In re Pharmaceutical Industry Average Wholesale Price Litigation

233 F.R.D. 229, 2006 WL 235066
CourtDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts
DecidedJanuary 30, 2006
DocketM.D.L. No. 1456; Civ.A. No. 01-12257 PBS
StatusPublished
Cited by18 cases

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In re Pharmaceutical Industry Average Wholesale Price Litigation, 233 F.R.D. 229, 2006 WL 235066 (D. Mass. 2006).

Opinion

CONSOLIDATED ORDER RE: MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION

SARIS, District Judge.

Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 23, plaintiffs have moved for an order certifying a class in this action. After considering the submissions of the parties and the record in this case, and after hearing on January 19, 2006, I order that plaintiffs’ motion for class eerti[230]*230fication is ALLOWED IN PART and DENIED IN PART as to the claims asserted in the Third Amended Master Consolidated Class Action Complaint (“TAMCCAC”). The Court relies on the reasons stated in court and in In re Pharm. Indus. Average Wholesale Price Litig., 230 F.R.D. 61 (D.Mass. 2005). The classes are certified as follows:

I. CLASSES AND SUBCLASSES CERTIFIED

A. Class 1: Medicare Part B Co-Payment Class

1. Class Definition:
All natural persons nationwide who made, or who incurred an obligation enforceable at the time of judgment to make, a co-payment based on AWP for a Medicare Part B covered Subject Drug1 that was manufactured by AstraZeneca (AstraZeneca, PLC, Zeneca, Inc., AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals L.P., and AstraZeneca U.S.), the BMS Group (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Oncology Therapeutics Network Corp., and Apothecon, Inc.), SmithKline Beecham Corporation d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline, or the Johnson & Johnson Group (Johnson & Johnson, Centocor, Inc., Ortho Biotech, McNeil-PPC, Inc., and Janssen Pharmaceutiea Products, L.P.). Excluded from the Class are those who made flat co-payments, who were reimbursed fully for any co-payments, or who have the right to be fully reimbursed; and the residents of the states of Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, and Virginia (where consumer protection statutes do not permit class actions).

2. The Court certifies four Subclasses corresponding to each of the defendant groups.

3. The Court certifies the following plaintiffs as representatives of these Subclasses pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(b)(3). Leroy Townsend (AstraZeneca); David and Susan Ruth Aaronson (GlaxoSmithKline, the BMS Group); Joyce Howe, individually and on behalf of the Estate of Robert Howe (AstraZeneca); James and Teresa Shepley (the Johnson & Johnson Group); Larry Young, individually and on behalf of the Estate of Patricia Young (the Johnson & Johnson Group). The representative of a Subclass need only have paid for one of the Subject Drugs manufactured or marketed by a defendant group. I decline to certify a class of persons who made co-payments for drugs manufactured by the Sehering Plough Group (Schering-Plough Corporation and Warrick Pharmaceuticals Corporation) because plaintiffs have not proposed any adequate and typical representatives of that proposed subclass.

4. The consumer protection act of each state shall apply to these Subclasses. Specifically, the Medicare Part B Co-payment Class is certified for claims under the following statutes: (a) Ariz.Rev.Stat. § 44-1522, et seq.; (b) Ark.Code § 4-88-101, et seq.; (c) Cal. Bus. & Prof.Code §§ 17200, et seq., 1770; (d) Colo.Rev.Stat. § 6-1-105, et seq.; (e) Conn. Gen.Stat. § 42-110b, et seq.; (f) 6 Del. Code § 2511, et seq.; (g) D.C.Code § 28-3901, et seq.; (h) Fla. Stat. § 501.201, et seq.; (i) Haw.Rev.Stat. § 480, et seq.; (j) Idaho Code § 48-601, et seq.; (k) 815 ILCS § 505/1, et seq.; (1) Ind.Code Ann. § 24-5-0.5.1, et seq.; (m) Kan. Stat. § 50-623, et seq.; (n) Md. Com. Law Code § 13-101, et seq.; (o) Mass. Gen. L. Ch. 93A, et seq.; (p) Mich. Stat. § 445.901, et seq.; (q) Minn.Stat. § 325F.67, et seq.; (r) Mo.Rev.Stat. § 407.010, et seq.; (s) Neb.Rev.Stat. § 59-1601, et seq.; (t) Nev.Rev.Stat. § 598.0903, et seq.; (u) N.H.Rev.Stat. § 358-A:l, et seq.; (v) N.J. Stat. Ann. § 56:8-1, et seq.; (w) N.M. Stat. Ann. § 57-12-1, et seq.; (x) N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 349, et seq.; (y) N.C. Gen.Stat. § 75-1.1, et seq.; (z) N.D. Cent.Code § 51-15-01, et seq.; (aa) Ohio Rev. Stat. § 1345.01, et seq.; (bb) Okla. Stat. tit. 15 § 751, et seq.; (cc) Or.Rev.Stat. § 646.605, et seq.; (dd) 73 Pa. Stat. § 201-1, et seq.; (ee) R.I. Gen. Laws. § 6-13.1-1, et seq.; (ff) S.C.Code Laws § 39-5-10, et seq.; (gg) S.D.Code Laws § 37-24-1, et seq.; (hh) Tenn.Code § 47-18-[231]*231101, et seq.; (ii) Tex. Bus. & Com.Code § 17.41, et seq.; (jj) Utah Code Ann. § 13-1 1-1, et seq.; (kk) Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 9, § 245 1, et seq.; (11) Wash. Rev.Code § 19.86.010, et seq.; (mm) W. Va.Code § 46A-6-101, et seq.; (nn) Wis. Stat. § 100.18, et seq.; and (oo) Wyo. Stat. § 40-12-100, et seq. Plaintiffs allege that they have complied with the notice provisions of all consumer protection acts requiring such notice.

5. This Class is certified pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 23(b)(3).

B. Class 2: Third-Party Payor MediGap Supplemental Insurance Class

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