IN RE: Diving Disaster Involving the VENTURE I in the North Sea, on May 10, 1977

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BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRE BRIER EGATION	ERIN Ur ide vised :
IN RE DIVING DISASTER INVOLVING THE VENTURE I IN THE NORTH
SEA ON MAY 10, 1977
ORDER DENYING TRANSFER : Le
Presently before the Panel is a motion, pursuant to I HM
28 U.S.C. §1407, brought by plaintiffs in the five actions SEEEI
listed on the attached Schedule A, to centralize all actions a. So ES
in this litigation in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Co
for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. On )the basis of the papers filed in this litigation,=’ the
Panel finds that movants have failed to demonstrate that
centralization of the five actions in a single district -
under Section 1407 would serve the convenience of the parties : Co
and witnesses and promote the just and efficient conduct oo _
of the litigation. : oo
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the motion for transfer : hE
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1407 be, and the same hereby is, :
DENIED. .
FOR THE PANEL: } : oo
(nin a. 7 :Andrew A. Caffré&y
Chairman
1/ All parties waived oral argument and therefore this Co
matter was submitted for decision on the basis of the papers Co. SR :
filed. See Rule 14, R.P.J.P.M.L., 78 F.R.D. 561, 572 (1978). -

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® |TT Schedule A
MDL-439 —— In re Diving Disaster Involving the VENTURE I in the North Seaon May 10, 1977
Southern District of New York
Henry G. Hoffman, et al. v. I.U.C. International, Inc., et al.,TC.A. No. 79 Civ 2431
Western District of Texas
Henry G. Hoffman, et ail. v. Southwest Research Institute, -	C.A. No. SA 79CAl56
‘Southern District of California
Henry G. Hoffman, et al. v. Helle Engineering, Inc., et al., Co	C.A. No. 79-619-T
: Southern District of Texas
Henry G. Hoffman, ot al, ve Dixilyn Field Drilling Corp.,C.A. No. H-79-824 TT\Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Henry G. Hoffman, et al, v, North Sea Sun 0il Co., Ltd., et al.,	C.A. No. 79-1665