In Re Pacific Fertility Center Litigation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 IN RE: PACIFIC FERTILITY CENTER Case No. 18-cv-01586-JSC
LITIGATION
ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF K.L.’S
MOTION FOR VOLUNTARY
DISMISSAL
12 Re: Dkt. No. 536
14 These consolidated cases arise out of a March 2018 incident involving a cryopreservation tank storing Plaintiffs’ eggs and embryos. Plaintiff K.L. was a putative class representative in these consolidated actions. Following the Court’s denial of Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, K.L. seeks to voluntarily dismiss her action without prejudice to refiling in state court where there are approximately 71 individual actions proceeding regarding the same incident. Chart Industries, the only remaining defendant in this federal action, opposes K.L.’s motion for voluntary dismissal. Having considered the parties’ briefs and having had the benefit of oral argument on September 3, 2020, the Court GRANTS K.L.’s motion for voluntary dismissal. Chart has not identified any legal prejudice that it would suffer as…