Before: McLaughlin, Sack, C.J. and Kaplan, D.J.**

Decided: Feb. 3, 2010

ROBERT J. LACK, Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP, New York, NY (Eric Roberson, The Mulligan Law Firm, Dallas, TX, and William David George and Earnest W. Wotring, Connelly, Baker, Wotring LLP, Houston, TX, on the brief) for Appellant.

WILLIAM M. AUDET, Audet & Partners, LLP, San Francisco, CA (James M. Shaughnessy, Milberg LLP, New York, NY, on the brief) for Appellee Zyprexa MDL Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee II.

ANTHONY VALE, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA (Nina M. Gussack, Philadelphia, PA, and Samuel J. Abate, Jr., New York, NY, on the brief) for Appellee Eli Lilly and Company.