IN RE: Johnson Medical Malpractice Litigation

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BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATIGIRK GF THE Pri	rl
IN RE JOHNSON MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LITIGATION
ORDER DENYING TRANSFER .
Presently before the Panel is a motion, pursuant to Sone :
28 U.S.C. §1407, brought by plaintiffs in the two actions Ce A co
listed on the attached Schedule A for transfer of the action . EE
pending in the District of Oregon to the Western District - - ELI
of Washington for coordinated or consolidated pretrial pro- EEE Co
ceedings with the action pending there.
On the basis of the papers filed in this litigation,
we find that Section 1407 transfer would neither serve the Co
convenience of the parties and witnesses nor further the SE
just and efficient conduct of the litigation. Given the : :
minimal number of actions before us, movants have failed ’ :
to persuade us that any common questions of fact involved ~
in these actions are sufficiently complex, and that the oo
accompanying discovery will be so time-consuming, as to
justify Section 1407 transfer. See In re Scotch Whiskey
Antitrust Litigation, 299 F. Supp. 543, 544 (J.P.M.L. 1969).
We note that suitable alternatives to transfer under Section
1407 exist in order to minimize the possibility of duplicative EN S
discovery and/or conflicting pretrial rulings. See, e.g., oe So
In re Penitentiary Postal Procedure Litigation, 465 F. Supp. : :
1293, 1294-95 (J.P.M.L. 1979); In re Commercial Lighting :
Products, Inc. Contract Litigation, 415 F. Supp. 392, 393 ’ :
(J.P.M.L. 1976). See also Manual for Complex Litigation,
Parts I and II, §§3.11 (rev. ed. 1977). i
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the motion for transfer EE
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1407 pertaining to the actions listed . :
on the following Schedule A be, and the same hereby is, : Co :
DENIED.
FOR THE PANEL:
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1l/ All parties waived oral argument, and, therefore, this :
matter was submitted for decision on the basis of the papers .
filed. See Rule 14, R.P.J.P.M.L., 78 F.R.D. 561, 572 (1978). :

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Schedule A
MDL-421 -- In re Johnson Medical Malpractice Litigation
® District of Oregon
. Rosa N. Johnson,	et al. v. Mark Wheeler, IIL, M.D.,
C.A. No. 79-450
Western District of Washington
Rosa N. Johnson, et al. v. United States of America,
C.A. No. C80-46 ’