Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Artis, et al v. N.E. Compounding Pharmacy, Inc, et al

Artis, et al v. N.E. Compounding Pharmacy, Inc, et al
Lead case: v. New England Compounding Pharmacy, Inc. Products Liability Litigation

CourtFirst Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Nature of SuitAppeal - Torts
Case #0:14-civil-01714
FiledJul 01, 2014

Last updated: Wed 07/02 6:41 AM EDT
Defendant
HOWELL ALLEN CLINIC

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Defendant
DEBRA SCHAMBERG

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Defendant
INSIGHT IMAGING, INC.

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Represented By
Christopher E. Hassell
Bonner, Kiernan, Trebach & Crociata, LLP
contact info
Defendant
SAINT THOMAS WEST HOSPITAL, f/k/a Saint Thomas Hospital

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Represented By
Michael E. Pikiel Jr.
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
contact info
Sarah P. Kelly
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
contact info
Defendant
MEDICAL SALES MANAGEMENT SW, INC.

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Represented By
Defendant
JOHN CULCLASURE

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Defendant
SAINT THOMAS NETWORK

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Defendant
SAINT THOMAS HEALTH

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Defendant
AMY VASSAR

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Defendant
ST THOMAS OUTPATIENT NEUROSURGICAL CENTER, LLC

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Defendant - Appellee
NEW ENGLAND COMPOUNDING PHARMACY, INC, d/b/a New England Compounding Center

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Represented By
Alan M. Winchester
Harris Beach PLLC
contact info
Judi Abbott Curry
Harris Beach PLLC
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Jessica Saunders Eichel
Harris Beach PLLC
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Daniel E. Tranen
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
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Geoffrey M. Coan
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
AMERIDOSE, LLC

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Represented By
Richard Alan Dean
Tucker Ellis LLP
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Matthew Edward Mantalos
Tucker Saltzman & Dyer LLP
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Scott H. Kremer
Tucker Saltzman & Dyer LLP
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Scott J. Tucker
Tucker Saltzman & Dyer LLP
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Thomas Coffey
contact info
Paul Saltzman
Tucker Saltzman & Dyer LLP
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Matthew P. Moriarty
Tucker Ellis LLP
contact info
Defendant - Appellee
MEDICAL SALES MANAGEMENT, INC

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Represented By
Daniel M. Rabinovitz
Michaels Ward & Rabinovitz LLP
contact info
Brady J. Hermann
Michaels Ward & Rabinovitz LLP
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Nicki Samson
Michaels Ward & Rabinovitz LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
BARRY J. CADDEN

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Represented By
Robert H. Gaynor
Sloane & Walsh LLP
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John P. Ryan
Sloane & Walsh LLP
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William J. Dailey Jr.
Sloane & Walsh LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
GREG CONIGLIARO

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Defendant - Appellee
LISA CONIGLIARO CADDEN

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Defendant - Appellee
GDC PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT, LLC

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Represented By
Joseph Paul Thomas
Ulmer & Berne LLP
contact info
Robert Ambrose Curley Jr.
Curley & Curley
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Joshua A. Klarfeld
Ulmer & Berne LLP
contact info
Defendant - Appellee
ARL BIO PHARMA, INC

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Represented By
Kenneth B. Walton
Donovan Hatem LLP
contact info
Kristen R. Ragosta
Donovan Hatem LLP
contact info
Defendant - Appellee
DOUGLAS CONIGLIARO

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Represented By
Christopher Reade O'Hara
Todd & Weld LLP
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Melinda L. Thompson
Todd & Weld LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
CARLA CONIGLIARO

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Defendant - Appellee
GLENN CHIN

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Defendant - Appellee
SOUTH JERSEY HEALTHCARE

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Represented By
Michael B. Hayes
Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP
contact info
Louis R. Moffa Jr.
Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP
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Kristen Muir Mykulak
Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP
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Stephen A. Grossman
Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP
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Defendant - Appellee
SOUTH JERSEY REGIONAL MEDICAL

