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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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Case No. C 06-6537 JF (RS)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR STAY OF LITIGATION PENDING TRANSFER BY THE

MDL PANEL

(JFLC2)

NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

IRENE KOCOL,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

GUIDANT CORPORATION, et al.,

 Defendants.

Case Number C 06-6537 JF (RS)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION FOR STAY OF

LITIGATION PENDING TRANSFER

BY THE MDL PANEL

[re: doc. no. 9]

Defendants have filed a “Motion To Discontinue Pretrial Deadlines Pending Transfer To

MDL Court,” which essentially is a motion to stay all proceedings in this case pending the

expected transfer of the case to the District of Minnesota by the Judicial Panel on Multi-District

Litigation (“MDL Panel”). The MDL Panel issued a conditional transfer order on December 11,

2006. Plaintiff’s opposition to transfer is due to be filed with the MDL Panel by December 26,

2006.

Plaintiff opposes a stay of litigation, asserting that she has a meritorious remand motion

that should be heard immediately. That motion is set for hearing before this Court on January 19,

2007.

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Case No. C 06-6537 JF (RS)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR STAY OF LITIGATION PENDING TRANSFER BY THE

MDL PANEL

(JFLC2)

As noted on the record at the hearing on December 22, 2006, numerous similar cases

have been transferred by the MDL Panel despite the existence of potentially meritorious motions

for remand on grounds similar to those raised by Plaintiff in this case. In those cases, remand

issues are being addressed by the MDL Panel in the context of opposition to transfer, and/or by

the transferee court. In light of the conditional order of transfer, and that fact that Plaintiff will

have the opportunity to raise her remand arguments before the MDL Panel and/or before the

transferee court, this Court concludes that Defendants’ motion for stay is well taken. 

Accordingly, Defendants’ motion will be granted.

ORDER

Defendants’ motion for a stay of litigation pending transfer by the MDL Panel is

GRANTED.

DATED: 12/22/06

__________________________________

JEREMY FOGEL

United States District Judge

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Case No. C 06-6537 JF (RS)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR STAY OF LITIGATION PENDING TRANSFER BY THE

MDL PANEL

(JFLC2)

This Order was served on the following persons:

Rachel Abrams rabrams@hershlaw.com

Mark E. Burton , Jr olasov@hershlaw.com

Dana N. Gwaltney dgwaltney@shb.com, amoresco@shb.com, hstockwell@shb.com,

scastillo@shb.com, bknight@shb.com, sromano@shb.com, jbartley@shb.com,

cgramling@shb.com

Nancy Hersh jolasov@hershlaw.com,

Sara J. Romano sromano@shb.com, amoresco@shb.com, hstockwell@shb.com,

scastillo@shb.com, bknight@shb.com; ; dgwaltney@shb.com; ; mreyes@shb.com; ;

cgramling@shb.com; ; jbartley@shb.com; ; shicks@shb.com

Michael Schmidt schmidt@schmidtlaw.com, ewroten@smu.edu 

Nancy Hersh

Rachel Abrams

Mark E. Burton, Jr.

Hersh & Hersh

601 Van Ness Avenue

2080 Opera Plaza

San Francisco, CA 94102-6388 

Michael Schmidt

Schmidt Firm

2911 Turtle Creek Blvd.

Suite 1400

Dallas, TX 75219 

Dana N. Gwaltney

Sara J. Romano 

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP

333 Bush Street

Suite 600

San Francisco, CA 94104-2828 

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