Rule 13.5 - Transfer to a Pretrial Court(a)Transfer Effective upon Notice. A case is deemed transferred from the trial court to the pretrial court when a notice of transfer is filed with the trial court and the pretrial court. The notice must: (1) list all parties who have appeared and remain in the case, and the names, addresses, phone numbers, and bar numbers of their attorneys or, if a party is pro se, the party's name, address, and phone number;(2) list those parties who have not yet appeared in the case; and(3) attach a copy of the MDL transfer order.(b)No Further Action in Trial Court. After notice of transfer is filed in the trial court, the trial court must take no further action in the case except for good cause stated in the order in which such action is taken and after conferring with the pretrial court. But service of any process already issued by the trial court may be completed and the return filed in the pretrial court.(c)Transfer of Files; Master File and New Files in the Pretrial Court. If the trial court and pretrial court are in the same county, the trial court must transfer the case file to the pretrial court in accordance with local rules governing the courts of that county. If the trial court and pretrial court are not in the same county, the trial court clerk must transmit the case file to the pretrial court clerk. The pretrial court clerk, after consultation with the judge of the pretrial court, must establish a master file and open new files for each case transferred using the information provided in the notice of transfer. The pretrial court may direct the manner in which pretrial documents are filed, including electronic filing.(d)Filing Fees and Costs. Unless the MDL Panel assesses costs otherwise, the party moving for transfer must pay the cost of refiling the transferred cases in the pretrial court, including filing fees and other reasonable costs.(e)Transfer of Tag-along Cases. A tag-along case is deemed transferred to the pretrial court when a notice of transfer -- in the form described in Rule 13.5(a) -- is filed in both the trial court and the pretrial court. Within 30 days after service of the notice, a party to the case or to any of the related cases already transferred to the pretrial court may move the pretrial court to remand the case to the trial court on the ground that it is not a tag-along case. If the motion to remand is granted, the case must be returned to the trial court, and costs including attorney fees may be assessed by the pretrial court in its remand order. The order of the pretrial court may be appealed to the MDL Panel by a motion for rehearing filed with the MDL Panel Clerk.