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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 

IN RE: Bard IVC Filters Products 

Liability Litigation, 

No. MD-15-02641-PHX-DGC

AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT 

ORDER NO. 4 

(Master Complaint, Master 

Responsive Pleading, Use of Short 

Form Complaint, Waiver of Service 

for Bard Defendants, and Answer 

and General Denial in Cases 

Subsequently Transferred to MDL 

2641) 

The parties have submitted a Master Long Form Complaint and Jury Demand 

(previously docketed as Doc. 303-1) and a Master Responsive Pleading (previously 

docketed as Doc. 303-3). The Court has reviewed these proposed pleadings, finds them 

sufficient, and directs the Clerk to file them as separate documents in the Court’s docket.1

 

The parties have also submitted a proposed Amended Short Form Complaint, a copy of 

which is attached to this order. The Court also finds these proposed pleadings to be 

sufficient. 

IT IS ORDERED: 

All allegations pled in the Master Complaint and all responses pled in the Master 

Responsive Pleading are deemed pled in any previously filed Complaint and Responsive 

Pleading in this MDL proceeding, except as expressly noted below. They are also deemed 

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 The reference to “Federal Rule of Evidence 8” on the first page of the Master 

Complaint shall be deemed to be a reference to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8.

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pled in any Short Form Complaint (attached to CMO No. 4, Doc. 363) or Amended Short 

Form Complaint (attached to this Order) and Entry of Appearance filed after the entry of 

Doc. 363, except that the Master Complaint applies only against the Defendant or 

Defendants identified in such Short Form Complaints or Amended Short Form 

Complaints. 

The following cases will not be governed by the Master Complaint and Master 

Responsive Pleading, but will continue to be governed by the complaints (including any 

amended complaints) and answers filed in the various transferor courts prior to transfer: 

 Plaintiff Original Jurisdiction 

1. Cason, Pamela GA – N.D. Ga. 

 1:12-cv-1288 

2. Coker, Jennifer GA – N.D. Ga. 

 1:13-cv-515 

3. Conn, Charles TX – S.D. Tex. 

 4:14-cv-298 

4. Ebert, Melissa PA – E.D. Pa. 

 5:12-cv-1253 

5. Fox, Susan TX – N.D. Tex. 

 3:14-cv-133 

6. Henley, Angela WI – E.D. Wis. 

 2:14-cv-59 

7. Keen, Harry PA – E.D. Pa. 

 5:13-cv-5361 

8. Milton, Gary GA – M.D. Ga. 

 5:14-cv-351 

9. Mintz, Jessica NY – E.D.N.Y. 

 2:14-v-4942 

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 Plaintiff Original Jurisdiction 

10. Ocasio, Denise FL – M.D. Fla. 

 8:13-cv-1962 

11. Rivera (McClarty), Vicki MI – E.D. Mich. 

 4:14-cv-13627 

12. Smith, Erin TX – E.D. Tex. 

 1:13-cv-633 

13. Tillman, Lessie FL – M.D. Fla. 

 3:13-cv-222 

On or after December 28, 2015, any plaintiff whose case would be subject to 

transfer to MDL 2641 may file his or her case directly in this Court by using the Short 

Form Complaint (Doc. 363). After February 23, 2016, Plaintiffs may use the Amended 

Short Form Complaint attached to this Order. If such a case is filed in this Court without 

the use of the Short Form Complaint or Amended Short Form Complaint, Plaintiffs’ CoLead Counsel shall promptly advise the filing party to file an amended complaint using 

the Short Form Complaint or Amended Short Form Complaint. If the filing party fails to 

do so, Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel shall promptly notify the Court. 

Defendants are not required to file answers to Short Form Complaints or Amended 

Short Form Complaints. An Entry of Appearance shall constitute a denial of all 

allegations in the Short Form Complaints or Amended Short Form Complaints except as 

herein provided, and an assertion of all defenses included in the Master Responsive 

Pleading. By filing an Entry of Appearance in response to a Short Form Complaint or 

Amended Short Form Complaint, in lieu of an answer, Defendants do not waive any 

defenses, including jurisdictional and service defenses. 

Civil actions in this MDL were transferred to this Court by the Judicial Panel on 

Multidistrict Litigation for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 1407. Upon completion of the pretrial proceedings related to a civil action as 

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determined by this Court, the case shall be transferred pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) or 

§ 1406(a) to the District Court identified in the Short Form Complaint or Amended Short 

Form Complaint, provided the parties choose not to waive Lexecon, Inc. v. Milberg Weiss 

Bershad Hynes & Lerach, 523 U.S. 26 (1998). The fact that a case was filed directly in 

this District and MDL proceeding shall not constitute a determination by this Court that 

jurisdiction or venue are proper in this District, and shall not result in this Court being 

deemed the “transferor court” for purposes of this MDL. In addition, filing a Short Form 

Complaint or Amended Short Form Complaint in this District shall have no impact on the 

conflict of law rules to be applied to the case. Instead, the law of the jurisdiction where 

the case is ultimately transferred will govern any conflict of law. Prior to transfer, 

Defendants may object to the district specified in the Short Form Complaint or Amended 

Short Form Complaint, based on venue or jurisdiction (including a lack of personal 

jurisdiction based on Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746 (2014)), and propose an 

alternative jurisdiction for the Court’s consideration. 

