Rhonda Jolene Shumate, et al. v. The Procter & Gamble Distributing, LLC, et al.

[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 15-12340
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
BEVERLY JONES,
STEVE JONES,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM,
d.b.a. GlaxoSmithKline, et al.,
Defendants,
PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY,
PROCTER AND GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING LLC, THE,
PROCTER AND GAMBLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, THE,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12391
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
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In re: DENTURE CREAM PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION.
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DONALD KIMBALL,
JAMES R. WILKERSON,
MARIE WILKERSON,
BOBBY COCKRILL,
BETTY COCKRILL,
DENICE SEDLACEK,
MICHAEL SEDLACEK,
WILLIAM M. KEITH,
Individually and as Executor de son
Tort of The Estate of Linda Sakcriska,
CORBITT CARTER,
OPAL CARTER,
DEBORAH G. JONES,
ALAN J. JONES,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12393
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
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In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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MRS. CHRISTY HARDING,
MR. DAVID HARDING, her husband,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12419
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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RAYMOND ENGLISH,
THERESA ENGLISH,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
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Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12420
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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ELLENIE STEELE,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12421
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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DOROTHY GIBSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12422
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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ANNE M. COFFMAN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12424
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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PEGGY ANN SMITH-LLOYD,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING LLC,
PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12427
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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FAYE G. HOBSON,
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Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12433
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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BARBARA SUE MENDENHALL,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12434
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liabiltiy Litigation.
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ROBERT DONALD LANE,
SHARON GAY LANE, as the Administrator for the Estate of Robert Donald
Lane,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12436
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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JENNIFER J. CORNETT,
ROBERT L. CORNETT,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
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versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12437
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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ROBIN ANN EVANS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12449
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
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In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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RHONDA JOLENE SHUMATE,
BRIAN SHUMATE,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12450
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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PAUL CAMPIONE,
MAE CAMPIONE,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
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Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12451
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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ANGELA COUCH,
BARRY COUCH, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Angela
Couch,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12456
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
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In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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JUDY SIMPSON SAMMONS,
ROBERT TURNER SAMMONS,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION,
d.b.a. GlaxoSmithKline, et al,
Defendants,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12457
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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DORA ANNETTE ROWLEN,
Plaintiff,
CARLTON ROWLEN,
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Administrator of the Estate of Dora A. Rowlen,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12462
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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CYNTHIA A. WILLIAMS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12465
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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JAMES BYLES,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12467
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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DAVID HOFFMAN,
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CAROL M. HOFFMAN,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12470
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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DIANE DE HAVEN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12471
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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BRIAN L. STEINE,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12473
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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JUDITH SULLIVAN,
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Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12475
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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LEE RUSSO,
ANDREW RUSSO,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION,
d.b.a. GlaxoSmithKline, et al.,
Defendants,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
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Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12476
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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HERSHEL BIFFLE,
Plaintiff,
FELECIA BIFFLE, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Hershel
Biffle,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION, et al.,
Defendants,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12477
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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KATHERINE B. MEHROFF,
Plaintiff,
DAVID L. MEHRHOFF,
Individually and as Executor
of the Estate of Katherine Mehrhoff,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION,
d.b.a. GlaxoSmithKline, et al.,
Defendants,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12478
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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MELISSA J. BABB,
THOMAS R. BABB,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION,
d.b.a. GlaxoSmithKline, et al.,
Defendants,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12480
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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MISTY DAWN JORDAN,
Plaintiff,
JOHNNY R. ELLZY,
as the Administrator of the Estate of
Misty Dawn Jordan,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12481
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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SHAWN RENAY RANKIN,
MAX RANKIN,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
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SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION,
d.b.a. GlaxoSmithKline, et al.,
Defendants,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12484
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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JOYCE LUNNE HARRELL,
RICK A. HARRELL,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12485
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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HEIDI SUE WEBER, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
STEPHANIE FUS,
as the Administratrix of the Estate of
Heidi Sue Weber,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION, et al.,
Defendants,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12486
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
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TENA R. THORN,
Plaintiff,
BRENT TYLER URBAN,
individually and as Administrator of the Estate
of Tena R. Thorn, deceased,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION, et al.,
Defendants,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12490
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liabiltiy Litigation.
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MARY LOU SMITH-BROXTON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12491
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
________________________________________
CHRISTINA BALLMAN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
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Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12492
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
________________________________________
SHARI BAKER GARRISON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
________________________
No. 15-12493
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
________________________________________
WILLIAM R. WILLIS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12494
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
_______________________________________
ANN CLAIR,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
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THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 15-12495
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
________________________________________
JANICE LYNN KERR,
HARVEL KERR,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
________________________
No. 15-12499
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
________________________________________
PETER MICHAEL BASSIN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
________________________
No. 15-12500
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
________________________________________
ANNA JANE BAKER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
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THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
________________________
No. 15-12501
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
________________________________________
GENE GOSNELL,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
________________________
No. 15-12502
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
________________________________________
PEGGY L. SINGLETON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
________________________
No. 15-12503
________________________
D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
_______________________________________
JAMES L. ATKINSON,
TANA S. ATKINSON,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
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THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
________________________
No. 15-12504
________________________
D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
________________________________________
DORETHA GILES,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
________________________
No. 15-12505
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
In Re: Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation.
_______________________________________
EFRAIN RODRIGUEZ,
IRENE FELIZ SEGURA,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION,
d.b.a. Glaxosmithkline, et al.,
Defendants,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING, LLC,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
________________________
No. 16-10130
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D.C. Docket No. 1:09-md-02051-CMA
BENJAMIN BERMAN,
CHRISTOPHER D. BIRD, SR.,
JOSEPH DAVIS, III,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
versus
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING LLC,
Defendants - Appellees.
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Appeals from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(June 15, 2016)
Before WILSON and JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judges, and WOOD,∗ District
Judge.
PER CURIAM:
This appeal consolidates forty-eight individual appeals arising out of
multidistrict litigation in In re Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation, 1:09-
md-02051-CMA. In their complaints, Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants produced
∗ Honorable Lisa Godbey Wood, United States District Chief Judge for Southern District of
Georgia, sitting by designation.
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a denture cream that caused Plaintiffs to develop a condition known as copper
deficiency myelopathy.
In 2015, the district court issued an order granting Defendants’ Daubert1
motion to exclude all or part of the testimony of Plaintiffs’ general causation expert
witnesses. The parties stipulated that this order was case-dispositive, meaning that
without the ability to prove general causation, Plaintiffs could not prevail. Given
that stipulation, the district court issued orders dismissing the Plaintiffs’ cases with
prejudice. In its orders of dismissal, the court referenced the 2015 Daubert order,
as well as a 2013 order precluding testimony by any treating physicians of
Plaintiffs who had not produced Rule 26(a)(2)(B) reports.
Plaintiffs now appeal these orders of dismissal and, more particularly, the
Daubert and Rule 26(a)(2)(B) orders identified above. After carefully reviewing
the parties’ briefs and the record, and with the benefit of oral argument, we find no
reversible error in either of the district court’s orders.
AFFIRMED.
1 Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharm., Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993).
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