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Defendant - Appellee
ALAUNUS PHARMACEUTICAL, LLC

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Represented By
Ryan A. Ciporkin
Lawson & Weitzen LLP
contact info
Franklin H. Levy
contact info
Defendant - Appellee
NITESH BHAGAT

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Represented By
Joseph R. Lang
Lenox Socey Formidoni Giordano Cooley Lang & Casey LLP
contact info
John M. Lovely
Cashman & Lovely
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Defendant - Appellee
CARRILION SURGERY CENTER NEW RIVER VALLEY, LLC, d/b/a New River Valley Surgery Center, LLC

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Represented By
Thomas Kincaid McCraw Jr.
LeClair Ryan PC
contact info
Michael Preston Gardner
Leclair Ryan PC
contact info
Defendant - Appellee
PREMIER ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE ASSOCIATES OF SOUTHERN NJ, LLC, trading as Premier Orthopaedic Associates

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Represented By
Jay J. Blumberg
Blumberg & Wolk LLC
contact info
Christopher M. Wolk
Blumberg & Wolk LLC
contact info
Defendant - Appellee
PREMIER ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATES SURGICAL CENTER, LLC

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Defendant - Appellee
KIMBERLY YVETTE SMITH, a/k/a Kimberly Yvette Smith-Martin, MD

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Defendant - Appellee
OCEAN STATE PAIN MANAGEMENT, INC

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Represented By
Sean E. Capplis
Capplis & Connors PC
contact info
Interested Party
PAIN MEDICINE SPECIALISTS PA

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Represented By
Donald J. Walsh
Offit Kurman, PA
contact info
Interested Party
UNIVERSAL PAIN MANAGEMENT MEDICAL CORPORATION, d/b/a/ Universal Pain Management

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Represented By
Paul Corson
Law, Brandmeyer Packer, LLP
contact info
Interested Party
PAIN ASSOCIATES OF CHARLSETON, LLC, d/b/a InverveneMD

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Represented By
Robert Homes Hood Jr.
Hood Law Firm
contact info
Interested Party
SAHARA OUTPATIENT SURGERY CENTER, LTD

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Represented By
Cari Wint
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
contact info
Mark P. Goodman
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
contact info
Maura K. Monaghan
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
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Interested Party
HIGH POINT SURGERY CENTER

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Represented By
Terrill J. Harris
Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP
contact info
Carrie A. Hanger
Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP
contact info
Interested Party
INTERVENTIONAL SPINE & SPORTS MEDICINE, PC

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Represented By
Martin S. Hyman
Golenbock, Eiseman, Assor & Bell
contact info
Matthew C. Daly
Golenbock, Eiseman, Assor & Bell
contact info
Interested Party
HARFORD COUNTY AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER, LLC

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Represented By
Thomas J. Althauser
Eccelston and Wolf, PC
contact info
Interested Party
ENCINO OUTPATIENT SURGERY CENTER

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Represented By
Cynthia A. Palin
Prindle, Amaro, Goetz, Hillyard, Barnes & Reinholtz
contact info
Interested Party
ALLEGHENY PAIN MANAGEMENT, PC

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Represented By
Allen P. Neely
McQuaide, Blasko, Inc
contact info
Interested Party
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL

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Represented By
John B. Reiss
Doylestown Hospital
contact info
Interested Party
ORLANDO CENTER FOR OUTPATIENT SURGERY, LP, d/b/a Orlando Center for Outpatient Surgery

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Represented By
Theresa A. Domenico
McCumber Daniels Buntz Hartig & Puig PA
contact info
Interested Party
PAIN CONSULTANTS OF WEST FLORIDA

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Represented By
Halley M. Stephens
Fuller, Mitchell, Hood & Stephens LLC
contact info
Interested Party
DR O'CONNELL'S PAIN CARE CENTER, INC

