IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO 

WESTERN DIVISION 

CAPTAIN SEAN MILLER (RET.), ) 

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Plaintiffs, ) Case No. 3:18-cv-00113-TMR-MJN 

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vs. ) Judge Thomas M. Rose 

) 

GE HEALTHCARE, INC., et al., ) Magistrate Judge Michael J. Newman 

) 

Defendants. 

) 

) 

DEFENDANTS GUERBET LLC AND LIEBEL-FLARSHEIM COMPANY, LLC’S 

JOINDER TO MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT (ECF No. 36) 

Defendants Guerbet LLC and Liebel-Flarsheim Company, LLC (“Guerbet Defendants”), 

by and through undersigned counsel, hereby join in the Motion to Dismiss and Memorandum in 

support thereof filed by Defendants GE Healthcare Inc., GE Healthcare AS, and General Electric 

Company on May 3, 2018 (ECF No. 36) (the “Motion to Dismiss”). Guerbet Defendants join the 

Motion to Dismiss in all respects concerning Rule 12(b)(6) of the Rules of Civil Procedure (i.e., 

Sections I and II thereof). Guerbet Defendants do not join the Motion to Dismiss with respect to 

Rule 12(b)(5) (Section III thereof). 

As addressed in the Motion to Dismiss, Plaintiff Captain Sean Miller’s (“Plaintiff”) claims 

are not pled in compliance with the Ohio Product Liability Act (“OPLA”), Ohio Rev. Code § 

2307.71, et seq., and therefore should be dismissed. (See Motion to Dismiss, Section I.) Moreover, 

Plaintiff’s punitive damages claims should be dismissed because the OPLA only permits such 

claims in cases where the pharmaceutical manufacturer committed fraud on the FDA. (See Motion 

to Dismiss, Section II.) 

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Guerbet Defendants reserve all rights to raise additional Rule 12(b) defenses and/or other 

affirmative defenses to Plaintiff’s complaint on or before the deadline for their responsive 

pleading. By filing this joinder on behalf of Guerbet Defendants, the undersigned counsel do not 

intend to waive defenses available at this stage of the proceedings. 

Dated: May 9, 2018 Respectfully submitted, 

s/Wendy West Feinstein 

Wendy West Feinstein * (0064973) 

*Trial Attorney 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

One Oxford Centre, Thirty-Second Floor 

Pittsburgh, PA 15219-6401 

Telephone: 1.412.560.3300 

Facsimile: 1.412.560.7001 (fax) 

wendy.feinstein@morganlewis.com 

Brian W. Shaffer (pro hac vice forthcoming) 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

1701 Market Street 

Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921 

Telephone: 1.215.963.5000 

Facsimile: 1.213.963.5001 

brian.shaffer@morganlewis.com 

Jamie L. Kendall (pro hac vice forthcoming) 

THE KENDALL LAW FIRM PC 

1201 County Line Road – Suite G 

Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 

Telephone: 1.610.756.0200 

Facsimile: 1.610.756.0202 

jkendall@tkfirm.com 

ATTORNEYS FOR GUERBET LLC AND LIEBELFLARSHEIM COMPANY, LLC

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I, Wendy West Feinstein, an attorney, hereby certify that on May 9, 2018, a copy of 

Defendants Guerbet LLC and Liebel-Flarsheim Company, LLC’s Joinder to Motion to Dismiss 

was filed electronically. Notice of this filing will be sent to all parties by operation of the Court’s 

CM/ECF and copies will be mailed via U.S. Mail to those parties to whom electronic notice has 

not been sent. 

Todd Alan Walburg, Esquire 

Cutter Law, P.C. 

401 Watt Avenue 

Sacramento, CA 95864 

J. Philip Calabrese, Esquire 

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP 

950 Main Avenue 

Cleveland, OH 44113 

Justin James Joyce, Esquire 

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP 

250 East Fifth Street, Suite 220 

Cincinnati, OH 45202 

Jeremy Andrew Moseley, Esquire 

Michael Lawrence O’Donnell, Esquire 

Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell LLP 

370 17th Street, Suite 4500 

Denver, CO 80202 

s/Wendy West Feinstein 

Wendy West Feinstein 

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