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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

IN RE BARD IVC FILTERS 

PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION 

No. MD-15-02641-PHX-DGC 

MASTER SHORT FORM COMPLAINT 

FOR DAMAGES FOR INDIVIDUAL 

CLAIMS 

Plaintiff(s) named below, for their Complaint against Defendants named below, 

incorporate the Master Complaint for Damages in MDL 2641 by reference (Doc.364). 

Plaintiff(s) further show the Court as follows: 

1. Plaintiff/Deceased Party: 

DEBRA TINLIN 

2. Spousal Plaintiff/Deceased Party’s spouse or other party making loss of 

consortium claim: 

JAMES FRANCES TINLIN 

3. Other Plaintiff and capacity (i.e., administrator, executor, guardian, 

conservator): 

N/A 

4. Plaintiff’s/Deceased Party’s state(s) [if more than one Plaintiff] of residence at 

the time of implant: 

WISCONSIN 

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5. Plaintiff’s/Deceased Party’s state(s) [if more than one Plaintiff] of residence at 

the time of injury: 

WISCONSIN 

6. Plaintiff’s current state(s) [if more than one Plaintiff] of residence: 

WISCONSIN 

7. District Court and Division in which venue would be proper absent direct filing: 

Eastern District of Wisconsin, Green Bay Division 

8. Defendants (check Defendants against whom Complaint is made): 

 C.R. Bard Inc. 

 Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. 

9. Basis of Jurisdiction: 

 Diversity of Citizenship 

□ Other: ________________________________________________ 

a. Other allegations of jurisdiction and venue not expressed in Master 

Complaint: 

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10. Defendants’ Inferior Vena Cava Filter(s) about which Plaintiff(s) is making a 

claim (Check applicable Inferior Vena Cava Filter(s)): 

 Recovery® Vena Cava Filter 

□ G2® Vena Cava Filter 

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 G2® Express (G2®X) Vena Cava Filter 

 Eclipse® Vena Cava Filter 

 Meridian® Vena Cava Filter 

 Denali® Vena Cava Filter 

 Other: ____________________________________________________ 

11. Date of Implantation as to each product: 

On or about May 7, 2005 

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12. Counts in the Master Complaint brought by Plaintiff(s): 

 Count I: Strict Products Liability – Manufacturing Defect 

 Count II: Strict Products Liability – Information Defect (Failure to 

Warn) 

 Count III: Strict Products Liability – Design Defect 

 Count IV: Negligence - Design 

 Count V: Negligence - Manufacture 

 Count VI: Negligence – Failure to Recall/Retrofit 

 Count VII: Negligence – Failure to Warn 

 Count VIII: Negligent Misrepresentation 

 Count IX: Negligence Per Se

 Count X: Breach of Express Warranty 

 Count XI: Breach of Implied Warranty 

 Count XII: Fraudulent Misrepresentation 

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 Count XIII: Fraudulent Concealment 

 Count XIV: Violations of Applicable Wisconsin Law Prohibiting 

Consumer Fraud and Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices 

 Count XV: Loss of Consortium 

□ Count XVI: Wrongful Death 

□ Count XVII: Survival 

 Punitive Damages 

□ Other(s): ___________________ (please state the facts supporting 

this Count in the space immediately below) 

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Plaintiff demands a jury trial. 

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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 28th day of January, 2016. 

LOPEZ McHUGH LLP 

By: /s/Matthew R. Lopez 

Ramon Rossi Lopez (CA Bar No. 86361) 

(admitted pro hac vice) 

Matthew Ramon Lopez (CA Bar No. 263134 

(admitted pro hac vice) 

100 Bayview Circle, Suite 5600 

Newport Beach, California 92660 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

I hereby certify that on this 28th day of January, 2016, I electronically transmitted the 

attached document to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal 

of a Notice of Electronic Filing. 

/s/Matthew Ramon Lopez 

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