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11 EDNA GOY A,

Anthony G. Brazil (State Bar No. 84297)

Kanika D. Corley (State Bar No. 223601)

MORRIS POLICH & PURDY LLP

1055 West Seventh Street, Suite 2400

Los Angeles, CA 90017

Telephone: (213) 891-9100

Facsimile: (213) 488-1178 E-mail: abrazilmlaw.com E-mail: coremaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant,

MCKESSON CORPORATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

No.3:06-CV-02574-H-AJB

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Plaintiff,

DEFENDANT MCKESSON

CORPORATION'S JOINDER IN

DEFENDANT MERCK & CO.,

INC.'S OPPOSITION TO

PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO

REMAND TO STATE COURT

vs.

MERCK & COMPANY, INC., a

Corporation; McKESSON

CORPORATION, a Corporation; and

DOES 1 through 100, inclusive,

Defendants.

19 McKesson Corporation, by its counsel, hereby joins in, adopts and incorporates

20 by reference Defendant Merck & Co., Inc.'s ("Merck") Opposition to Plaintiffs

21 Motion to Remand to State Court. This Joinder is based upon the Points and Authorities

22 set forth in Merck's Opposition to Motion to Remand, Merck's related affidavits and

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DEFENDANT MCKESSON CORPORATION'S JOINER IN DEFENDANT MERCK & CO., INC.'S

OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO REMA TO STATE COURT

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1 exhibits, the papers and pleadings on file with the Court and upon any oral argument as

2 may be presented to the Court at the hearing on the Motion to Remand.

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Dated: January 23, 2007

MORRS, POLICH & PURY, LLP

By: . - / U r-r ~ ~). ~ ,,

Anthony G. Braz~

Kanika D. Corley

Attorneys for Defendant

MCKESSON CORPORATION

L0075330 2

DEFENDANT MCKESSON CORPORATION'S JOINER IN DEFENDANT MERCK & CO., INC.'S

OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO REMA TO STATE COURT

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ELECTRONIC PROOF OF SERVICE

I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the age of eighteen

(18) years and am not a party to the within action.

On January 23, 2007, pursuant to the Cour's Electronic Filing System, I

i: submitted an electronic version of the following document via fie transfer protocol t

ECF (Electronic Case Filng)

o submitted a hard copy of the following document to ECF (Electronic Case Filing) by

o facsimile o overnight delivery

"DEFENDANT MCKESSON CORPORATION'S JOINDER IN DEFENDANT MERCK

& CO., INC.'S OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO REMAND TO STATE

COURT"

o ST ATE I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of California, that the above i

true and correct.

i: FEDERAL I declare that I am employed in the offce of a member of the bar of this cour at whos

direction the service was made

Executed on January 23, 2007, at Los Angeles, California.

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ELECTRONIC PROOF OF SERVICE

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