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L.L.P.

201 17t h Street NW, Suite 1700

Atlanta, GA 30363

(404) 322-6000

James R. Condo (#005867)

Amanda C. Sheridan (#027360)

SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.

One Arizona Center

400 E. Van Buren, Suite 1900

Phoenix, AZ 85004-2204

Telephone: (602) 382-6000

jcondo@swlaw.com

asheridan@swlaw.com

Richard B. North, Jr. (admitted pro hac vice)

Georgia Bar No. 545599

Matthew B. Lerner (admitted pro hac vice)

Georgia Bar No. 446986

NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP

Atlantic Station

201 17th Street, NW, Suite 1700

Atlanta, GA 30363

Telephone: (404) 322-6000

richard.north@nelsonmullins.com 

matthew.lerner@nelsonmullins.com

Attorneys for Defendants

C. R. Bard, Inc. and 

Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

IN RE: Bard IVC Filters Products Liability 

Litigation,

No. 2:15-MD-02641-DGC

DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF NONPARTY FAULT

SHERR-UNA BOOKER, an individual,

Plaintiff,

v.

C. R. BARD, INC., a New Jersey 

corporation and BARD PERIPHERAL 

VASCULAR, INC., an Arizona 

corporation,

Defendants.

(Assigned to the Honorable David G. 

Campbell)

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201 17t h Street NW, Suite 1700

Atlanta, GA 30363

(404) 322-6000

COME NOW Defendants C. R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. 

(collectively “Bard”), and, pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 51-12-33, hereby give notice to 

Plaintiff Sherr-una Booker (“Plaintiff”) and this Court in the above-styled action that the 

following non-parties to this action are wholly or partially at fault for the injuries 

complained of herein. In support thereof, Bard relies on all evidence of record:

1. Sarwat Kamal Amer, M.D.

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

234 East 149th Street

Bronx, NY 10451

718-579-5423

Basis: Dr. Amer was the diagnostic radiologist who read Plaintiff’s 

lumbosacral spine x-ray on March 26, 2009, which showed her G2® Filter had 

fractured but with all struts adjacent to the filter in the IVC. Dr. Amer reported 

only: “IVC Filter is noted.” (See Plaintiff’s March 26, 2009 Lincoln Medical 

Center Imaging Report, BOOKERS_LMMC_MDR00280). Bard states that Dr. 

Amer failed to properly report the condition of Plaintiff’s filter to her treating 

physicians, and therefore prohibited her treating physicians from fully 

evaluating her medical condition and options for treatment. This failure 

constituted the sole proximate cause and/or contributing cause to Plaintiff’s 

injuries. Bard relies on the reports and deposition testimony of Dr. Daniel 

Cousin, Dr. Piotr Sobieszczyk, and the deposition testimony of Dr. Darren 

Hurst. Bard further relies on Bard’s medical experts’ reports and Plaintiff’s 

medical records.

By filing this Notice, Bard does not waive any of its defenses or intend to dispute 

its expert(s)’ opinions about causation; however, pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 51-12-33, Bard

gives this Notice in the event that there is a determination of damages to be awarded.

Bard also hereby reserves the right to amend or to supplement this Notice of Non-Party 

Fault as expanded and/or additional grounds for non-party fault are determined and heard 

by this Court, and additionally as further information concerning Plaintiff’s claims is 

acquired.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 13th day of November, 2017.

s/ Richard B. North, Jr.

Richard B. North, Jr.

Georgia Bar No. 545599

Matthew B. Lerner

Georgia Bar No. 446986

NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP

Atlantic Station

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

L.L.P.

201 17t h Street NW, Suite 1700

Atlanta, GA 30363

(404) 322-6000

201 17th Street, NW / Suite 1700

Atlanta, GA 30363

PH: (404) 322-6000

FX: (404) 322-6050

richard.north@nelsonmullins.com

matthew.lerner@nelsonmullins.com

James R. Condo (#005867)

Amanda Sheridan (#027360)

SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.

One Arizona Center

400 E. Van Buren

Phoenix, AZ 85004-2204

PH: (602) 382-6000

jcondo@swlaw.com

asheridan@swlaw.com

Attorneys for Defendants C. R. Bard, Inc. and 

Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.

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L.L.P.

201 17t h Street NW, Suite 1700

Atlanta, GA 30363

(404) 322-6000

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 13th day of November, 2017, the foregoing was 

electronically filed with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which will 

automatically send email notification of such filing to all attorneys of record.

s/Richard B. North, Jr.

Richard B. North, Jr.

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