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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 COMPANY, LTD’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 COMPANY, LTD. (erroneously sued and served as “RICOH COMPANY LTD. 

(individually and as successor-in-interest to SAVIN CORPORATION and served through 

its General Manager, RICOH USA, INC.)”) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO 

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

Assigned to Judge Jon S. Tigar

STIPULATION THAT ANSWER BY 

RICOH COMPANY, LTD. TO 

PLAINTIFFS’ ORIGINAL COMPLAINT 

BE DEEMED ITS 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 Melva and Gary Farris (“Plaintiffs”) and RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 

(erroneously sued and served as “RICOH COMPANY LTD. (individually and as successor-ininterest to SAVIN CORPORATION and served through its general manager, RICOH USA, 

INC.)”) (“RICOH COMPANY, LTD.”) hereby stipulate, as follows: 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiffs and RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 

through their respective attorneys, that RICOH COMPANY, LTD.’s answer to Plaintiffs’ original 

Complaint herein be deemed RICOH COMPANY, LTD.’s answer to Plaintiffs’ First Amended 

Complaint. 

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STIPULATION THAT ANSWER TO ORIGINAL COMPLAINT BE DEEMED RICOH COMPANY, LTD’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, 

RICOH COMPANY, LTD. (erroneously sued and 

served as “RICOH COMPANY LTD. 

(individually and as successor-in-interest to 

SAVIN CORPORATION and served through its 

General Manager, RICOH USA, INC.)”) 

Corporation) 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 2FWREHU

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Hon. Jon S. Tigar 

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