Neutral As of: May 5, 2020 7:00 PM Z In re Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Prods. Mktg., Sales Practices & Prods. Litig. United States District Court for the District of New Jersey April 27, 2020, Decided; April 27, 2020, Filed Civil Action No.: 16-2738(FLW), MDL No. 2738 Reporter 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 76533 * MONTGOMERY, AL; CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL PLACITELLA, COHEN, PLACITELLA & ROTH, PC, IN RE: JOHNSON & JOHNSON TALCUM POWDER RED BANK, NJ. PRODUCTS MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS LITIGATION For ADA RICH-WILLIAMS, 16-6489, Plaintiff: PATRICIA LEIGH O'DELL, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, MONTGOMERY, AL; Prior History: In re Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Richard Runft Barrett, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL Prods. Mktg., Sales Practices & Prods. Liab. Litig., 220 NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, LAW OFFICES F. Supp. 3d 1356, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 138403 OF RICHARD L. BARRETT, PLLC, OXFORD, MS; (J.P.M.L., Oct. 5, 2016) CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL PLACITELLA, COHEN, PLACITELLA & ROTH, PC, RED BANK, NJ. For DOLORES GOULD, 16-6567, Plaintiff: PATRICIA Core Terms LEIGH O'DELL, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, MONTGOMERY, AL; studies, cancer, talc, ovarian, causation, asbestos, PIERCE GORE, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT reliable, Plaintiffs', cells, talcum powder, ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, PRATT & epidemiological, methodology, cohort, dose-response, ASSOCIATES, SAN JOSE, CA; CHRISTOPHER unreliable, products, biological, exposure, case-control, MICHAEL PLACITELLA, COHEN, PLACITELLA & Defendants', relative risk, testing, scientific, opines, ROTH, PC, RED BANK, [*2] NJ. inflammation, consistency, expert testimony, in vitro, causes, laboratory For TOD ALAN MUSGROVE, 16-6568, Plaintiff: AMANDA KATE KLEVORN, LEAD ATTORNEY, PRO HAC VICE, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ Counsel: [*1] For HON. JOEL A. PISANO, Special BAR, BURNS CHAREST LLP, NEW ORLEANS, LA; Master: JOEL A PISANO, LEAD ATTORNEY, WALSH PATRICIA LEIGH O'DELL, LEAD ATTORNEY, PIZZI O'REILLY FALANGA LLP, NEWARK, NJ. COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, MONTGOMERY, AL; WARREN T BURNS, LEAD ATTORNEY, PRO HAC VICE, BURNS CHAREST LLP, For JAMES CHAKALOS, 14-7079, Plaintiff: CARMEN DALLAS, TX; CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL PLACITELLA, SESSIONS SCOTT, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL COHEN, PLACITELLA & ROTH, PC, RED BANK, NJ. NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, MOTLEY RICE LLC, MT. PLEASANT, SC; MICHAEL JAMES KUHARSKI, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT For MARY R ROBB, 16-6608, MELISSA ANN ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, KUHARSKI, LEVITZ & AGUILAR, 16-6608, FREDY AGUILAR, 16-6608, GIOVINAZZO, ESQS., STATEN ISLAND, NY; Plaintiffs: CHARLES C WEDDLE, III, Joe E White, Jr, PATRICIA LEIGH O'DELL, LEAD ATTORNEY, LEAD ATTORNEYS, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, USDC-NJ BAR, WHITE & WEDDLE PC, OKLAHOMA Page 2 of 209 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 76533, *2 CITY, OK; DEREK K. BURCH, LEAD ATTORNEY, ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, BURNS CHAREST COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, Burch LLP, DALLAS, TX; PATRICIA LEIGH O'DELL, LEAD & George, Oklahoma City, OK; John P Zelbst, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, MONTGOMERY, AL; WARREN T BURNS, LEAD BAR, Zelbst Holmes & Butler, Lawton, OK; MATTHEW ATTORNEY, PRO HAC VICE, BURNS CHAREST LLP, J. SILL, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT DALLAS, TX; CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL PLACITELLA, ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, SILL LAW GROUP, COHEN, PLACITELLA & ROTH, PC, RED BANK, NJ. Oklahoma City, OK; PATRICIA LEIGH O'DELL, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ For RENE SLAYDEN, 16-7315, Plaintiff: DAVID T. BAR, MONTGOMERY, AL; CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL MATHEWS, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT PLACITELLA, COHEN, PLACITELLA & ROTH, PC, ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, GORI JULIAN & RED BANK, NJ. ASSOCIATES PC, EDWARDSVILLE, IL; PATRICIA LEIGH O'DELL, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT For NANCY BORS, 16-6693, Plaintiff: BRIAN J. ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, MONTGOMERY, AL; MCCORMICK, JR., LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL PLACITELLA, COHEN, NOT ADMITTED [*3] TO USDC-NJ BAR, Ross Feller PLACITELLA & ROTH, PC, RED BANK, NJ. Casey LLP, Philadelphia, PA; DENA YOUNG, LEAD ATTORNEY, WEITZ & LUXENBERG, P.C., CHERRY For PATRICIA KUHN, 16-7312, Plaintiff: CHARLES F. HILL, NJ; MARK ALAN HOFFMAN, LEAD ATTORNEY, BARRETT, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT ROSS FELLER CASEY LLP, PHILADELPHIA, PA; ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, Neal & Harwell, PLC, PATRICIA LEIGH O'DELL, LEAD ATTORNEY, United Sta, Nashville, TN; PATRICIA LEIGH O'DELL, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO MONTGOMERY, AL; CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL USDC-NJ BAR, MONTGOMERY, AL; CHRISTOPHER PLACITELLA, COHEN, PLACITELLA & ROTH, PC, MICHAEL PLACITELLA, COHEN, PLACITELLA & RED BANK, NJ. ROTH, PC, RED BANK, NJ. For TANASHISKA LUMAS, 16-6694, Plaintiff: JOHN W. For NELL ROSE STRICKLAND, 16-7337, CHARLES L. BARRETT, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT STRICKLAND, 16-7337, ALLISON M. WALKER, 16- ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, BARRETT LAW 7503, Plaintiffs: JOHN RAYMOND BEVIS, LEAD GROUP, LEXINGTON, MS; PATRICIA LEIGH O'DELL, ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO BAR, BARNES LAW GROUP LLC, MARIETTA, GA; USDC-NJ BAR, MONTGOMERY, AL; CHRISTOPHER PATRICIA LEIGH [*5] O'DELL, LEAD ATTORNEY, MICHAEL PLACITELLA, COHEN, PLACITELLA & COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, ROTH, PC, RED BANK, NJ. MONTGOMERY, AL; Patrick Alan Dawson, Robert David Cheeley, LEAD ATTORNEYS, COUNSEL NOT For KEVIN RICHARDS, 16-6661, Plaintiff: DANIEL R. ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, Cheeley Law Group, LAPINSKI, LEAD ATTORNEY, MOTLEY RICE LLC, LLC, Alpharetta, GA; Roy E. Barnes, LEAD CHERRY HILL, NJ; PATRICIA LEIGH O'DELL, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, The Barnes Law Group, LLC, Marietta, GA; BAR, MONTGOMERY, AL; CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL PLACITELLA, COHEN, PLACITELLA, COHEN, PLACITELLA & ROTH, PC, PLACITELLA & ROTH, PC, RED BANK, NJ. RED BANK, NJ. For RICHARD PHILLIPS, 16-7336, Plaintiff: PATRICIA For ELOUISE ANDERSON, 16-7087, KENNETH J. LEIGH O'DELL, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT BATISTE, 16-7499, Plaintiffs: AMANDA KATE ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, MONTGOMERY, AL; KLEVORN, Korey Arthur Nelson, LEAD ATTORNEYS, WARREN T BURNS, LEAD ATTORNEY, PRO HAC PRO HAC VICE, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO VICE, BURNS CHAREST LLP, DALLAS, TX; USDC-NJ BAR, BURNS CHAREST LLP, NEW CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL PLACITELLA, COHEN, ORLEANS, LA; DANIEL H. CHAREST, LEAD PLACITELLA & ROTH, PC, RED BANK, NJ. ATTORNEY, [*4] PRO HAC VICE, COUNSEL NOT Page 3 of 209 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 76533, *5 For BARBARA LEE, 16-7414, Plaintiff: DOUGLAS For BRENDA TRAYLOR, 16-7425 AND 17-8236, ROBERT PLYMALE, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL Plaintiff: ANDREW J. HILL, III, HENRY G. GARRARD, NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, THE DUGAN III, JOSH