Shelly Andrews v. Ecolab, Inc.

BACKGROUND

On October 21, 2019, plaintiffs Shelly Andrews (“Andrews”) and Paula Deterding (“Deterding”) (collectively, “plaintiffs”) filed a putative class action complaint in the Los Angeles County Superior Court (“state court”) against Ecolab Inc. (“Ecolab”); The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.; Southern California Permanente Medical Group; Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.; Kaiser Foundation Hospitals; Kaiser Permanente Orange County — Anaheim Medical Center; Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center; and Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (collectively, “Kaiser defendants”), asserting various state law claims. (See Dkt. 1, Notice of Removal (“NOR”) at ff 1-2; Dkt. 1-1, Complaint). Specifically, plaintiffs allege that Ecolab uses dangerous chemicals and compounds in its OxyCide Daily Disinfectant Cleaner and Oxycide Dilution Management System, which plaintiffs’ employer, the Kaiser defendants, used in their hospitals. (See Dkt. 1-1, Complaint at J 1). Plaintiffs seek to represent a class defined as □□□□□ employees of Kaiser Defendants in California who were exposed to OxyCide Cleaning Products, from June 2015, to the present.” (See id. at…