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1 Elizabeth J. Cabraser (State Bar No. 083151) Lexi J. Hazam (State Bar No. 224457) 2 Sarah R. London (State Bar No. 267083) Tiseme G. Zegeye (State Bar No. 319927) ELECTRONICALLY 3 LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 275 Battery Street, 29th Floor FILED Superior Court of California, 4 San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 County of San Francisco Telephone: 415.956.1000 05/08/2023 5 Facsimile: 415.956.1008 Clerk of the Court BY: VERA MU Deputy Clerk 6 Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel [Additional Counsel Listed on Signature Page] 7 8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 9 COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 10 11 COORDINATION PROCEEDING Case No. CJC-19-005021 SPECIAL TITLE (RULE 3.550) 12 JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT PACIFIC FERTILITY CASES STATEMENT 13 Dept: 613 14 Judge: Hon. Andrew Y.S. Cheng 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2792212.1 JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT 1 Pursuant to the Court’s April 3, 2023 Order, Plaintiffs in all Coordinated actions, with the 2 exception of Plaintiffs H.H. and D.H., (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), together with Defendants Chart, 3 Inc. (“Chart”), and Praxair Distribution, Inc. and Praxair, Inc. (collectively, “Praxair”) 4 (collectively, “Defendants”), through their respective counsel of record, submit this Joint Case 5 Management Statement to update the Court on the status of the dismissals and the readiness of the 6 JCCP for termination. 7 I. Requests for Dismissal and Termination of JCCP 5021 8 Plaintiffs in all Coordinated actions, with the exception of Plaintiffs H.H. and D.H., have 9 entered into a confidential settlement agreement with Defendant Chart and the terms of the 10 settlement agreement were satisfied on March 20, 2023. 1 On or before April 28, 2023, Plaintiffs 11 in all Coordinated actions, with the exception of Plaintiffs H.H. and D.H., filed Requests for 12 Dismissal as to all Defendants. See Ex. A. The Clerk of the Court has now accepted all Requests 13 for Dismissal. Id. 14 Plaintiffs and Defendants respectfully request that the Court terminate this Coordinated 15 action, JCCP 5021, under Rule 3.545a (“The coordination trial judge may terminate any 16 coordinated action by settlement…”) as only one case will remain, H.H. and D.H. v. Pacific 17 Fertility Center, et al., CGC-19-572788. 18 II. Plaintiffs H.H. and D.H.’s Request to Remand Their Case to Dept. 206 19 All parties stipulate to remanding the action filed by Plaintiffs H.H. and D.H. (represented 20 by the Moya Law Firm) pursuant to CRC 3.542. 21 22 Dated: May 5, 2023 By: /s/ Sarah R. London 23 24 25 26 1 Defendants Pacific MSO, Prelude, Pacific Fertility Center, and the individual physicians 27 reached a settlement agreement with Claimants in late August 2021. The terms of the settlement were fulfilled in late July 2022 and in August and September 2022, Plaintiffs in all Coordinated 28 actions filed Requests for Dismissal as to Defendants Pacific MSO, Prelude, Pacific Fertility Center, and the individual physicians only. -2- 2792212.1 JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT 1 Elizabeth J. Cabraser (State Bar No. 083151) ecabraser@lchb.com 2 Lexi J. Hazam (State Bar No. 224457) 3 lhazam@lchb.com Sarah R. London (State Bar No. 267083) 4 slondon@lchb.com Tiseme G. Zegeye (State Bar No. 319927) 5 tzegeye@lchb.com LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 6 275 Battery Street, 29th Floor 7 San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 T: 415.956.1000 8 F: 415.956.1008 E: slondon@lchb.com 9 Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel 10 11 By: /s/ Doris Cheng 12 Michael A. Kelly 13 Doris Cheng 14 WALKUP MELODIA KELLY & SCHOENBERGER 650 California St, 26th Floor 15 San Francisco, CA 94108 T: 415.889.2919 16 F: 415.391.6965 E: mkelly@WalkupLawOffice.com 17 E: dcheng@WalkupLawOffice.com 18 Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel 19 20 By: /s/ Nancy Hersh 21 Nancy Hersh 22 Kate Hersh-Boyle HERSH & HERSH P.C. 23 601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 2080 24 San Francisco, California 94102 T: 415.441.5544 25 F: 415.441.7586 E: nhersh@hershlaw.com 26 E: khershboyle@hershlaw.com 27 28 -3- 2792212.1 JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT 1 By: /s/ 2 Anne Marie Murphy 3 Anne Marie Murphy COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP 4 840 Malcolm Road, #200 5 Burlingame, CA 94010 T: 650.697.6000 6 F: 650.697.0577 E: amurphy@cpmlegal.com 7 8 By: /s/ 9 John J. Duffy (SB No. 6224834) Kevin M. Ringel (SB No. 6308106) 10 SWANSON, MARTIN & BELL, LLP 11 330 N Wabash, Suite 3300 Chicago, Illinois 60611 12 T: 312.321.9100 F: 312.321.0990 13 E: jduffy@smbtrials.com 14 E: kringel@smbtrials.com 15 16 Counsel for Defendant Chart 17 By: /s/ 18 Michael J. Kanute Tarifa Laddon 19 FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 20 1800 Century Park East, Suite 1500 Los Angeles, California 90067 21 T: 310.203.4000 F: 310.203.1285 22 E: mike.kanute@faegredrinker.com E: tarifa.laddon@faegredrinker.com 23 24 Attorneys for Defendants Praxair Distribution, Inc., and Praxair, Inc. 25 26 27 28 -4- 2792212.1 JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT 1 CERTIFICATE OF ELECTRONIC SERVICE 2 On May 8, 2023, I, TISEME G. ZEGEYE, electronically served the Joint Case 3 Management Statement, via File&ServeXpress, on the recipients designated on the Transaction 4 Receipt located on the File&ServeXpress website. 5 Dated: May 8, 2023 By: /s/ Ashley Freeman 6 ASHLEY FREEMAN 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -5- 2792212.1 JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT EXHIBIT A PFC State Court Dismissals Date Transaction Case Original Case Operative Add-On Petition Date Dismissal Number for Processing Name Number County of Origin and Order Filed Dismissal status Law Firm Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- On Cases And Adoption Of A.A. v. Master Complaint Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-19-574293 San Francisco 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And A.Z. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-20-585214 San Francisco On Cases 5/4/2023 69953225 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Kimberly Ahlheim v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-20-585213 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.03.02 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And B.B. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-19-574410 San Francisco On 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And C.C. and D.D. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-20-585212 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And D.A. and Q.J. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-20-585302 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And E.E. and F.G. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-20-585210 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And F.F. and G.G. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-20-585273 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And G.H. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-18-566130 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And H.H. and I.I. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-20-585270 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And I.J. and K.L. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-18-570347 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And J.J. and K.K. