Shuman v. Howmedica Osteonics Corp. et al

Filing 9

ORDER granting 8 Motion to Stay. All proceedings in this matter are hereby STAYED pending a ruling from the JPML on Defendant Howmedica Osteonics Corp.'s Notice of Potential Tag-Along Action. Signed by Chief Judge J. Randal Hall on 6/7/17. (cmr)

IN THE UNITED

STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

STATESBORO DIVISION

BETTY SHUMAN,

*

Plaintiff,

*
*

v.

*

a

HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.,

617-068

*

New Jersey Corporation d/b/a

CV

*

STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS;

CORP.,

STRYKER

*

a Michigan Corporation;

*

and STRYKER SALES CORPORATION,

*
•

Defendants.

*

ORDER

Presently before the Court is the parties'

stay.

(Doc.

motion,

Corp.

8.)

the

In the memorandum filed

parties

state

that

joint motion to

in support of their

Defendant

Howmedica

Osteonics

submitted a "Notice of Potential Tag-Along Action" to the

Clerk of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

("JPML")

seeking an order transferring the above-captioned action to the
United

States

District

Court

for

the

District

of

Massachusetts

for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to
28 U.S.C.

V40

§ 1407.

Femoral

Head

(Doc.

Prods.

8-1,

Liab.

at 2; see also In re Stryker LFIT

Lit.,

(J.P.M.L. initiated Jan. 13, 2017)

parties,

MDL

Case

No.

l:17-MD-2768

("MDL 2768"), Doc. 161.)

The

expecting that this action may be transferred by the

JPML

to

the

this

Court

pleading
2768."

"to

(Doc.

8)

stay

deadline,

Upon
(doc.

District

due

8,

of

Massachusetts

all

proceedings,

until

this

for

resolution,

including

matter

is

the

request

responsive

transferred

to

MDL

at 1.)

consideration,

is GRANTED.

IT IS

the

parties'

joint motion

to

stay

HEREBY ORDERED that all proceedings

in this matter are hereby STAYED pending a ruling from the JPML
on

Defendant

Howmedica

Tag-Along Action.
this

stay are

Notwithstanding
Court

Osteonics

Corp.'s

- in writing

of

Potential

Any deadlines falling within the duration of

hereby tolled during the

the

Notice

foregoing,
and

for

either

cause

pendency of

party may

- to

lift

this

apply

the

stay

to

stay.

this

imposed

hereby.

ORDER ENTERED at Augusta, Georgia, this

/

day of June

2017.

J. RMslDM^iJ^LL, CHIEF JUDG|
UNITED13TATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA