In Re: Gardasil Products Liability Litigation

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:22-MD-03036-KDB
IN RE: GARDASIL PRODUCTS LIABILITY ) MDL No. 3036
LITIGATION )
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ORDER
THIS MATTER is before the Court for the review of various assertions of privilege by
Defendant with respect to a sample of 100 documents provided to the Court pursuant to an agreed
process in which the Parties will each submit 100 disputed Privilege Log entries to the Court. See
Doc. No. 149. The Court has carefully considered these claims of privilege and, with a single
exception, (Privilege Log entry 326), upholds the claims of privilege and denies Plaintiff’s
objections. The details of the Court’s review are attached in Exhibit 1. The Court also notes that,
although it is of course not yet fully knowledgeable about all the factual issues involved in this
action, it appears that it would be unlikely that the substance of the documents being withheld
would have any material impact on the litigation even if they had been required to be produced. It
is the Court’s hope that these rulings will inform the Plaintiffs’ selection of additional Privilege
Log entries for the Court’s review.
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SO ORDERED ADJUDGED AND DECREED.
Signed: June 10, 2024
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