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James R. Condo (#005867) 

Amanda Sheridan (#005867) 

SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. 

One Arizona Center 

400 E. Van Buren 

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 

MDL NO. 15-02641-PHX-DGC

This Document Relates to: 

WAYNE RUDEN, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

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

Corporation; AND BARD PERIPHERAL 

VASCULAR INC., an Arizona 

Corporation, 

 Defendants.

Case No. CV-16-00344-PHX-DGC 

DEFENDANTS C. R. BARD, INC.’S 

AND BARD PERIPHERAL 

VASCULAR, INC.’S RESPONSE TO 

CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL 

CENTER’S MOTION TO DISMISS OR 

IN THE ALTERNATIVE MOTION TO 

REMAND 

Defendants C. R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. (collectively, “Bard”) 

hereby file this Response to Defendant California Pacific Medical Center’s (“CPMC”) 

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Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint or in the Alternative Motion to Remand 

(the “Motion”). 

On February 26, 2016, Bard filed its Response in Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion to 

Remand [MDL 2641 Dkt. No. 887] (Bard’s “Response”), arguing that Bard properly removed 

this case to federal court based on diversity jurisdiction because Plaintiff fraudulently 

misjoined his medical malpractice claims against co-defendant CPMC to his product liability 

claims against Bard. CPMC’s Motion provides an alternative basis for federal jurisdiction. 

Specifically, to the extent this Court agrees with CPMC that Plaintiff has failed to state a 

claim against CPMC that is plausible on its face, CPMC is fraudulently joined in this case, 

and its citizenship should be ignored for purposes of determining diversity jurisdiction. See 

McCabe v. Gen. Foods Corp., 811 F.2d 1336, 1339 (9th Cir. 1987). 

CPMC’s Motion argues in the alternative that if this Court concludes that Plaintiff has 

a viable claim against CPMC, it should remand the case to state court for lack of subject 

matter jurisdiction. See CPMC’s Mot. [MDL 2641 Dkt. No. 870] at p. 17. Bard opposes 

CPMC’s Motion only to the extent it seeks remand. Even if Plaintiff’s medical malpractice 

claims against CPMC are viable, they are still fraudulently misjoined to this product liability 

action against Bard, as argued by Bard in its Response. See Bard’s Resp. [MDL 2641 Dkt. 

No. 887]. Therefore, if this Court denies CPMC’s Motion to Dismiss, Bard respectfully 

requests that this Court also deny its Motion to Remand, and, instead, sever and remand to 

state court Plaintiff’s fraudulently misjoined medical malpractice claims against CPMC. 

This 26th day of February, 2016. 

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 

201 17th Street, NW / Suite 1700 

Atlanta, GA 30363 

PH: (404) 322-6000 

FX: (404) 322-6050 

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richard.north@nelsonmullins.com 

matthew.lerner@nelsonmullins.com 

James R. Condo (#005867) 

Amanda Sheridan (#005867) 

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 

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

Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on February 26, 2016, I electronically filed the foregoing

with the Clerk of the Court by using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such 

filing to all counsel of record. 

s/Richard B. North, Jr. 

Richard B. North, Jr. 

Georgia Bar No. 545599 

NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP 

Atlantic Station 

201 17th Street, NW / Suite 1700 

Atlanta, GA 30363 

PH: (404) 322-6000 

FX: (404) 322-6050 

richard.north@nelsonmullins.com 

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