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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\">Tillery</p>           Attorney Stephen Tillery of St. Louis has served subpoenas on eight national retailers, demanding to know how many Pfizer pills they sold in Madison County in 2005.<br /><br />  Tillery needs the numbers to prove that his proposed class action against Pfizer belongs in Madison County circuit court.<br />  <br />Pfizer, arguing it doesn't do business in Madison County, has asked Associate Judge Ralph Mendelsohn to transfer the suit to Cook County.<br />  <br />Tillery's clients seek to recover money they would not have spent on Celebrex and Bextra if they had known all the facts about them.<br /> <br /> Tillery seeks certification of a national plaintiff class.<br /> <br /> On Nov. 13, Tillery notified Mendelsohn that he had served subpoenas.<br /> <br /> Tillery set depositions Dec. 12 for records custodians of Walgreen, Shop 'n Save, Schnucks and Dierberg's.<br />  <br />He set depositions Dec. 13 for Wal-Mart, CVS, Target and K-Mart.<br />  <br />He offered to cancel any retailer's deposition if he received a record of all Pfizer sales in Madison County in 2005, by Friday, Nov. 30.<br />  <br />Tillery sued Pfizer in 2005.<br />  <br />Chief Judge Edward Ferguson assigned the case to Circuit Judge Daniel Stack.<br />  <br />Pfizer removed it to federal court and federal court sent it back.<br />  <br />Tillery took Stack off the case with a motion for substitution.<br />  <br />In Illinois any party can substitute a judge once without cause, if the judge has made no substantial ruling.<br /> <br /> Ferguson assigned Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron, and Pfizer moved for substitution.<br /> <br /> Ferguson assigned Moran.<br /> <br /> Pfizer moved for transfer to Cook County, and Moran granted it.<br /> <br /> Tillery moved to reconsider, and Moran disqualified himself.<br /> <br /> Two circuit judges remained available but Ferguson assigned the case to Mendelsohn, an unelected associate judge.<br /> <br /> Mendelsohn vacated Moran's transfer order, but Pfizer moved again for transfer.       <br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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