John Muldoon v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOHN MULDOON, Case No. 15-cv-02723-PJH

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING JOHN MUIR’S

v. MOTION TO DISMISS

DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 48 Defendants.

12 Before the court is defendant John Muir Health’s (“John Muir”) motion to dismiss and strike. Dkt. 48. The matter is fully briefed and suitable for decision without oral argument. Having read the parties’ papers and carefully considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, and good cause appearing, the court hereby rules as follows. BACKGROUND This action was filed by plaintiff John Muldoon on June 17, 2015. Dkt. 1. The operative Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”, Dkt. 42) alleges eighteen (18) causes of action against numerous defendants, all related to damages plaintiff alleges he suffered from his hip-replacement surgery conducted in 2007. The named defendants are Dr. David Dodgin, M.D. (the surgeon who performed the…