reconsideration of Court's Decision on Bifurcation 05/26/2016 4551 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 6: Defendant's Motion to Exclude Opinion of Carrie Redlich Related Corporate Conduct 05/26/2016 4552 Motions in Limine Order No. 9: Evidence Related to the Emmett Studies 05/27/2016 4554 Motions in Limine Order No. 10: Evidence Related to Mr. Freeman's Prior Conduct 05/30/2016 4555 Motions in Limine Order No. 11: References to the Pollution of the Ohio River 07/15/2016 4584 Pretrial Order No. 45: April 18, 2016 Conference Order 07/19/2016 4588 Case Management Order No. 18: Pretrial Schedule for Vigneron Trial 07/22/2016 4591 Case Management Order No. 19: Pretrial Schedule for Moody Trial 07/27/2016 4595 Case Management Order No. 13-A: Final Pretrial Order 07/27/2016 4596 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 17: Defendant's Motion to Exclude Expert Opinions Related Corporate Conduct 07/27/2016 4597 Dispositive Motions Order No. 18: DuPont's Motion for an Order to Apply Ohio Tort Reform Act 07/27/2016 4598 Dispositive Motions Order No. 19: DuPont's Rule 50 Motions 08/02/2016 4608 Pretrial Order No. 46: Notice and Opportunity to be Heard on Transfer of Venue 08/09/2016 4617 Evidentiary Motions Order No 8: Defendant's Motion to Exclude Expert Opinions Related Narrative 08/30/2016 4624 Case Management Order No. 20: Defendant's Objection to the November 2016 and January 2017 Trial Schedules 09/06/2016 4628 Pretrial Order No. 20-A: Additional Pro Hac Vice Instructions 09/08/2016 4633 Pretrial Order No. 47: Transfer of Venue; Suggestion of Remand 10/07/2016 4688 Discovery Order No. 11: Plaintiffs' Motion for Protective Order and Sanctions Regarding Expert Witness Discovery 10/07/2016 4689 Discovery Order No. 12: Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Dupont to Supplement its Discovery Responses and Motion for Sanctions 10/18/2016 4741 Case Management Order No. 21: Initial Trial Schedules for the First Group of Non-Bellwether Trials 10/24/2016 4777 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 9: Motions Directed at Plaintiff's Expert Dr. Bahnson and Defense Expert Dr. Luongo 11/7/2016 4808 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 10, Plaintiff's Motion to Exclude Opinion of Expert Witness Marianne L. Horinko 11/7/2016 4809 Dispostive Motions Order No. 20: Defendant’s Motion For Summary Judgment Related to Cancerphobia Damages and Fear of Developing Other Probable Link Diseases 11/7/2016 4810 Dispositive Motions Order No. 21: Defendant’s Motion For Summary Judgment Related to Specific Causation 11/9/2016 4833 Dispositive Motions Order No. 21-A: Nunc Pro Tunc Order 11/10/2016 4835 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 11, Plaintiff's Motion to Exclude Opinion of Expert Witness Dominik D. Alexander 12/27/2016 4934 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 12, Motions to Prohibit Use of Prior Deposition Testimony of Live Witness Bernard Reilly 12/27/2016 4935 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 13, Defendant's Motion to Exclude Expert Opinions Related to Narrative Corporative 12/27/2016 4936 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 14, Defendant's Motion to Exclude Opinions Related to Corporate Conduct 12/27/2016 4937 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 15, Plaintiff's Motion to Exclude Opinion of Expert Robert W. Rickard, Ph.D., D.A.B.T. 12/27/2016 4938 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 16, Defendant's Motion to Exclude Expert Opinion of Carrie Redlich, M.D., M.P.H. 12/27/2016 4930 Dispositive Motions Order No. 22: Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Punitive Damages 12/27/2016 4931 Dispositive Motions Order No. 23: Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Application of Ohio Tort Reform Act 12/27/2016 4932 Dispositive Motions Order No. 24: Defendant’s Motion to Bifurcate or Alternatively to Issue Limiting Instruction and Allow Introduction of All Evidence of Malice 12/27/2016 4933 Dispositive Motions Order No. 25: Defendant’s Motion for Time Limits 1/10/2017 4989 Dispositive Motions Order No. 26: Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgement on Punitive Damages in Moody Case 1/10/2017 4990 Dispositive Motions Order No. 27: Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgement Related to Cancerphobia Damages and Fear of Developing Other Probable Link Diseases in Moody Case 1/10/2017 4992 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 17, Plaintiff's Motion to Exclude Opinion and Testimony of Expert Marianne L. Horinko 1/10/2017 4993 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 18, Plaintiff's