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Represented By
William E. Christie
Shaheen & Gordon
contact info
Interested Party
ROCHESTER BRAIN AND SPINE NUEROSURGERY & PAIN MANAGEMENT, LLC

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Represented By
Alan J. Bozer
Phillips Lytle LLP
contact info
Michael E. Hager
contact info
Joanna J. Chen
Phillips Lytle LLP
contact info
Interested Party
GREENSPRING SURGICAL CENTER

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Represented By
John T. Sly
Waranch & Brown LLC
contact info
Interested Party
INSIGHT HEALTH CORP

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Represented By
Clinton R. Shaw
Bonner, Kiernan, Trebach & Crociata, LLP
contact info
Ron E. Meisler
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
contact info
Brian J. Gerling
Bonner, Kiernan, Trebach & Crociata, LLP
contact info
Matthew Joseph Matule
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
contact info
Interested Party
NEUROMUSCULAR AND REHABILITATION ASSOCIATES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, and its employees

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Represented By
Timothy J. Dardas
Hackney Grover Hoover & Bean PLC
contact info
Brett J. Bean
Hackney Grover Hoover & Bean PLC
contact info
Interested Party
FORSYTH STREET AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER, LLC

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Represented By
Jason D. Lewis
Chambless Higdon Richardson Katz & Griggs
contact info
Emmittee H. Griggs
Chambless Higdon Richardson Katz & Griggs
contact info
Interested Party
SURGERY CENTER OF WILSON, LLC

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Represented By
David H. Batten
Batten Lee PLLC
contact info
G. Adam Moyers
Batten Lee PLLC
contact info
C. Houston Foppiano
Batten Lee PLLC
contact info
Interested Party
SOUTH BEND CLINIC, LLP

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Represented By
David E. Fialkow
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
contact info
Interested Party
MARTIN KELVAS

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Represented By
Marcy Hogan Greer
Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP
contact info
Yvonne K. Puig
Fulbright & Jaworski
contact info
Eric J. Hoffman
Fulbright & Jaworski
contact info
Interested Party
NORTH CAROLINA ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC

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Represented By
Mark E. Anderson
McGuire Woods LLP
contact info
Interested Party
BALTIMORE PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER

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Represented By
Michelle J. Marzullo
Marks, O'Neill, O'Brien, Doherty & Kelly, PC
contact info
Interested Party
SURGERY CENTER ASSOCIATES OF HIGHPOINT, LLC

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Interested Party
THOREK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

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Represented By
Thomas J. Schlesinger
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
contact info
Scott C. Bentivenga
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
contact info
Kip Joseph Adams
Lewis Brisbois Bisgard & Smith LLP
contact info
Interested Party
MICHIGAN PAIN SPECIALISTS, PLLC

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Represented By
Randy J. Hackney
Hackney Grover Hoover & Bean PLC
contact info
C. Mark Hoover
Hackney Grover Hoover & Bean PLC
contact info
Interested Party
HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF TENNESSEE, INC

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Interested Party
SURGICAL PARK CENTER, LTD

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Interested Party
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN SURGICAL HOSPITAL

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Represented By
Kathryn J. Humphrey
Dykema Gossett, PLLC
contact info
Interested Party
LIBERTY INDUSTRIES, INC

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Represented By
Nicole D. Dorman
Rose Kallor, LLP
contact info
Interested Party
DR. DONALD JONES

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Represented By
John-Mark Zini
Gideon Cooper & Essary PLC
contact info
Chris J. Tardio
Gideon Cooper & Essary PLC
contact info
Matthew H. Cline
Gideon Cooper & Essary PLC
contact info
C.J. Gideon Jr.
Gideon Cooper & Essary PLC
contact info
Interested Party
SPECIALTY SURGERY CENTER, PLLC

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Interested Party
NEUROSURGICAL GROUP OF CHATTANOOGA, d/b/a Chattanooga Neurosurgery & Spine

