Last week, the court in a pain pump case, Musgrave v. Breg, Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 113661 (S.D. Ohio Oct. 3, 2011), denied ten plaintiff motions in limine. That, in itself, is good news. The rulings aren't especially intricate. You might even call them easy. Some of the language employed by the court to explain why the rulings were so easy might give some of us defense hacks reason to pause. We'll get to that in a moment.
We're not saying the Musgrave case isn't interesting -- it is. But we have to admit that it's not nearly as interesting as the Martin Scorsese documentary on George Harrison that aired on HBO last week: Living in the Material World. Harrison is the Drug and Device Daughter's favorite Beatle, and it's easy to respect that choice. The Quiet Beatle was spiritual and cool. It was inevitable that he would be overshadowed by the Lennon/McCartney songwriting juggernaut, but Harrison did pretty well in his own write. "Don't Bother Me" was a great early Beatles song, and "Something" was a great late one. Moreover, Harrison's post Beatles career suggests that he was a better collaborator than the others. George worked successfully with Clapton, Dylan, Petty, and Orbison. By contrast, John worked with Yoko. Paul worked with Linda. Ringo has worked with assemblies of All Stars, but only to redo old hits, not to create something new. And Harrison single-handedly saved Monty Python's Life of Brian.
So as a silly way of honoring Harrison and keeping ourselves amused, we're going to 'cite' some Harrison songs while discussing the Musgrave rulings.
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