Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-caed-2_19-cv-02275/USCOURTS-caed-2_19-cv-02275-0/pdf.json

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

---

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING ALL DEADLINES 

PENDING DECISION BY THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION 

Oluoma N. Kas-Osoka (SBN 309183) 

ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP 

Three Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 471-3100 

Facsimile: (415) 471-3400 

oluoma.kas-osoka@arnoldporter.com 

Anand Agneshwar (pro hac vice forthcoming) 

ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP 

250 West 55th Street 

New York, NY 10019 

Telephone: (212) 836-8000 

Facsimile: (212) 836-8689 

anand.agneshwar@arnoldporter.com 

Daniel S. Pariser (pro hac vice forthcoming) 

Paige H. Sharpe (pro hac vice forthcoming) 

Elliott Cruchley Mogul (pro hac vice forthcoming) 

ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP 

601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20001 

Telephone: (202) 942-5000 

Facsimile: (202) 942-5999 

daniel.pariser@arnoldporter.com 

paige.sharpe@arnoldporter.com 

elliott.mogul@arnoldporter.com 

[Additional counsel listed on signature page(s)] 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Sanofi US Services Inc. and Chattem, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

KERRI L. BREST-LANDRY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM 

PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; 

SANOFI US SERVICES INC.; 

CHATTEM, INC.; PFIZER INC.; and 

GLAXOSMITHKLINE LLC, 

Defendants. 

Civil Case No.: 2:19-cv-02275-TLN-KJN 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

EXTENDING ALL DEADLINES PENDING 

DECISION BY THE JUDICIAL PANEL 

ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION 

Plaintiff Kerri L. Brest-Landry and Defendants Sanofi US Services Inc. and Chattem, Inc. 

(the “Sanofi Defendants”); Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“BIPI”); Pfizer Inc. 

(“Pfizer”), and GlaxoSmithKline LLC (“GSK”) by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby 

jointly move the Court for an order extending all deadlines currently set in this case pending the 

Case 2:19-cv-02275-TLN-KJN Document 22 Filed 01/17/20 Page 1 of 7
1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

- 2 - 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING ALL DEADLINES 

PENDING DECISION BY THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION 

determination of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) on a motion to transfer this 

case and other Zantac-related lawsuits to a multidistrict litigation (“MDL”). 

The Parties hereby stipulate: 

WHEREAS Plaintiffs filed the Complaint in the above-captioned action on November 8, 

2019 (ECF No. 1); 

WHEREAS the Court entered an Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order on November 12, 2019, 

which, among other things, set a deadline for the parties to meet and confer pursuant to Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 26 (ECF No. 3, at 2); 

WHEREAS Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss the Complaint on December 4, 2019 

(ECF No. 5); 

WHEREAS on December 5, 2019, Defendants filed a Motion to Stay (ECF No. 11) 

proceedings pending decision by the JPML on a pending motion to transfer all Zantac-related 

personal injury and class action cases to a single jurisdiction for coordinated and consolidated 

pretrial proceedings in MDL Case No. 2924; 

WHEREAS on December 19, 2019, the JPML scheduled a hearing date for the motion for 

transfer for January 30, 2020; 

WHEREAS Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Stay are currently pending 

before the Court; 

 WHEREAS on January 14, 2020, the Parties met and conferred and agreed that all 

deadlines set by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 and Part III of the Court’s Initial Pretrial 

Scheduling Order should be extended pending a decision by the JPML; 

WHEREAS in order to conserve the resources of the Court and the parties and in light of the 

upcoming JPML hearing date for the motion for transfer, the Parties believe good cause exists for 

modifying the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order; 

NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE and request that the Court 

enter an order that the parties’ deadlines set by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 and Part III of 

the Court’s Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order are hereby extended pending a decision by the JPML. 

If this case is not transferred for inclusion in an MDL, the Parties shall meet-and-confer pursuant to 

Case 2:19-cv-02275-TLN-KJN Document 22 Filed 01/17/20 Page 2 of 7
1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

- 3 - 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING ALL DEADLINES 

PENDING DECISION BY THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 and Part III of the Court’s Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order no 

more than 30 days after the JPML issues its decision. 