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Interested Party
ERLANGER HEALTH SYSTEM

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Represented By
John B. Bennett
Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams, PC
contact info
Cara E. Weiner
Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams, PC
contact info
Arthur P. Brock
Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams, PC
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Interested Party
J. DOES, 5-10

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Represented By
Mark David Smith
Laredo & Smith LLP
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Interested Party
JOHN DOE, John Doe c/o Paul W. Shaw

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Represented By
Paul W. Shaw
K&L Gates LLP
contact info
Interested Party
JOHN DOES. 1-4

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Represented By
Michael J. Pineault
Clements & Pineault LLP
contact info
Interested Party
LICHTENSTEINFISHWICK PLC, Roanoke Area Intervenors

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Represented By
Gregory Lee Lyons
LichtensteinFishwick PLC
contact info
Interested Party
UNITED STATES

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Represented By
Zachary A. Cunha
US Attorney's Office
contact info
Interested Party
VICTORY HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING CO., INC.

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Represented By
Michael P. Sams
Kenney & Sams PC
contact info
Interested Party
CARLOS JASSIR, MD

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Represented By
Richard H. Ford
Wicker, Smith, O'Hara, McCoy & Ford, PA
contact info
Interested Party
STATE OF TENNESSEE

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Represented By
Joseph Ahillen
Office of Attorney General
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Mary M. Bers
Office of Attorney General
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Interested Party
OSMC

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Represented By
Robert James Durant Jr.
Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
contact info
Interested Party
VICTORY MECHANICAL SERVICES, INC.

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Interested Party
GLADYS G. AUSTIN

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Interested Party
RICHARD BLAKENSHIP

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Interested Party
SHIRLEY DOYLE

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Interested Party
RENATE FARISS

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Interested Party
NANCY GOODFELLOW

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Interested Party
NORMA HURLEY

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Interested Party
MABEL HUTCHERSON

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Interested Party
ARNOLD MOON

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Interested Party
SHARON OVERSTREET

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Interested Party
MARY RADFORD

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Interested Party
NOSWORTHY REID

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Interested Party
CHERYL BROGAN

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Interested Party
CHRISTOPHER COMPTON

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Interested Party
TERRY DUNCAN

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Interested Party
DEBORAH HAGA

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Interested Party
LARRY HALL

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Interested Party
SUSANNE HASTINGS

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Interested Party
STUART KATZ

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Interested Party
JANE MCKEON

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Interested Party
ANGELA NORMAN

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Interested Party
JUDY RICE

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Interested Party
LARRY RICE

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Interested Party
DEANNA SMITH

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Interested Party
STEVIE THOMAS

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Interested Party
BRENDA VARLEY

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Interested Party
MIRIAM WARREN

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Interested Party
CHRISTINE WHEELER

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Interested Party - Intervenor
OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS, in the Chapter 11 Case of New England Compunding Pharmacy, Inc

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Represented By
David J. Molton
Brown Rudnick LLP
contact info
Ann Andrews
Andrews & Thornton
contact info
William R. Baldiga
Brown Rudnick LLP
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Rebecca L. Fordon
Brown Rudnick LLP
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Plaintiff
KATHLEEN GUZMAN

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Plaintiff - Appellant
SANDRA F. ARTIS

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Represented By
James J. O'Keeffe IV
Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP
contact info
Benjamin D. Byrd
Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP
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Jeffery Scott Sexton
Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP
contact info
Daniel R. Sullivan
Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP
contact info
Charles H. Smith III
Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP
contact info
Anthony M. Russell
Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP
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Plaintiff - Appellant
DANA MARLENE BRADLEY

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Plaintiff - Appellant
RONNIE A. BROWN

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Plaintiff - Appellant
RONALD T. COURTNEY

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Plaintiff - Appellant
TRUDY R. EPPERLY

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Plaintiff - Appellant
BARBARA J. FILSON

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Plaintiff - Appellant
Z.L.F., a minor, by his parents and next friends, Benjamin T. Foutz and Andrea L. Foutz

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Plaintiff - Appellant
ROBERT EARL HARRIS, JR.

