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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1621

MARTHA M. STEVENSON; JAMES STEVENSON,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

v.

ETHICON, INCORPORATED; JOHNSON & JOHNSON,

Defendants – Appellees,

and

JOHNSON & JOHNSON, INC.,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern 

District of West Virginia, at Charleston. Joseph R. Goodwin, 

District Judge. (2:12-cv-02700; 2:12-md-02327)

Submitted: November 4, 2016 Decided: November 10, 2016

Before DUNCAN, KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Tracy W. Houck, Ron Riggle, HOUCK & RIGGLE, LLC, Ruston, 

Louisiana, for Appellants. David B. Thomas, Daniel R.

Higginbotham, THOMAS COMBS & SPANN, PLLC, Charleston, West 

Virginia; Christy Jones, John C. Henegan, Sr., Susana Moore

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Moldoveanu, BUTLER SNOW, LLP, Ridgeland, Mississippi, for 

Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Martha M. Stevenson and James Stevenson appeal the district 

court’s orders dismissing this action for failure to timely 

effect service of process and denying their motion for 

reconsideration. We have reviewed the record and find no 

reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated 

by the district court. Stevenson v. Ethicon, Inc., Nos. 2:12-

cv-02700; 2:12-md-02327 (S.D. W. Va. Jan. 26, 2016; May 27, 

2016). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and 

legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials 

before this court and argument would not aid the decisional 

process.

AFFIRMED

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