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 DENYING DEFENDANTS’
v. MOTION TO BIFURCATE
ETHICON, INC.; [ECF No. 205]
JOHNSON & JOHNSON,
15 Defendants.
17 Presently before the Court is Defendants’ Ethicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson (“Defendants”) Motion for a Separate Trial on Statute of Limitations (Bifurcation) (hereinafter “Motion” or “Motion to Bifurcate”). ECF No. 205. Plaintiff Donna Parks filed an Opposition (“Oppo.”). ECF No. 207. The Court finds the matter suitable for decision without oral argument pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7.1(d)(1) and, for the following reasons, DENIES Defendants’ Motion. 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…