Dated: January 16, 2020 Respectfully submitted, 

By: /s/Oluoma Kas-Osoka Oluoma Kas-Osoka 

ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP 

Three Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 471-3100 

Facsimile: (415) 471-3400 

oluoma.kas-osoka@arnoldporter.com

Anand Agneshwar (pro hac vice forthcoming) 

ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP 

250 West 55th Street 

New York, NY 10019 

Telephone: (212) 836-8000 

Facsimile: (212) 836-8689 

anand.agneshwar@arnoldporter.com

Daniel S. Pariser (pro hac vice forthcoming) 

Paige H. Sharpe (pro hac vice forthcoming) 

Elliott Cruchley Mogul (pro hac vice forthcoming) 

ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP 

601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20001 

Telephone: (202) 942-5000 

Facsimile: (202) 942-5999 

daniel.pariser@arnoldporter.com

paige.sharpe@arnoldporter.com

elliott.mogul@arnoldporter.com

Attorneys for Defendants 

Sanofi US Services Inc. and Chattem, Inc.

By: /s/ Lindsey Barnhart (as authorized on 1/15/2020) 

Lindsey Barnhart (Bar No. 294995) 

COVINGTON & BURLING LLP 

3000 El Camino Real, 5 Palo Alto Square 

Palo Alto, CA 94306 

Telephone: (650) 632-4700 

Facsimile: (650) 632-4800 

lbarnhart@cov.com

Attorneys for Defendant 

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Case 2:19-cv-02275-TLN-KJN Document 22 Filed 01/17/20 Page 3 of 7
1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

- 4 - 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING ALL DEADLINES 

PENDING DECISION BY THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION 

By: /s/ Joseph G. Petrosinelli (as authorized 

 on 1/15/2020) 

Joseph G. Petrosinelli (pro hac vice forthcoming) 

WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP 

725 12th Street NW 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Telephone: 202-434-5547 

jpetrosinelli@wc.com

Attorney for Defendant Pfizer Inc.

By: /s/ Jonathan Tam (as authorized on 1/15/2020) 

Mark S. Cheffo (pro hac vice forthcoming) 

DECHERT LLP 

1095 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10036 

Telephone: (212) 698-3500 

Facsimile: (212) 698-3599 

mark.cheffo@dechert.com

Will W. Sachse (pro hac vice forthcoming) 

DECHERT LLP 

Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street 

Philadelphia, PA 19104 

Telephone: (215) 994-4000 

Facsimile: (215) 994-2222 

will.sachse@dechert.com

Jonathan Tam (SBN 304143) 

DECHERT LLP 

One Bush Street, Suite 1600 

San Francisco, CA 94104-4446 

Telephone: (415) 262-4500 

Facsimile: (415) 262-4555 

jonathan.tam@dechert.com

Attorneys for Defendant GlaxoSmithKline LLC 

By: /s/ R. Brent Wisner (as authorized on 1/15/2020) 

R. Brent Wisner 

Pedram Esfandiary 

BAUM HEDLUND ARISTEI AND GOLDMAN 

10940 Wilshire Blvd., 17th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90024 

Telephone: 310-207-3233 

Facsimile: 310-820-7444 

rbwisner@baumhedlundlaw.com

pesfandiary@baumhedlundlaw.com

Case 2:19-cv-02275-TLN-KJN Document 22 Filed 01/17/20 Page 4 of 7
1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

- 5 - 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING ALL DEADLINES 

PENDING DECISION BY THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION 

Aimee Hall Wagstaff 

ANDRUS WAGSTAFF, PC 

7171 W. Alaska Dr. 

Lakewood, CO 80226 

Telephone: 303-376-6360 

Facsimile: 303-376-6361 

aimee.wagstaff@andruswagstaff.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Kerri L. Brest-Landry 

 

Case 2:19-cv-02275-TLN-KJN Document 22 Filed 01/17/20 Page 5 of 7
1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

- 6 - 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING ALL DEADLINES 

PENDING DECISION BY THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on January 16, 2020, a true and correct copy of the foregoing 

was electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, and that it is being 

served this date on all counsel of record via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated 

by the CM/ECF system. 

 /s/ Oluoma Kas-Osaka 

Oluoma N. Kas-Osaka, Esq. 

California Bar No. 309183 

 

Case 2:19-cv-02275-TLN-KJN Document 22 Filed 01/17/20 Page 6 of 7
1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

- 7 - 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING ALL DEADLINES 

PENDING DECISION BY THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION 

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, and good cause appearing, it is hereby ORDERED that the parties’ 

deadlines required set by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 and Part III of the Court’s Initial 

Pretrial Scheduling Order are hereby extended pending a decision by the Judicial Panel on 

Multidistrict Litigation. If this case is not transferred for inclusion in a multidistrict litigation, the 

Parties shall meet-and-confer pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 and Part III of the 

Court’s Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order no more than 30 days after the Judicial Panel on 

Multidistrict Litigation issues its decision. 

DATED: January 16, 2020 

Case 2:19-cv-02275-TLN-KJN Document 22 Filed 01/17/20 Page 7 of 7