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DORAN et al v. MYLAN INC. et al
Doc. 23
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

AMY DORAN, et al., : Plaintiffs, : CIVIL ACTION
v. : MYLAN INC., et al., : No. 10-6539 Defendants. :  - - - - -
COLLEN GRIGSBY, et al., : Plaintiffs, : CIVIL ACTION
v. : MYLAN INC., et al., : No. 10-6742 Defendants. :  - - - - -
MARILYN APPLE, et al., : Plaintiffs, : CIVIL ACTION
v. : MYLAN INC., et al., : No. 10-6788 Defendants. :  - - - - -
TERRY REESE, et al., : Plaintiffs, : CIVIL ACTION
v. : MYLAN INC., et al., : No. 10-6713 Defendants. :
  - - - - - CHRISTOPHER TISCH, et al., :
v. MYLAN INC., et al.,  Plaintiffs,Defendants.  : : : :  CIVIL ACTION No. 10-6858  
M EMORANDUM  
Schiller, J.  January 19, 2010  

These cases arise from allegedly fatal defects in pharmaceutical patches used to treat chronic pain. Plaintiffs originally brought five separate wrongful death actions in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.  Defendants removed these cases despite the presence of a Pennsylvania co-defendant, Mylan, Inc.  They argue that Plaintiffs fraudulently joined Mylan to defeat diversity
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disposition.  The Court will grant these motions for the reasons stated below.    
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs are proceeding on behalf of five individuals who died while using pain-treatment patches: David Doran, Kelley Reese, Martin Lalka, Stephen Apple, and Christopher Tisch (collectively,

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