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-20-585268 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2021.08.20 Stipulation And K.L. v. Order Regarding Add-On Case Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-21-589746 San Francisco E Add-On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And L.L. and M.M. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-20-585216 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.03.02 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And L.M. and N.O. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-19-574256 San Francisco On 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Rachel Levin v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-18-565570 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Michelle Luo and Daniel Flaherty v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-18-567717 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020. 08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And N.N. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-20-585215 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Katharine Nail and Robert Nail v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-20-585304 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And O.P. and B.C. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-20-585218 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And P.Q. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-19-574307 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Q.Q. and T.T. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-19-574290 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Q.R. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-19-574282 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And R.J. and B.D. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-20-585241 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020. 08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And R.R. and S.S. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-20-585211 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Amy Rosenbaum and Paul Wallace v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-20-585277 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And S.T. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-19-574258 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Kelly Walsh and Sylvia Rivera v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-19-574295 San Francisco On Cases 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.03.02 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Y.Y. and Z.Z. v. Petition To Coordinate Add- Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-19-574315 San Francisco On 4/24/2023 69879737 Accepted Bernstein 2020.03.02 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- On Cases And Adoption Of Cotchett, Pitre & A.M. v. Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-18-567247 San Francisco Master Complaint 4/25/2023 69912369 Accepted McCarthy, LLP (“CPM”) 2020.03.02 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- On Cases And Adoption Of Cotchett, Pitre & B.S.S. v. Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-19-574223 San Francisco Master Complaint 4/27/2023 69908417 Accepted McCarthy, LLP (“CPM”) 2019.04.26 Joint Stipulation And Order To Consolidate A.C. v. Pacific Fertility Center, et al CGC-19-574385 San Francisco Cases 5/4/2023 69957636 Accepted Eisenberg Law 2019.05.29 Order granting A.C. v. Pacific Fertility Center, et al CGC-18-565215 San Francisco Petition to Coordinate 4/28/2023 69922122 Accepted Hersh & Hersh 2020.03.02 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- E.R. v. Pacific Fertility Center, et al CGC-19-574312 San Francisco On 4/28/2023 69922122 Accepted Hersh & Hersh 2020.03.02 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- A.J. v. Pacific Fertility Center, et al CGC-19-574216 San Francisco On 4/28/2023 69922122 Accepted Hersh & Hersh 2020.03.02 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- R.P. v. Pacific Fertility Center, et al CGC-19-574314 San Francisco On 4/28/2023 69922122 Accepted Hersh & Hersh 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & A.L. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-18-565882 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.03.02 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & A.M. & K.M. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-19-574251 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & B.F. & J.R. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-18-569870 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & B.L. & S.A. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-18-569718 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & B.S. & R.P. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-18-570136 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & C.F. & J.F. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-18-567042 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & C.L. & M.C. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-18-570019 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & DOE, JANE v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-18-565459 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And H.A.L. & K.W. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & al. CGC-18-570145 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.03.02 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & I.L. & E.L. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-19-574260 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.03.02 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & J.P. & J.O. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-19-578083 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.03.02 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & J.R.R. & J.R. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-19-574252 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & M.P. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-18-570397 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.03.02 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & M.T. & G.T. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-19-574254 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.03.02 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & Q.W. & X.O. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-19-574257 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & R.M. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-18-565458 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & S.F. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-18-565616 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & S.P. & A.A. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-18-566820 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.03.02 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & T.H. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-19-574259 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- Walkup Melodia Kelly & T.L. & S.N. v. Prelude Fertility Inc., et. al. CGC-18-565122 San Francisco On 4/27/2023 69909710 Accepted Schoenberger 2020.03.02 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- On Cases And Adoption Of S.O. & N.Y. v. Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-19-573610 San Francisco Master Complaint 5/1/2023 69931566 Accepted Rains Lucia Stern Da Vega Fisher N.M, et al. v. Pacific Fertility Center, et al. CGC-18-568436 San Francisco Not an add-on case 4/25/2023 69889352 Accepted Mechtenberg LLP 2020.08.27 Stipulation And Order Regarding Notice And Petition To Coordinate Add- K.G. v. Pacific Fertility Center et al. CGC-19-574336 San Francisco On 4/24/2023 69882256 Accepted The Veen Firm