Klinker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHELLE KLINKER and DAVID No. 2:21-cv-00817-TLN-KJN

KLINKER,

12 Plaintiffs, ORDER v. 14 JOHNSON & JOHNSON and ETHICON, INC., Defendants. 17 This matter is before the Court on Defendants Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon, Inc.’s (collectively, “Defendants” or “Ethicon”1) Motion for Summary Judgment. (ECF No. 10.) Plaintiffs Michelle Klinker (“Ms. Klinker”) and David Klinker (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) have filed an opposition. (ECF No. 18.) Defendant filed a reply. (ECF No. 23.) Also before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Exclude Case-Specific Testimony and Opinions. (ECF No. 11.) This motion is also fully briefed. (ECF Nos. 19, 24.) For the reasons set forth below, Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED and Motion to Exclude is DENIED as moot. /// 27 Defendants refer to themselves collectively as “Ethicon” in the instant motion. (ECF No. 10 at 1.) I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND2 The instant…