In Re Pacific Fertility Center Litigation

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 IN RE: PACIFIC FERTILITY CENTER Case No. 18-cv-01586-JSC

10 LITIGATION

ORDER RE: PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION

11 FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION AND

CHART’S MOTION TO EXCLUDE

12 EXPERT TESTIMONY 13 Re: Dkt. Nos. 302, 350, 411, 413

14 15 Plaintiffs filed this putative class action against Pacific Fertility Center (“Pacific 16 Fertility”), Prelude Fertility, Inc. (“Prelude”), and Chart Industries (“Chart”) alleging various state 17 law claims and jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act. Plaintiffs thereafter filed a First 18 Amended Complaint which added Pacific Fertility MSO, LLC, (Pacific MSO) a Prelude 19 subsidiary, as a defendant. (Dkt. No. 143.) The Court compelled Pacific Fertility’s claims to 20 arbitration. (Dkt. No. 192.) Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification of their claims for negligence 21 and premises liability as to Prelude and Pacific MSO, and strict liability and negligent failure to 22 recall as to Chart is…