Opinion
CASE NO. CV12-02998-EDL
06-25-2012
JOAN KOPLIN and DONALD KOPLIN, Plaintiffs, v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC.; JOHNSON & JOHNSON, INC.; DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.; THOMAS SCHMALZRIED, M.D.; PINNACLE WEST ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.; GOLDEN STATE ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.; and DOES ONE through ONE HUNDRED, Defendants.
ALEXANDER G. CALFO (SBN 152891) KELLEY S. OLAH (SBN 245180) GABRIELLE ANDERSON-THOMPSON (SBN 247039) YUKEVICH CALFO & CAVANAUGH Attorneys for Defendants JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC., JOHNSON & JOHNSON (erroneously sued as "Johnson & Johnson, Inc."), and DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.
ALEXANDER G. CALFO (SBN 152891)
KELLEY S. OLAH (SBN 245180)
GABRIELLE ANDERSON-THOMPSON (SBN 247039)
YUKEVICH CALFO & CAVANAUGH
Attorneys for Defendants
JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC.,
JOHNSON & JOHNSON (erroneously sued as
"Johnson & Johnson, Inc."), and DEPUY
ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.
[PROPOSED] ORDER RE STIPULATION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS
JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
Upon consideration of the Stipulation to Stay Proceedings submitted by Plaintiffs JOAN KOPLIN and DONALD KOPLIN and Defendants DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC., JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC., and JOHNSON & JOHNSON (erroneously sued as "Johnson & Johnson, Inc.") (hereafter collectively "the Parties"); upon consideration of all documents, files, and pleadings in this action; and upon good cause shown, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. The Parties' request for a stay of proceedings is GRANTED;
2. All proceedings in this action are hereby stayed, pending a decision by the Judicial
Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on whether this case should be transferred to In re DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. Pinnacle Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2244.
3. All deadlines, including any deadlines relating to a potential remand motion and any outstanding responsive pleading, are extended until 30 days after the entry of a joint Case Management Order in the MDL addressing remand briefing.
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Hon. RICHARD SEEBORG