Cooley

I. Introduction

18 On May 17, 2023, counsel for all parties called Chambers with a discovery dispute. 19 See Doc. No. 23. Counsel spoke with the Court’s staff at great length, and the Court set the 20 matter for hearing with directions to lodge the discovery requests at issue for the Court’s 21 review. Id. The Court held a telephonic hearing with counsel on June 7, 2023. Doc. No. 24. 22 Based on the information provided to the Court’s staff, the parties’ lodgments, and the 23 arguments made during the hearing, the Court understands plaintiff seeks an order 24 compelling further responses from defendants to plaintiff’s first Request for Production 25 (“RFP”) numbers 7, 8, and 11. The Motion is granted in part and denied in part as explained 26 in this Order. 27 //// 28 II. Factual Background This is a personal injury case, one of thousands of products liability cases filed against defendants C.R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. (collectively “Bard”) based on Bard’s development and sale of retrievable inferior vena cava (“IVC”) filters. See generally Doc. No. 1 ¶¶ 9-59. Plaintiff’s doctor implanted Bard’s first generation IVC 6 …