City of Bell Gardens v. 3M Company et al
Plaintiff: City of Bell Gardens
Defendant: 3M Company, AGC, Inc., Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc., Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Angus International Safety Group, Ltd., Archroma Management, LLC, Archroma U.S., Inc., Arkema Inc., BASF Corporation, Buckeye Fire Equipment Company, Carrier Global Corporation, Central Sprinkler LLC, ChemDesign Products, Inc., Chemguard, Inc., Chemicals Inc., Chubb Fire Ltd., Clariant Corporation, Corteva, Inc., Deepwater Chemicals, Inc., DuPont de Nemours, Inc., Dynax Corporation, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company, Fire Products GP Holding, LLC, Johnson Controls International PLC, Kidde PLC, Inc., Kidde-Fenwal, Inc., Nation Ford Chemical Company, National Foam Inc., United Technologies Corporation, The Chemours Company, The Chemours Company FC, LLC, Tyco Fire Products LP, UTC Fire & Security Americas Corporation, Inc., UTC Fire and Security Americas Corporation, Inc. and John Doe Defendants
Case Number: 2:2021cv09862
Filed: December 22, 2021
Court: US District Court for the Central District of California
Presiding Judge: Pedro V Castillo
Referring Judge: George H Wu
Nature of Suit: Tort Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1441
Jury Demanded By: Both
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Date Filed Document Text
January 11, 2022 Filing 13 TEXT-ONLY ENTRY - RECEIVED Notice of Receipt of Electronic Case Transfer from District of South Carolina, 2:22-cv-00065 filed 1/7/2022. (iv)
January 6, 2022 Filing 12 Conditional Transfer Order - 74 from the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, MDL 2873, transferring case to USDC, District of South Carolina and assigned to Honorable Richard M. Gergel. Case transferred electronically on 1/6/2022. (MD JS-6. Case Terminated.) (mrgo)
January 3, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 11 ORDER RE STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT by Judge George H. Wu, re Stipulation to Extend Time to Answer (More than 30 days), #10 . IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. Defendants Archroma U.S., Inc. and Clariant Corporation shall answer, move, or otherwise plead to the Complaint twenty-eight (28) days after the JPML issues a decision on whether to transfer this action to MDL No. 2873, In re: Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Products Liability Litigation. 2. The Court sets a status conference for February 28, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. The parties shall file a status report by February 24, 2022. The January 31 scheduling conference is taken off-calendar. (mrgo)
December 29, 2021 Filing 10 STIPULATION for Extension of Time to File Answer to twenty-eight (28) days after the JPML issues a decision on whether to transfer this action to MDL No. 2873 re Notice of Removal (Attorney Civil Case Opening), #1 filed by Defendants Archroma U.S., Inc. and Clariant Corporation Archroma U.S., Inc., Clariant Corporation. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Attorney Roger William Clark added to party Archroma U.S., Inc.(pty:dft), Attorney Roger William Clark added to party Clariant Corporation(pty:dft))(Clark, Roger)
December 28, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 9 MINUTE IN CHAMBERS - ORDER SETTING SCHEDULING CONFERENCE by Judge George H. Wu: The Court sets a Scheduling Conference set for 1/31/2022 at 08:30 AM. A Joint 26(f)Report shall be filed with the Court no later than 1/24/2022. Plaintiff(s) is directed to give notice of the scheduling conference immediately to each party that makes an initial appearance in the action after this date. (See attached document for further details). (jp)
December 28, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 8 STANDING ORDER RE FINAL PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE FOR CIVIL JURY TRIALS BEFORE JUDGE GEORGE H. WU by Judge George H. Wu. See document for details. (gk)
December 27, 2021 Filing 7 Notice to Counsel Re Consent to Proceed Before a United States Magistrate Judge. (et)
December 27, 2021 Filing 6 NOTICE TO PARTIES OF COURT-DIRECTED ADR PROGRAM filed. (et)
December 27, 2021 Filing 5 NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT to District Judge George H. Wu and Magistrate Judge Pedro V. Castillo. (et)
December 23, 2021 Filing 4 STIPULATION for Extension of Time to File Answer to twenty-eight (28) days after the JPML issues a decision on whether to transfer this action to MDL No. 2873 re Notice of Removal (Attorney Civil Case Opening), #1 filed by defendant Chemguard, Inc., Tyco Fire Products LP. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Cosgrove, Ryan)
December 22, 2021 CONFORMED E-FILED COPY OF COMPLAINT against Defendants 3M Company, AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc., AGC, Inc., Angus International Safety Group, Ltd., Archroma Management, LLC, Archroma U.S., Inc., Arkema Inc., BASF Corporation, Buckeye Fire Equipment Company, Carrier Global Corporation, Central Sprinkler LLC, ChemDesign Products, Inc., Chemguard, Inc., Chemicals Inc., Chubb Fire Ltd., Clariant Corporation, Corteva, Inc., Deepwater Chemicals, Inc., DuPont de Nemours, Inc., Dynax Corporation, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company, Fire Products GP Holding, LLC, John Doe Defendants, Johnson Controls International PLC, Kidde PLC, Inc., Kidde-Fenwal, Inc., Nation Ford Chemical Company, National Foam Inc., Raytheon Technologies Corporation, The Chemours Company, The Chemours Company FC, LLC, Tyco Fire Products LP. Jury Demanded., filed by Plaintiff City of Bell Gardens. [FILED IN STATE COURT ON 11/12/2021 SUBMITTED ATTACHED TO EXHIBIT A TO NOTICE OF REMOVAL #1 ]. (et)
December 22, 2021 Filing 3 CERTIFICATE of Interested Parties filed by defendant Chemguard, Inc., Tyco Fire Products LP, identifying Johnson Control International plc. (Cosgrove, Ryan)
December 22, 2021 Filing 2 CIVIL COVER SHEET filed by Defendants Chemguard, Inc., Tyco Fire Products LP. (Cosgrove, Ryan)
December 22, 2021 Filing 1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL from Los Angeles County Superior Court of CA, case number 21STCV41743 Receipt No: ACACDC-32522368 - Fee: $402, filed by defendant Tyco Fire Products LP, Chemguard, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - State Court Complaint) (Attorney Ryan E. Cosgrove added to party Chemguard, Inc.(pty:dft), Attorney Ryan E. Cosgrove added to party Tyco Fire Products LP (pty:dft))(Cosgrove, Ryan)

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Plaintiff: City of Bell Gardens
Represented By: John P Fiske
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