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Nature of Suit Code: 367
Nature of Suit: TORTS - Personal Injury - Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury/Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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3:14-cv-05440-VC

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO F.R.C.P. 

41(a)(1)(A)(II)

John H. Gomez (SBN 171485)

John P. Fiske (SBN 249256)

Stephanie S. Poli (SBN 286239)

Gomez Trial Attorneys

655 W Broadway, Suite 1700

San Diego, CA 92101

Telephone: (619) 237-3490

Facsimile: (619) 237-3496

john@gomeztrialattorneys.com

jfiske@gomeztrialattorneys.com

spoli@gomeztrialattorneys.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WINDY GARLAND;

Plaintiff,

vs.

JOHNSON & JOHNSON; JOHNSON & 

JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL 

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, L.L.C.; 

ORTHO-MCNEIL-JANSSEN 

PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; 

McKESSON CORPORATION; and DOES 

1-100, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:14-cv-05440-VC

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL 

PURSUANT TO F.R.C.P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii)

Complaint Filed: December 12, 2014

Undersigned Plaintiff’s counsel: (1) having failed to receive documentation necessary to 

continue the prosecution of this action despite repeated and reasonable efforts to obtain such 

documentation from Plaintiff; (2) having lost contact with Plaintiff despite reasonable and 

substantial efforts; and (3) having informed Plaintiff by letter of the intent to cease representation 

as her legal counsel; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by Plaintiff Windy Garland, by and 

AS MODIFIED

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO F.R.C.P.

41(a)(1)(A)(II)

through her undersigned counsel, and Defendants Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Research & 

Development, LLC (formerly known and incorrectly named as “Johnson & Johnson 

Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.”), Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly 

known and incorrectly named as “Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.”), and McKesson 

Corporation, by and through their undersigned counsel, that the above-captioned action is 

voluntarily dismissed without prejudice as to the Defendants without costs or fees to any party. 

It is further stipulated and agreed between the undersigned that if Plaintiff refiles this action in 

this Court (or a California state court if plaintiff’s change of residence to California destroys 

diversity jurisdiction in the future) prior to January 1, 2019, the action will be deemed filed as of 

December 12, 2014 for statute of limitations purposes.

Dated: May 21, 2015 GOMEZ TRIAL ATTORNEYS

By: /s/ Stephanie Poli

John Fiske

Stephanie Poli

Attorneys for Plaintiff WINDY 

GARLAND

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO F.R.C.P.

41(a)(1)(A)(II)

Dated: June 18, 2015 BARNES & THORNBURG LLP

By:/s/ Sarah E. Johnston

Alexander G. Calfo

Sarah E. Johnston

Stacy L. Foster

Attorneys for Defendants

JOHNSON & JOHNSON; JANSSEN 

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, LLC 

(sued herein as “Johnson & Johnson 

Pharmaceutical Research & Development, 

L.L.C.”); and JANSSEN 

PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (sued herein 

as “Ortho-McNeil-Janssen 

Pharmaceuticals, Inc.”); and McKESSON 

CORPORATION

Attestation Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5.1(i)

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5.1(i), I, Stephanie Poli, hereby attest that I have obtained 

concurrence in the filing of this document from the other signatories to this document.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the law of the United States of America that the

foregoing is true and correct. Executed on May 21, 2015 at Los Angeles, California.

 /s/ Stephanie Poli

Stephanie Poli

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May ___, 2015

The Honorable Vince Chhabria

United States District Court Judge

AS MODIFIED

Counsel for the plaintiff must transmit this order to the plaintiff through every available means, and must 

file a declaration with the Court, within 5 days of the date of this order, documenting the ways in which 

the order was transmitted to the plaintiff. June 19, 2015

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Vince Chhabria

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