IN RE GRAPE GROWERS PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

ORDER OF MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION PANEL
Order Pronounced May 17, 2024
APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR PRETRIAL JUDGE IN THE FOLLOWING
MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION CASE:
23-0591 IN RE: GRAPE GROWERS PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION
Previously, (1) we granted a joint Motion to Transfer in this multidistrict litigation, (2) we
transferred the cases listed in the Motion to Transfer Appendix A and any “tag-along cases” to a
Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL”) pretrial court, and (3) we appointed Judge Daniel L. Schaap (ret.)
as the Pretrial Judge and designated the 237th Judicial District Court in Lubbock County, Texas,
as the MDL Pretrial Court. 	Subsequently, upon request by the said Judge Schaap, by our order
dated May 3, 2024, we terminated our appointment of the Honorable Judge Daniel L. Schaap (ret.)
as the Pretrial Judge but did not, at that time, name Judge Schaap’s replacement in that role. Now,
pursuant to Rule 13.6(a), the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas has approved the
assignment of the Honorable John Board, senior district judge of the 181st District Court, as
successor pretrial judge for this litigation.
We do hereby assign the Honorable John Board, senior district judge, as pretrial judge in
the captioned litigation.
The Pretrial court designation herein, the 237th Judicial District Court in Lubbock County,
Texas, will remain the same.
CHAIR OF THE PANEL PRESIDING JUDGE DAVID L. EVANS, JUSTICE KEN WISE,
JUDGE SID HARLE, JUSTICE LEANNE JOHNSON, AND SENIOR JUDGE (RET.) JOSH R.
MORRISS, III, CONCUR.