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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Bernadine Bouckhout, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Wyeth, LLC, et al.,

Defendants. 

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No. CV-10-02703-PHX-NVW

ORDER

Before the Court is the Motion for Leave to File Plaintiff’s First Amended

Complaint (Doc. 31).

Leave to amend should be freely given “when justice so requires.” Fed. R. Civ. P.

15(a)(2). Plaintiff seeks leave to amend her complaint to affirmatively plead the

discovery rule and fraudulent concealment to avoid Defendants’ possible contention that

she may not rely on those doctrines to respond to their defense that her claim is barred by

a statute of limitations.

Defendants oppose the motion to amend, contending that the proposed amendment

is futile. Their arguments are primarily directed to the merits of their limitations defense

and Plaintiff’s potential response, which the Court does not decide here. Defendants do

not allege that granting the motion to amend would cause unfair surprise or undue

prejudice. 

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Motion for Leave to File Plaintiff’s First

Amended Complaint (Doc. 31) is granted. Plaintiff shall file and serve her First

Amended Complaint forthwith.

DATED this 18th day of July, 2011.

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