Subject to the conditions set forth in this order, Defendant C.R. Bard, Inc. and Bard 

Peripheral Vascular, Inc. (collectively “Bard”) waive service of process in cases filed in 

this Court using the Short Form Complaint or Amended Short Form Complaint and in 

which they are named as defendants and one or more IVC filter products either 

manufactured or distributed by Bard is alleged to be at issue. For such cases, Plaintiffs 

shall send a Short Form Complaint or Amended Short Form Complaint and a request for 

waiver of service pursuant to the provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 4 to Richard B. North, Jr. 

by email to richard.north@nelsonmullins.com; maria.turner@nelsonmullins.com; and 

matthew.lerner@nelsonmullins.com. Counsel for Bard shall return the signed waiver 

requests to the Court within the time permitted by Fed. R. Civ. P. 4. Plaintiffs submitting 

a request for waiver shall not seek to hold Bard in default for failure to timely answer or 

otherwise respond to a complaint in which service has been accomplished pursuant to the 

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terms of this order without first giving Bard written notice of the alleged default and ten 

business days in which to cure any alleged default. 

Prior to a Plaintiff’s attorney filing a Short Form Complaint or Amended Short 

Form Complaint in this Court, that attorney must register for or already have a District of 

Arizona CM/ECF log-in name and password. If the Plaintiff’s attorney does not already 

have a District of Arizona CM/ECF log-in name and password, that attorney must file the 

Short Form Complaint or Amended Short Form Complaint in paper form with the Clerk 

of Court and simultaneously file an Application of Attorney for Admission to Practice Pro 

Hac Vice pursuant to LRCiv 83.1(b)(2) (including all necessary attachments and filing 

fee). 

Additionally, with respect to cases which are originally filed in courts other than 

this Court which are then subsequently transferred to MDL 2641 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1407, Defendants may file an Answer and General Denial with Respect to Cases 

Subsequently Transferred to MDL 2641, incorporating the defenses and denials set forth 

in the Master Responsive Pleading and generally denying the plantiffs’ allegations. This 

short-form answer shall serve as the responsive pleading. Defendants shall have 60 days 

from the date any such case is opened in this Court to file any motion for failure to state a 

claim upon which relief may be granted pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) and 12(h)(2), and the 

plaintiff(s) shall have 30 days to respond. 

Dated this 16th day of March, 2016. 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

IN RE BARD IVC FILTERS 

PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION 

No. MD-15-02641-PHX-DGC 

AMENDED MASTER SHORT FORM 

COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES FOR 

INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS AND DEMAND 

FOR JURY TRIAL 

Plaintiff(s) named below, for their Complaint against Defendants named below, 

incorporate the Master Complaint for Damages in MDL 2641 by reference (Doc. 364). 

Plaintiff(s) further show the Court as follows: 

1. Plaintiff/Deceased Party: 

________________________________________________________________ 

2. Spousal Plaintiff/Deceased Party’s spouse or other party making loss of 

consortium claim: 

________________________________________________________________ 

3. Other Plaintiff and capacity (i.e., administrator, executor, guardian, 

conservator): 

________________________________________________________________ 

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4. Plaintiff’s/Deceased Party’s state(s) [if more than one Plaintiff] of residence at 

the time of implant: 

________________________________________________________________ 

5. Plaintiff’s/Deceased Party’s state(s) [if more than one Plaintiff] of residence at 

the time of injury: 

________________________________________________________________ 

6. Plaintiff’s current state(s) [if more than one Plaintiff] of residence: 

________________________________________________________________ 

7. District Court and Division in which venue would be proper absent direct filing: 

________________________________________________________________ 

8. Defendants (check Defendants against whom Complaint is made): 

□ C.R. Bard Inc. 

□ Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. 

9. Basis of Jurisdiction: 

□ Diversity of Citizenship 

□ Other: ________________________________________________ 

a. Other allegations of jurisdiction and venue not expressed in Master 

Complaint: 

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________ 

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10. Defendants’ Inferior Vena Cava Filter(s) about which Plaintiff(s) is making a 

claim (Check applicable Inferior Vena Cava Filter(s)): 

□ Recovery® Vena Cava Filter 

□ G2® Vena Cava Filter 

 G2® Express (G2®X) Vena Cava Filter 

 Eclipse® Vena Cava Filter 

 Meridian® Vena Cava Filter 

 Denali® Vena Cava Filter 

 Other: ____________________________________________________ 

11. Date of Implantation as to each product: 

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________ 

12. Counts in the Master Complaint brought by Plaintiff(s): 

□ Count I: Strict Products Liability – Manufacturing Defect 

□ Count II: Strict Products Liability – Information Defect (Failure to 

Warn) 

□ Count III: Strict Products Liability – Design Defect 

□ Count IV: Negligence - Design 

□ Count V: Negligence - Manufacture 

□ Count VI: Negligence – Failure to Recall/Retrofit 

□ Count VII: Negligence – Failure to Warn 

□ Count VIII: Negligent Misrepresentation 

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□ Count IX: Negligence Per Se

□ Count X: Breach of Express Warranty 

□ Count XI: Breach of Implied Warranty 

□ Count XII: Fraudulent Misrepresentation 

□ Count XIII: Fraudulent Concealment 

□ Count XIV: Violations of Applicable ________________ (insert state) 

Law Prohibiting Consumer Fraud and Unfair and Deceptive Trade 

Practices 

□ Count XV: Loss of Consortium 

□ Count XVI: Wrongful Death 

□ Count XVII: Survival 

□ Punitive Damages 

□ Other(s): ___________________ (please state the facts supporting 

this Count in the space immediately below) 

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

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__________________________________________________________ 

13. Jury Trial demanded for all issues so triable? 

□ Yes 

□ No 

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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this ____ day of March, 2016. 

[SIGNATURE BLOCK] 

By: /s/ 

[Attorney name/address] 

I hereby certify that on this ____ day of March, 2016, I electronically transmitted the 

attached document to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal 

of a Notice of Electronic Filing. 

/s/ 

5220248v1/26997-0001 

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