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 PLAINTIFF’S
v. MOTION FOR PARTIAL
SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON ISSUE
ETHICON, INC.;
PRECLUSION
JOHNSON & JOHNSON,
15 Defendants. [ECF No. 219]
17 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Issue Preclusion [ECF No. 219 (“Motion” or “Mot.”)], Defendants’ Corrected Opposition [ECF No. 223 (“Opposition” or “Oppo.”)], and Plaintiffs’ Reply [ECF No. 225 (“Reply”)]. For the reasons stated below, the Motion is DENIED. 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’…