Crawford
Crawford v. Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
LATONIA CRAWFORD, ) Case No.: 1:21-cv-00988-AWI-BAK (SKO) ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO AMEND ) COMPLAINT v. ) ) (Doc. 20) ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC., et al., ) Defendants. ) ) )
Plaintiff seeks leave to file a first amended complaint. (Doc. 20.) Defendants filed an opposition on May 19, 2022. (Doc. 22.) For the following reasons, Plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend is GRANTED.1 I. Background Plaintiff initiated this action by filing a complaint in Kern County Superior Court on May 6, 2021. (See Doc. 1-1.) The action was removed to this Court on June 16, 2021. (Doc. 1.) This action involves various allegations related to Defendants’ hip components that were used in Plaintiff’s left hip arthroplasty and subsequent hip surgeries. (See id.) Defendants filed an answer on June 23, 2021. (Doc. 4.) On September 20, 2021, the Court entered a scheduling order,…