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Plaintiff - Appellant
JULIAN D. HOLBROOK

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Plaintiff - Appellant
ROBERT DANA BENDER, Executor of the Estate of Ralph James Irace, Jr., Deceased

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Plaintiff - Appellant
CHESTER T. KALINOSKI

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Plaintiff - Appellant
PAULINE R. MCFARLANE

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Plaintiff - Appellant
ODESSA M. SHUCK

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Plaintiff - Appellant
JAMES WIRT SMITH, JR.

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Plaintiff - Appellant
RANDOLPH E. SMITH

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Plaintiff - Appellant
PATRICIA S. BROWN, Executor of the Estate of Louis B. Spicer, Deceased

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Plaintiff - Appellant
JOHN D. SPICER, Executor of the Estate of Louis B. Spicer, Deceased

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Plaintiff - Appellant
JENAE S. PATSELL, Executor of the Estate of Louis B. Spicer, Deceased

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Plaintiff - Appellant
ROSE M. WHITE

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Plaintiff - Appellant
RICHARD A. WHITLOW

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Plaintiff - Appellant
SHARON G. WINGATE, Executor of the Estate of Douglas Gray Wingate, Deceased

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Trustee
PAUL D. MOORE, in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee of the Defendant New England Compounding Pharmacy, Inc. d/b/a New England Compounding Center

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Represented By
Thomas B.K. Ringe III
Duane Morris LLP
contact info
Michael Ross Gottfried
Duane Morris LLP
contact info
Jennifer Mikels
Duane Morris LLP
contact info

last updated: Wed 07/02 6:41 AM EDT
Tuesday, July 01, 2014
CIVIL CASE docketed. Notice of appeal (doc. #1232) filed by Appellants Sandra F. Artis, Robert Dana Bender, Dana Marlene Bradley, Patricia S. Brown, Ronnie A. Brown, Ronald T. Courtney, Trudy R. Epperly, Barbara J. Filson, Robert Earl Harris, Jr., Julian D. Holbrook, Chester T. Kalinoski, Pauline R. McFarlane, Jenae S. Patsell, Odessa M. Shuck, James Wirt Smith, Jr., Randolph E. Smith, John D. Spicer, Rose M. White, Richard A. Whitlow, Sharon G. Wingate and Z.L.F.. Docketing Statement due 07/15/2014. Transcript Report/Order form due 07/15/2014. Appearance form due 07/15/2014. 14-1714 (CP)
Related: [-]
NOTICE requesting removal from the service list filed by Attorney Thomas Kincaid McCraw, Jr. for Appellee Carrilion Surgery Center New River Valley, LLC in 13-2007 Attorney Thomas Kincaid McCraw, Jr. for Respondent Carrilion Surgery Center New River Valley, LLC in 14-1718 14-1714 Certificate of service dated 07/01/2014. 13-2007 14-1714 14-1718 (TKM)

1 comment:

Kenneth Woliner, MD said...

Ironically, doctors haven't pushed for laws to limit their liability if they use an FDA-approved "outsourcing facility" to provide compounded medications for administration. (Currently, if a doctor uses an FDA approved drug, the doctor/clinic is not liable should the drug be contaminated/adulterated/misbranded, etc.)

The failure to have such liability protections makes all physicians the "deep pocket" in such lawsuits as the compounding pharmacy is either (1) raided of funds and now bankrupt; or (2) bankrupt because there are just too many claims and not enough "malpractice coverage" to cover the damages (or having a malpractice carrier refuse coverage because the pharmacy was breaking the law by manufacturing when it only had a license to do patient-specific compounding).

So, the doctors in these cases are going to lose big. They bought illegal drugs from a pharmacy who illegally supplied them.