In re Roundup Products Liability LitigationMOTION to Dismiss With PrejudiceN.D. Cal.February 12, 2019 Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Submit PFS, MDL No. 2741 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Barbara R. Light Texas Bar No. 24109472 600 Travis, Suite 3400 Houston, Texas 77002-2926 Telephone: 713-227-8008 Fax: 713-227-9508 blight@shb.com Attorney for Defendant, MONSANTO COMPANY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA IN RE: ROUNDUP PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION MDL No. 2741 Case No. 3:16-md-02741 This document relates to: Ralph Applegate, Cause No. 3:18-cv-03363 (N.D. Cal.) Sandra Askew, Cause No.3:18-cv-04851 (N.D. Cal.) Samuel Bloechel, Cause No. 3:18-cv-01695 (N.D. Cal.) Rosette Boblitz, Cause No. 3:18-cv-00993 (N.D. Cal.) Ronald Brook, Cause No. 3:17-cv-06902 (N.D. Cal.) Phillip Dean, Cause No. 3:18-cv-01356 (N.D. Cal.) Mary DiBeneditto, Cause No. 3:18-cv-02911 (N.D. Cal.) Robert L. Dickey, Cause No.3:16-cv-05887 (N.D. Cal.) Carolyn Doty, Cause No.3:17-cv-04353 (N.D. Cal.) Case 3:16-md-02741-VC Document 2697 Filed 02/12/19 Page 1 of 11 Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Submit PFS, MDL No. 2741 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Michael R. Fair, Cause No.3:17-cv-05573 (N.D. Cal.) Marvin Ford, Cause No. 3:17-cv-04427 (N.D. Cal.) Deanna Gelder, Cause No.3:18-cv-00815 (N.D. Cal.) Jonathan Giles, Cause No.3:18-cv-00815 (N.D. Cal.) William Ginger, Cause No.3:18-cv-04552 (N.D. Cal.) Mark Hanson, Cause No. 3:18-cv-00815 (N.D. Cal.) Howard Harmon, Cause No. 3:18-cv-00815 (N.D. Cal.) Jeffrey F. Joffe, Cause No. 3:18-cv-00430 (N.D. Cal.) David King, Cause No. 3:17-cv-02142 (N.D. Cal.) Robert Koehn, Cause No. 3:17-cv-05161 (N.D. Cal.) Beverly Koons, Cause No. 3:17-cv-06903 (N.D. Cal.) Robert Lewis, Cause No. 3:17-cv-04035 (N.D. Cal.) Derek Liddell, Cause No.3:18-cv-00815 (N.D. Cal.) Clifford D. Little, Cause No. 3:17-cv-06296 (N.D. Cal.) Robert Mahoney, Cause No. 3:18-cv-00815 (N.D. Cal.) Angela Matchett, Cause No. 3:17-cv-07218 (N.D. Cal.) Ronald Matheny, Cause No. 3:17-cv-02142 (N.D. Cal.) Kevin McNew, Cause No. 3:17-cv-06858 (N.D. Cal.) Case 3:16-md-02741-VC Document 2697 Filed 02/12/19 Page 2 of 11 Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Submit PFS, MDL No. 2741 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Allan Mehrens, Cause No. 3:18-cv-01151 (N.D. Cal.) Robert Mitchell, Cause No. 3:17-cv-02142 (N.D. Cal.) Susan Monten, Cause No. 3:18-cv-04973 (N.D. Cal.) Sara Partee, Cause No. 3:17-cv-07365 (N.D. Cal.) Michael Pecorelli, Cause No. 3:16-cv-06936 (N.D. Cal.) Virginia Platt, Cause No. 3:17-cv-04428 (N.D. Cal.) William Pointer, Cause No. 3:18-cv-00815 (N.D. Cal.) Warren Proctor, Cause No. 3:17-cv-02142 (N.D. Cal.) Juan Rivera, Cause No. 3:17-cv-06902 (N.D. Cal.) Donna Rizzo, Cause No. 3:17-cv-02142 (N.D. Cal.) Steven Rochman, Cause No.3:17-cv-04429 (N.D. Cal.) Billy G. Rouse, Cause No. 3:18-cv-00819 (N.D. Cal.) Joseph Ruffin, Cause No.3:18-cv-01085 (N.D. Cal.) Stacy F. Scott, Cause No. 3:17-cv-05686 (N.D. Cal.) Ricky Sharp, Cause No. 3:18-cv-02172 (N.D. Cal.) William Stone, Cause No. 3:18-cv-01089 (N.D. Cal.) Michael Tevis, Cause No. 3:18-cv-03278 (N.D. Cal.) Izetta White, Cause No.3:18-cv-04799 (N.D. Cal.) Case 3:16-md-02741-VC Document 2697 Filed 02/12/19 Page 3 of 11 Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Submit PFS, MDL No. 2741 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Debra Whitfill, Cause No. 3:18-cv-05304 (N.D. Cal.) Wilma L. Williams, Cause No. 3:17-cv-07220 (N.D. Cal.) James A. Winters, Cause No. 3:18-cv-00542 (N.D. Cal.) Patricia Wiseman, Cause No. 3:18-cv-05495 (N.D. Cal.) Rodney Allen Woodruff, Cause No. 3:17-cv 06606 (N.D. Cal.) MONSANTO’S MOTION TO DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE Defendant (“Monsanto”) files this motion to dismiss with prejudice for failure to submit a Plaintiff Fact Sheet (“PFS”). Pretrial Order No. 50 (“PTO 50”) requires each Plaintiff to submit a completed PFS, either through the MDL Centrality system or to Brown Greer directly, by the deadlines provided in paragraph 4. (Pretrial Order No. 50 at paras. 