U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2004

Charleston Area Medical Center, Incorporated, and St. Paul Fire & Marine...

Charleston Area Medical Center, Incorporated, and St. Paul Fire & Marine...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · Decided May 13, 2004
368 F.3d 880; 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 9733 (Federal Reporter, Third Series)

Charleston Area Medical Center, Incorporated, and St. Paul Fire & Marine...

Opinion

368 F.3d 880

CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellee, and
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Intervenor/Plaintiff,
v.
PARKE-DAVIS, A DIVISION OF WARNER LAMBERT; Pfizer, Incorporated, its successor by merger, Defendants-Appellants,
v.
Danny A. Rader, MD; Terri Miles, RN; John/Jane Doe, MD; Jane Doe, R.N.; John/Jane Doe, Pharmacist; John/Jane Doe, Pharmacy Technician; John Doe, Agency/Corporation, Third Party Defendants.
Charleston Area Medical Center, Incorporated, Plaintiff-Appellant, and
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Intervenor/Plaintiff,
v.
Parke-Davis, a division of Warner Lambert; Pfizer, Incorporated, its successor by merger, Defendants-Appellees,
Danny A. Rader, MD; Terri Miles, RN; John/Jane Doe, MD; Jane Doe, R.N.; John/Jane Doe, Pharmacist; John/Jane Doe, Pharmacy Technician; John Doe, Agency/Corporation, Third Party Defendants.

No. 02-2264.

No. 02-2303.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Filed May 13, 2004.

ORDER

1

After our order had been entered referring this case to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, a question has arisen as to whether or not Parke-Davis and Pfizer, the drug companies involved, have been released because of the settlement agreement and order in the settlement proceeding entered July 15, 1998 in the West Virginia State Court.

2

Accordingly, we request the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to defer action on our order of reference so that we may remand the case to the United States District Court from which the appeal was taken for the limited purpose of examining the question of whether or not Parke-Davis and Pfizer have been or have not been so released.

3

A reply from the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is respectfully requested at its convenience.

4

With the concurrences of Judge Wilkinson and Judge Niemeyer.

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