Neddo v. Monsanto Co.

Full title: AMBER NEDDO, as guardian and next friend to Z.N., C.B., A.B., and all…

Court: United States District Court, D. Vermont

Date published: Jun 25, 2024

2:23-cv-396-GWC (D. Vt. Jun. 25, 2024)

Opinion

2:23-cv-396-GWC

06-25-2024

AMBER NEDDO, as guardian and next friend to Z.N., C.B., A.B., and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. MONSANTO COMPANY, SOLUTIA INC., and PHARMACIA LLC, Defendants.

J. Eli Wade-Scott Hannah Hilligoss Edelson PC Jimmy Rock Counsel for Amber Neddo, as guardian and next friend to ZN., CB., and A.B., and all others similarly situated. Ian P. Carleton, Esq. Alexandrea L. Nelson, Esq. Devin T. McKnight, Esq. Hannah C. Waite, Esq. Sheehey Furlong & Behm P.C. Lauren R. Goldman (pro hac vice) Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Amir C. Tayrani (pro hac vice) Russell B. Balikian (pro hac vice) Zachary Tyree (pro hac vice) Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Counsel for Monsanto Co., Solutia, Inc., and Pharmacia LLC.

Hon. Geoffrey W. Crawford United States District Court Judge.

J. Eli Wade-Scott Hannah Hilligoss Edelson PC Jimmy Rock Counsel for Amber Neddo, as guardian and next friend to ZN., CB., and A.B., and all others similarly situated.

Ian P. Carleton, Esq. Alexandrea L. Nelson, Esq. Devin T. McKnight, Esq. Hannah C. Waite, Esq. Sheehey Furlong & Behm P.C. Lauren R. Goldman (pro hac vice) Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Amir C. Tayrani (pro hac vice) Russell B. Balikian (pro hac vice) Zachary Tyree (pro hac vice) Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Counsel for Monsanto Co., Solutia, Inc., and Pharmacia LLC.

STIPULATION REGARDING JURISDICTIONAL DISCOVERY AND BRIEFING ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS

Hon. Geoffrey W. Crawford United States District Court Judge.

Pursuant to the Court's Minute Order on May 20, 2024 (Doc. No. 35), Plaintiff Amber Neddo, as guardian and next friend to Z.N., C.B., and A.B., (“Plaintiff') and Defendants Monsanto Company, Solutia, Inc., and Pharmacia LLC (“Defendants”) (together, the “parties”), by and through their attorneys, agree and stipulate as follows:

On January 30, 2024, Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs Complaint arguing Plaintiffs Complaint failed to plead personal jurisdiction and to state a claim under Vermont's medical-monitoring statute. (Doc. No. 27.) In response, on February 23, 2024, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Jurisdictional Discovery and Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. (Doc. No. 28.) Defendants opposed jurisdictional discovery (Doc. No. 32), and this motion was fully briefed. On May 20, 2024, the Court granted Plaintiff s Motion for Jurisdictional Discovery and ordered the parties to file a stipulated schedule to conduct jurisdictional discovery as well as a briefing schedule on Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. (Doc. No. 35.) At the Court's direction, the parties subsequently met and conferred.

In light of the Court's ruling, for purposes of this case, Defendants consent to personal jurisdiction in this case and waive any right to contest personal jurisdiction in the future in this matter. In exchange, Plaintiff will not seek jurisdictional discovery from Defendants.

The parties further agree and stipulate that Plaintiffs opposition to Defendants' Rule 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss shall be due on or before July 3, 2024, and Defendants' reply brief in further support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss shall be due on or before August 2, 2024.

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.