Parks
Parks v. Ethicon, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONNA PARKS, Case No.: 20cv989-LL-RBB
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
v. MOTION TO ENFORCE MDL
ORDER REGARDING LIMITATION
ETHICON, INC.;
ON EXPERTS
JOHNSON & JOHNSON,
15 Defendants. [ECF No. 188]
17 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Enforce the multidistrict litigation (MDL) court’s order limiting the number of expert witnesses to five, excluding treating physicians. ECF No. 188. Defendants filed an opposition. ECF No. 189. For the reasons stated below, Plaintiff’s Motion is GRANTED. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff filed this lawsuit in 2014 as part of a large multidistrict litigation (“MDL”) action before the Honorable Joseph R. Goodwin in the Southern District of West Virginia asserting medical products liability. ECF No. 1; In re Ethicon, Inc. Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2327 (S.D. W. Va.). The action stems from the surgical implantation of Defendants’ pelvic…