7, 8). According to PTO 50, Group 3 plaintiffs were required to submit a PFS by Wednesday, January 23, 2019. Additionally, PTO 50 states that if a Plaintiff does not submit a completed PFS within the time specified, Monsanto must give notice to plaintiff’s counsel and Lead Counsel identifying the overdue PFS and provide plaintiff seven days in which to submit the PFS. If Monsanto has not received a completed PFS within seven days after serving Plaintiff with the notice, Monsanto may move the Court for an Order dismissing the Complaint with prejudice. The Plaintiffs identified below failed to submit any PFS whatsoever to date. Monsanto notified each Plaintiff that a PFS had not been submitted in compliance with paragraphs 7 and 8 of Pretrial Order No. 50. Plaintiff’s Name Case Number PFS Due Date Notice of Failure to Provide PFS Applegate, Ralph 3:18-cv-03363-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Case 3:16-md-02741-VC Document 2697 Filed 02/12/19 Page 4 of 11 Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Submit PFS, MDL No. 2741 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Plaintiff’s Name Case Number PFS Due Date Notice of Failure to Provide PFS Askew, Sandra 3:18-cv-04851-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Bloechel, Samuel 3:18-cv-01695-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Boblitz, Rosetta 3:18-cv-00993-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Brook, Ronald 3:17-cv-06902-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Dean, Philip 3:18-cv-01356-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 DiBeneditto, Mary 3:18-cv-02911-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Dickey, Robert L 3:16-cv-05887-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Doty, Carolyn 3:17-cv-04353-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Fair, Michael R 3:17-cv-05573-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Ford, Marvin 3:17-cv-04427-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Gelder, Deanna L 3:18-cv-00815-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Giles, Jonathan 3:18-cv-00815-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Ginger, William 3:18-cv-04552-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Case 3:16-md-02741-VC Document 2697 Filed 02/12/19 Page 5 of 11 Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Submit PFS, MDL No. 2741 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Plaintiff’s Name Case Number PFS Due Date Notice of Failure to Provide PFS Hanson, Mark 3:18-cv-00815-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Harmon, Howard 3:18-cv-00815-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Joffe, Jeffrey F. 3:18-cv-00430-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 King, David 3:17-cv-02142-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Koehn, Robert 3:17-cv-05161-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Koons, Beverly 3:17-cv-06903-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Lewis, Robert 3:17-cv-04035-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Liddell, Derek 3:18-cv-00815-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Little, Clifford D 3:17-cv-06296-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Mahoney, Robert 3:18-cv-00815-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Matchett, Angela 3:17-cv-07218-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Matheny, Ronald 3:17-cv-02142-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 McNew, Kevin 3:17-cv-06858-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Case 3:16-md-02741-VC Document 2697 Filed 02/12/19 Page 6 of 11 Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Submit PFS, MDL No. 2741 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Plaintiff’s Name Case Number PFS Due Date Notice of Failure to Provide PFS Mehrens, Allan 3:18-cv-01151-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Mitchell, Robert 3:17-cv-02142-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Monten, Susan 3:18-cv-04973-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Partee, Sara 3:17-cv-07365-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Pecorelli, Michael 3:16-cv-06936-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Platt, Virginia 3:17-cv-04428-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Pointer, William 3:18-cv-00815-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Pollum, Mark 3:17-cv-02142-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Proctor, Warren 3:17-cv-02142-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Rivera, Juan 3:17-cv-06902-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Rizzo, Donna 3:17-cv-02142-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Rochman, Steven 3:17-cv-04429-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Rouse, Billy G. 3:18-cv-00819-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Case 3:16-md-02741-VC Document 2697 Filed 02/12/19 Page 7 of 11 Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Submit PFS, MDL No. 2741 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Plaintiff’s Name Case Number PFS Due Date Notice of Failure to Provide PFS Ruffin, Joseph 