Motion to Exclude Opinion and Testimony of Expert Dominik Alexander, Ph.D. 1/10/2017 4994 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 19, Defendant's Motion to Exclude Expert Opinions Related to Narrative Corporate Conduct 1/10/2017 4995 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 20, Defendant's Motion to Exclude Expert Opinions Related to Corporate Conduct 1/10/2017 4996 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 21, Defendant's Motion to Exclude Opinion of Carrie Redlich, M.D., M.P.H., Moody Trial 1/11/2017 4999 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 22, Motions Directed at Plaintiff's Expert Dr. Bahnson and Defense Expert Dr. Luongo, Moody Trial 1/14/2017 5001 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 23, Motions Directed at Defendant's Expert Dr. Maier, Moody Trial 2/7/2017 5077 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 24, Plaintiff's Motions Directed at Defense Experts Dr. Weed, Dr. Rickard, and Dr. Fedoruk, Moody Trial 1/12/2017 5000 Dispositive Motions Order No. 28: Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgement Related to Specific Causation in Moody Case 1/26/2017 5007 Dispositive Motions Order No. 29: Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgement on Application of the Ohio Tort Reform Act in Moody Case 1/27/2017 5009 Case Management Order No. 17-A, Group 1 Cases 4/12/2017 5095 Case Management Order No. 22, Appointment of Claims Administrator and Special Master 6/6/2018 5136 Case Management Order No. 23, Granting Motion to Appoint Fee Committee 6/22/2018 5140 Case Management Order No. 24, Management of Newly-Filed, Post-Settlement Cases 04/04/2018 5130 Second Transfer Order from the MDL Panel 9/28/2018 5159 Case Management Order No. 25, Initial Scheduling of Post-Settlement Cases 10/31/2018 5176 Case Management Order No. 3-A, Amended Case Management Order No. 3 10/31/2018 5177 Case Management Order No. 4-A, Amended Case Management Order No. 4 11/06/2018 5177 Pretrial Order No. 48, Changed Directions for Selection of Trial Cases. 12/13/2018 5185 Case Management Order No. 26, Pretrial and Trial Schedule for Swartz Trial, 2:18-cv-136 12/13/2018 5186 Case Management Order No. 27, Pretrial and Trial Schedule for Abbott trial, 2:17-cv-998 1/7/2019 5188 Case Management Order No. 28, Discovery, Pretrial, and Trial Management of Post-Settlement Cases 2/4/2019 5191 Pretrial Order No. 49: Memorializing January 29, 2019 Conference 3/26/2019 5197 Pretrial Order No. 50: Memorializing May 18, 2019 Conference 5/13/2019 5214 Pretrial Order No. 51, Consolidation of Cases for Trial 5/15/2019 5238 Discovery Order No. 13: Defendant's Motion to Permit Rule 35 Medical Examination in Swartz, 2:18-cv-136 6/18/2019 5231 DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS ORDER NO. 30: Granting in Part Plaintiffs' Motion for Clarification Regarding the Inapplicability of the Ohio Tort Reform Act 6/18/2019 5232 DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS ORDER NO. 31: Denying Defendants' Motion to Apply Tort Reform Act to the Swartz Case, 2:18-cv-136 6/18/2019 5233 PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 52: Case Selection for Post-Settlement Joint Trial No. 1 6/18/2019 5234 CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER NO. 29, Initial Pretrial Schedule for Joint Trial No. 1 6/27/2019 5236 Pretrial Order No. 53, Joint Status Report 7/9/2019 5240 Discovery Order No. 14, Defendant's Motion to Permit Rule 35 Medical Examination in Abbott, 2:117-cv-998 7/10/2019 5241 Dispositive Motions Order No. 32, Defendant's Motion to Reconsider Prior Rulings 7/23/2019 5245 Dispositive Motions Order No. 33, Denying Defendant's Motion to Reconsider Prior Rulings on Science Panel 7/26/2019 5248 Case Management Order No. 30, Pretrial and Trial Schedule for Joint Trial No. 1 7/30/2019 5250 Discovery Order No. 13-A, Defendant's Motion for Reconsideration Discovery Order No. 13, Swartz Case 7/30/2019 5251 Discovery Order No. 15, Plaintiff's Motion for Leave Regarding Admissions, Abbott Case 8/5/2019 5253 Pretrial Order No. 54, Clarification of PTO Numbers 8/6/2019 5254 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 25, Defendant's Motion to Exclude Corporate Conduct Experts, Swartz Case 8/6/2019 5255 Evidentiary Motions Order No. 26, Defendant's Motion to Exclude Dr. Levy's Trial Testimony, Swartz Case 8/7/2019 5256 Discovery Order No. 16: Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Protective Order from Deposition of Bernard Reilly 11/25/2019 5285 Dispositive Motions Order No. 34, Granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for Application of Issue Preclusion/Collateral Estoppel.
