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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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Ralph A. Campillo (BAR NO. 70376)

Wendy A. Tucker (BAR NO. 121122) 

Christopher Norton (BAR NO. 234621) 

SEDGWICK LLP

801 South Figueroa Street, 19th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90017-5556

Telephone: 213.426.6900

Facsimile: 213.426.6921

Email: ralph.campillo@sedgwicklaw.com

 wendy.tucker@sedgwicklaw.com

 christopher.norton@sedgwicklaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendant

THOMAS P. SCHMALZRIED, M.D.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GERALDINE BARSOTTI,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, 

INC.; JOHNSON & JOHNSON, INC.; 

DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.;

THOMAS P. SCHMALZRIED, M.D.;

PINNACLE WEST ORTHOPAEDICS, 

INC.; GOLDEN STATE 

ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.; AND DOES 

ONE through ONE HUNDRED,

Defendants,

Case No. 3:15-cv-03603-EMC

STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO 

RESPOND TO INITIAL COMPLAINT RE 

DEFENDANT THOMAS P. SCHMALZRIED, 

M.D. 

Complaint served: July 20, 2015

Removed: August 06, 2015

Current Response Date: August 13, 2015

Agreed Response Date: September 14, 2015

TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

Defendant Thomas P. Schmalzried, M.D. (“Defendant”) hereby request and Plaintiff 

Geraldine Barsotti (“Plaintiff”) hereby agree to Defendant’s request, for an extension of time 

for Defendant to file a response to Plaintiff’s Complaint as follows:

WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s Complaint was filed in state court on June 23, 2015 and 

Defendant was served on or about July 20, 2015;

WHEREAS, this matter was removed to this court on August 06, 2015;

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WHEREAS, Defendant request an extension up to and including September 14, 2015,

to file a responsive pleading to Plaintiff’s Complaint. Plaintiff has agreed to Defendant’s

request. 

THEREFORE, the parties agree that Defendant Thomas P. Schmalzried, M.D. will 

have until September 14, 2015 to file its response to Plaintiff’s Complaint.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: August 11, 2015 SEDGWICK LLP 

By: /s/ Christopher P. Norton

 Ralph A. Campillo, Esq.

 Wendy A. Tucker, Esq.

 Christopher Norton, Esq.

 

Attorneys for Defendant

THOMAS P. SCHMALZRIED, M.D.

DATED: August 11, 2015 WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY & SCHOENBERGER

By: /s/ Matthew D. Davis Matthew D. Davis 

 Khaldoun A. Baghdadi, Esq.

Attorneys for Plaintiff

GERALDINE BARSOTTI

*Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), Christopher Norton hereby attests that all other 

signatories listed, and on whose behalf the filing is submitted, concur in the filing’s content and 

have authorized the filing.

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

__________________ 

EDWARD M. CHEN 

U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I am a resident of the State of California, over the age of eighteen years, and not a party 

to the within action. My business address is Sedgwick LLP, 801 South Figueroa Street, 19th 

Floor, Los Angeles, California 90017-5556. On August 18, 2015, I served the within 

document(s):

STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO INITIAL COMPLAINT (L.R. 8-

3) RE DEFENDANTS THOMAS P. SCHMALZRIED, M.D.

 MAIL - by placing the document(s) listed above in a sealed envelope with 

postage thereon fully prepaid, in the United States mail at Los Angeles, 

California.

 ELECTRONIC MAIL – by serving via CM/ECF to the United States

District Court, Northern District of California, addressing all parties 

appearing on the Courts ECF service list.

Matthew D. Davis

Khaldoun A. Baghdadi, Esq.

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY &

SCHOENBERGER

650 California Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94108-2615

Attorneys for Plaintiff GERALDINE 

BARSOTTI

Alexander G. Calfo, Esq.

Kelley S. Olah, Esq.

Stacy Lynn Foster, Esq.

Gabrielle Anderson-Thompson, Esq.

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

2029 Century Park East, Suite 300 

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Tel: (310) 284-3782

Attorneys for Defendant

DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.

I declare that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this court at who 

direction the service was made.

Executed at Los Angeles, California on August 18, 2015.

/s/ Kim Wlodarczak ________________________

Kim Wlodarczak

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