B. WAGES, PATRICK H. GARRARD, LEAD LAW FIRM, NEW ORLEANS, LA; PATRICIA LEIGH ATTORNEYS, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC- O'DELL, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT NJ BAR, BLASINGAME BURCH GARRARD & ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, MONTGOMERY, AL; ASHLEY, ATHENS, GA; JAMES B. MATTHEWS, III, CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL PLACITELLA, COHEN, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO PLACITELLA & ROTH, PC, RED BANK, NJ. USDC-NJ BAR, BLASINGAME BURCVH GARRARD & ASHLEY, ATHENS, GA; PATRICIA LEIGH O'DELL, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO For BRENDA SHELTON, 16-7415, Plaintiff: PATRICIA USDC-NJ BAR, MONTGOMERY, AL; CHRISTOPHER LEIGH O'DELL, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT MICHAEL PLACITELLA, COHEN, PLACITELLA & ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, MONTGOMERY, AL; ROTH, PC, RED BANK, NJ. Patrick Dean McMurtray, LEAD ATTORNEY, PRO HAC VICE, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED [*6] TO USDC-NJ BAR, Frazer Law LLC, Nashville, TN; Payton Dwight For ANGELA LOVATO, 16-7427, KATIE BASBAGILL, Hoover, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT 16-7427, SYBLE BREWER, 16-7427, DAWN DURBIN, ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, Campbell and 16-7427, ANGELA FEDE, 16-7427, BARBARA Associates, PA, Charlotte, NC; THOMAS ROE FICACCI, 16-7427, TONI GROSS, 16-7427, PATRICIA FRAZER, II, LEAD ATTORNEY, PRO HAC VICE, HINES, 16-7427, MARY JAUBERT, 16-7427, PAMELA COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, KIDD, 16-7427, AL MARTINEZ, 16-7427, DONILA FRAZER PLC, Nashville, TN; Thomas Roe Frazer, III, MARTINEZ, 16-7427, ARTHUR SMOLLER, 16-7427, LEAD ATTORNEY, PRO HAC VICE, NOT ADMITTED BARBARA VINCENT, 16-7427, Plaintiffs: Joshua TO USDC-NJ, Frazer Law LLC, Nashville, TN; Bradley, MARGARET MOSES BRANCH, TURNER W. CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL PLACITELLA, COHEN, BRANCH, LEAD ATTORNEYS, COUNSEL NOT PLACITELLA & ROTH, PC, RED BANK, NJ. ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, Branch Law Firm, Albuquerque, NM; PATRICIA LEIGH O'DELL, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT [*8] ADMITTED TO For CHARLES FENSTEMAKER, 16-7418, Plaintiff: USDC-NJ BAR, MONTGOMERY, AL; CHRISTOPHER CHRISTOPHER R. LOPALO, LEAD ATTORNEY, MICHAEL PLACITELLA, COHEN, PLACITELLA & COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, Napoli ROTH, PC, RED BANK, NJ. Shkolnik, PLLC, Melville, NY; HUNTER J. SHKOLNIK, LEAD ATTORNEY, NAPOLI SHKOLNIK PLLC, MELVILLE, NY; PATRICIA LEIGH O'DELL, LEAD For ROBERTA JOHANSON, Plaintiff: PATRICIA LEIGH ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ O'DELL, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT BAR, MONTGOMERY, AL; Sean Patrick Barth, LEAD ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, MONTGOMERY, AL; ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL PLACITELLA, COHEN, BAR, NAPOLI SHKOLNIK, Edwardsville, IL; ALASTAIR PLACITELLA & ROTH, PC, RED BANK, NJ. FINDEIS, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, MELVILLE, NY; CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL For NANCY CREWS HICKS, 16-7428, BRANNON PLACITELLA, COHEN, PLACITELLA & ROTH, PC, RICE HICKS SR, 16-7428, Plaintiffs: JOHN RAYMOND RED BANK, NJ. BEVIS, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, BARNES LAW GROUP For SISI HARRY, 16-7418, Plaintiff: PATRICIA LEIGH LLC, MARIETTA, GA; PATRICIA LEIGH O'DELL, LEAD O'DELL, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT ATTORNEY, COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, MONTGOMERY, AL; BAR, MONTGOMERY, AL; PATRICK A DAWSON, Sean Patrick Barth, LEAD ATTORNEY, COUNSEL [*7] ROBERT D. CHEELEY, LEAD ATTORNEYS, NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, NAPOLI COUNSEL NOT ADMITTED TO USDC-NJ BAR, SHKOLNIK, Edwardsville, IL; CHRISTOPHER ALPHARETTA, GA; Roy E.