IN RE: Manitowac Collapsed Crane Litigation

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: BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION CL TT :
IN RE MANITOWAC COLLAPSED CRANE LITIGATION : :
ORDER ETT
Toon consideration of the papers filed and the hearing oo :
held, we find that transfer, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1407, - EE
for ccordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings in the }
acticzs listed on the attached Schedule A would neither serve ) :
ths czovenience of the parties and witnesses nor further the
just znd efficient conduct of the litigation. Given the :
miniz=l number of actions involved in this litigation, movants SLA
have Zailed to demonstrate that any questions of fact are : Co
sufficiently complex and that accompanying discovery will be ; oo
so tims-consuming as to warrant transfer. See In re Scotch :
Whiskxev Antitrust Litigation, 299 F. Supp. 543, 544 (J.P_.M.L. } .
1969). w= note that much of the.discovery relevant to the :
action= at bar will likely be the same as discovery already ;
completed	in a prior related action now on appeal to the
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and that in the B
Louisiana action now before us a final pretrial conference is : : -
set for March 3, 1980, and trial is set for April 14, 1980.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the motion to transfer the :
actions on Schedule A be, and the same hereby is, DENIED. ;
FOR THE PANEL : ~ Co
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’ Andrew A. Caffrey ~
Acting Chairman oo

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DOCKET NO. 409 :
® ~ Schedule A
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA Civil Action No. -
Oddvar Refsnes, et al. v. Raymond 78-3100 i
International, Inc., et al.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS | EE
0ddw== Refsnes, et al. v. Raymond H-78-1827 oo :
Inte——ational, Inc., et al.
ZASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN |
O&&v== Refsnes, et al. v. Manitowac 79~C-549
Inter=ational Corp., et al.