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Nature of Suit Code: 368
Nature of Suit: Asbestos Personal Injury - Prod.liab.
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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STIPULATION THAT ANSWER TO ORIGINAL COMPLAINT BE DEEMED RICOH USA, INC.’S ANSWER 

TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Tina Van Dam (State Bar No. 209732) 

tvandam@mgmlaw.com 

Mary Katherine Back (State Bar No. 234021) 

mback@mgmlaw.com 

MANNING GROSS + MASSENBURG LLP 

201 Spear Street, 18th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Tel.: 415 512 4381 

Fax: 415 512 6791 

Attorneys for Defendant 

RICOH USA, Inc. (erroneously sued and served as “RICOH USA, INC. (individually and 

as successor-in-interest to SAVIN CORPORATION and as general manager of RICOH 

COMPANY, LTD.)”)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

Case No. 3:18-cv-04186-JST

Assigned to Judge Jon S. Tigar

STIPULATION THAT ANSWER BY 

RICOH USA, INC. TO PLAINTIFFS’ 

ORIGINAL COMPLAINT BE DEEMED 

ANSWER TO PLAINTIFFS’ FIRST 

AMENDED COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER 

GARY FARRIS and MELVA FARRIS,

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

3M COMPANY f/k/a MINNESOTA MINING 

& MANUFACTURING COMPANY, et al. 

Defendants. 

Plaintiffs Gary and Melva Farris (“Plaintiffs”) and RICOH USA, Inc. (erroneously sued 

and served as “RICOH USA, INC. (individually and as successor-in-interest to SAVIN 

CORPORATION and as general manager of RICOH COMPANY, LTD.)”) (“RICOH USA, 

Inc.”), hereby stipulate, as follows: 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiffs and RICOH USA, Inc. through 

their respective attorneys, that RICOH USA, Inc.’s answer to Plaintiffs’ original Complaint herein 

be deemed RICOH USA, Inc.’s answer to Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint. 

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STIPULATION THAT ANSWER TO ORIGINAL COMPLAINT BE DEEMED RICOH USA, INC.’S ANSWER 

TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

All new matters are deemed controverted.

DATED: October 15, 2018 LAW OFFICES OF H.W. TREY JONES 

By: /s/ Trey Jones

Trey Jones 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, 

Gary Farris and Melva Farris

DATED: October 15, 2018 MANNING GROSS + MASSENBURG LLP 

By: /s/ Mary Katherine Back

Mary Katherine Back 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

Defendant RICOH USA, Inc. (erroneously sued as 

Ricoh Company, LTD, individually and as 

successor-in-interest to Savin Corporation) 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 16, 2018

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Hon. Jon S. Tigar 

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