In Re: Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch Products Liability Litigation

MOTION for Order to Show Cause Why Plaintiffs' Claims Should Not Be Dismissed in Charles Robert Anderson

D.R.I.September 16, 2008

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND In re KUGEL MESH HERNIA PATCH PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO ANDERSON, No. 1:08-cv-2349 CARDAMONE, No. 1:08-cv-2349 CASTILLO, No. 1:08-cv-2349 COLEMAN, No. 1:08-cv-2349 FRANKLIN, No. 1:08-cv-2349 LIZAUCKUS, No. 1:08-cv-2349 YOUNG, E., No. 1:08-cv-2349 BARKER, No. 1:08-cv-2357 HOOD, No. 1:08-cv-2357 JONES, No. 1:08-cv-2357 MYERS, No. 1:08-cv-2357 PURCELL, No. 1:08-cv-2357 § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § MDL Docket No. 07-1842-ML JUDGE LISI DEFENDANT C.R. BARD, INC.’S AND DEFENDANT DAVOL INC.’S MOTION FOR ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY PLAINTIFFS’ CLAIMS SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED Defendant C.R. Bard, Inc. and Defendant Davol Inc. (collectively, the “Defendants”) request that the Court issue an Order to Show Cause why the claims of plaintiffs Charles Robert Anderson, Michael Cardamone, David Castillo, Catherine Coleman, Gail Franklin, Joanne Lizauckas, Elizabeth Young, Daniel Barker, Sherry Hood, Shane Jones, Nick Myers and Annette Purcell (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), should not be dismissed. Plaintiffs failed to serve a completed Plaintiff Fact Sheet (“PFS”) as required by this Court’s Case Management Order and Amended Case Management Order (collectively, “CMO”). Pursuant to the CMO, Defendants notified Plaintiffs’ counsel of Plaintiffs’ failure to submit a completed PFS on July 29, 2008. As of today, Defendants have not received supplemental PFS responses from Plaintiffs. For these reasons, and for the additional reasons set out in the accompanying (Memorandum in Support), Case 1:07-md-01842-ML-LDA Document 1359 Filed 09/16/2008 Page 1 of 3 2 the Court should dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims pursuant to Rules 41(b), 37(b)(2)(C) and 16(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Respectfully submitted, September 16, 2008 s/ Kirby T. Griffis Joe G. Hollingsworth Katharine R. Latimer Kirby T. Griffis SPRIGGS & HOLLINGSWORTH 1350 I Street, N.W., Ninth Floor Washington, DC 20005 (202) 898-5800 (202) 682-1639 (fax) Attorneys for Defendants C.R. Bard, Inc. and Davol Inc. Case 1:07-md-01842-ML-LDA Document 1359 Filed 09/16/2008 Page 2 of 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have on this 16th day of September, 2008 served a true and correct copy of the foregoing Defendant C.R. Bard, Inc.’s and Defendant Davol Inc.’s Motion for Order to Show Cause Why Plaintiffs’ Claims Should Not Be Dismissed, by operation of the Court’s Electronic Case Filing System, on the following, including Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel: Donald Migliori MOTLEY RICE LLC 321 S. Main Street PO Box 6067 Providence, RI 02940-6067 dmigliori@motleyrice.com (via electronic notice) David Alexander Amy Carter WILLIAMS KHERKHER HART BOUNDAS, LLP 8441 Gulf Freeway, Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77017-6226 dalexander@williamskherkher.com acarter@williamskherkher.com (via electronic notice) s/ Kirby T. Griffis Kirby T. Griffis Case 1:07-md-01842-ML-LDA Document 1359 Filed 09/16/2008 Page 3 of 3