3:18-cv-01085-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Scott, Stacy F. 3:17-cv-05686-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Sharp, Ricky 3:18-cv-02172-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Stone, William 3:18-cv-01089-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Tevis, Michael 3:18-cv-03278-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 White, Izetta 3:18-cv-04799-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Whitfill, Debra 3:18-cv-05304-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Williams, Wilma L. 3:17-cv-07220-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Winters, James A. 3:18-cv-00542-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Wiseman, Patricia 3:18-cv-05495-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 Woodruff, Rodney Allen 3:17-cv-06606-VC January 23, 2019 January 29, 2019 The Notice of Failure to Submit a PFS is attached as follows: Case 3:16-md-02741-VC Document 2697 Filed 02/12/19 Page 8 of 11 Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Submit PFS, MDL No. 2741 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Exhibit Description Exhibit A Notice to Ralph Applegate Exhibit B Notice to David Diamond – Attorney for Plaintiffs Sandra Askew, Clifford Little, Susan Monten, Debra Whitfill, and James Winters Exhibit C Notice to Daniel Alholm – Attorney for Plaintiff Samuel Bloechel Exhibit D Notice to Seth Webb – Attorney for Plaintiffs Rosetta Boblitz, Joseph Ruffin, and Patricia Wiseman Exhibit E Notice to James Corrigan – Attorney for Plaintiffs Ronald Brook, Deanna Gelder, Jonathan Giles, Mark Hanson, Howard Harmon, David King, Derek Liddell, Robert Mahoney, Robert Mitchell, William Pointer, Warren Proctor, Juan Rivera, Donna Rizzo, and William Stone Exhibit F Notice to Jacob Flint – Attorney for Plaintiffs Philip Dean, Michael Fair, Beverly Koons, Kevin McNew, and Billy Rouse Exhibit G Notice to David J. Wool – Attorney to Plaintiff Mary DiBeneditto Exhibit H 1. Notice to David A. Domina – Attorney for Plaintiff Robert Dickey 2. Notice to Robin Greenwald – Attorney for Plaintiff Robert Dickey 3. Notice to Maja Lukic – Attorney for Plaintiff Robert Dickey Exhibit I Notice to Cleve W. Doty – Attorney for Plaintiff Carolyn Doty Exhibit J Notice to Reann Warner – Attorney for Plaintiffs Marvin Ford, Virginia Platt, and Steven Rochman Exhibit K 1. Notice to Melissa L. Binstock-Ephron – Attorney for Plaintiff William Ginger 2. Notice to Matt L. Lindsay – Attorney for Plaintiff William Ginger 3. Notice to Dennis C. Reich – Attorney for Plaintiff William Ginger Exhibit L Notice to George T. Williamson – Attorney for Plaintiff Jeffrey F. Joffe Exhibit M 1. Notice to Hunter W. Lundy – Attorney for Plaintiff Robert Koehn Case 3:16-md-02741-VC Document 2697 Filed 02/12/19 Page 9 of 11 Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Submit PFS, MDL No. 2741 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2. Notice to Jackey W. South – Attorney for Plaintiff Robert Koehn Exhibit N Notice to David T. Crumplar – Attorney for Plaintiffs Angela Matchett and Wilma Williams Exhibit O Notice to John Kirk Goza – Attorney for Plaintiffs Allan Mehrens, Ricky Sharp, and Izetta White Exhibit P Notice to Andrew Scott Williams – Attorney for Plaintiff Sara Partee Exhibit Q 1. Notice to Kurt Hyzy – Attorney for Plaintiff Michael Pecorelli 2. Notice to Kenneth B. Moll – Attorney for Plaintiff Michael Pecorelli Exhibit R 1. Notice to Shirin Harrell – Attorney for Plaintiff Stacy F. Scott 2. Notice to Eric Reed Nowak – Attorney for Plaintiff Stacy F. Scott Exhibit S Notice to Brian J. McCormick – Attorney for Plaintiff Michael Tevis Exhibit T Notice to James Nobles – Attorney for Rodney Allen Woodruff Exhibit U Notice to Scott R. Jackson – Attorney for Plaintiff Clifford Little Exhibit V Notice to Lead Counsel Case 3:16-md-02741-VC Document 2697 Filed 02/12/19 Page 10 of 11 Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Submit PFS, MDL No. 2741 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 None of the Plaintiffs listed above replied to the Notice of Failure to Submit a PFS, and none of the Plaintiffs submitted PFSs as required by PTO 50. Therefore, Monsanto respectfully requests that the Court enter an Order dismissing the cases of the Plaintiffs listed above with prejudice. Dated: February 12, 2019 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Barbara R. Light Barbara R. Light Texas Bar No. 24109472 600 Travis, Suite 3400 Houston, Texas 77002-2926 Telephone: 713-227-8008 Fax: 713-227-9508 blight@shb.com Attorney for Defendant, MONSANTO COMPANY Case 3:16-md-02741-VC Document 2697 Filed 02/12/19 Page 11 of 11