HIGHTOWER v 3M COMPANY et al
Plaintiff: MELISSA HIGHTOWER
Defendant: 3M COMPANY and AEARO TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Case Number: 3:2023cv24603
Filed: October 2, 2023
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Presiding Judge: HOPE T CANNON
Referring Judge: M CASEY RODGERS
Nature of Suit: Personal Inj. Prod. Liability
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1332 Diversity-Product Liability
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
October 10, 2023 Filing 16 DOCKET ANNOTATION BY COURT: NOTICE TO COUNSEL Re: #14 Amended Complaint, #15 Notice of Designated Forum. Please use the updated 3M Master Short Form Complaint for any future filed complaints, found on the clerk's website, www.flnd.uscourts.gov, under Attorneys, then Important Documents. re: Magistrate Judge Hope T. Cannon added to the complaints. Please also update magistrate judge for any future filings in the 3M MDL. (djb)
October 10, 2023 Filing 15 NOTICE Notice of Designated Forum - USDC District of Minnesota by MELISSA HIGHTOWER (PAUL, RICHARD)
October 10, 2023 Filing 14 AMENDED COMPLAINT against 3M COMPANY, AEARO TECHNOLOGIES LLC, filed by MELISSA HIGHTOWER. (PAUL, RICHARD)
October 2, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 13 PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 17 ORDER GOVERNING ADOPTION OF MASTER COMPLAINT AND SHORT FORM COMPLAINT FOR FILED CASES. Any Plaintiff whose case becomes part of this MDL after the date of this Order, either by a direct filing and assignment to this Court (if permitted by subsequent order of the Court) or by transfer from another district or from another judge in this district, must file a Short Form Complaint within 20 days from the date of transfer or, if originally filed in this district, assignment to this Court. Signed by JUDGE M CASEY RODGERS on 10/16/2019. (Amended (Short Form) Complaint due by 10/23/2023.) (djb)
October 2, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 12 CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER NO. 65 (Amendments to CMOs 62-64). Signed by JUDGE M CASEY RODGERS on 9/7/2023. (djb)
October 2, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 11 CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER NO. 64 (Amendment to CMO 63). Signed by JUDGE M CASEY RODGERS on 9/7/2023. (djb)
October 2, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 10 CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER NO. 63 (Amendment to CMO 62). Signed by JUDGE M CASEY RODGERS on 9/1/2023. (djb)
October 2, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 9 CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER NO. 62. Signed by JUDGE M CASEY RODGERS on 8/31/2023. (djb)
October 2, 2023 Filing 8 Case transferred in from District of Minnesota; Case Number 0:23-cv-02898. Original file certified copy of transfer order and docket sheet received.
October 2, 2023 Filing 7 CERTIFIED COPY OF CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER (CTO-216) transferring case to the Northern District of Florida per the MDL Panel for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. Case assigned to Judge M. Casey Rodgers.(kt) [Transferred from Minnesota on 10/2/2023.]
September 20, 2023 Filing 6 Clerk's Notice to JPML regarding case potentially related to MDL #2885 re: #1 Notice of Removal. (MMP) [Transferred from Minnesota on 10/2/2023.]
September 20, 2023 Filing 5 (Text-Only): Notice re: Non-Admitted AttorneyWe have received documents listing Richard M. Paul and Ashlea G. Schwarz as counsel of record. If he or she wishes to be listed as an attorney of record in this case, he or she must be admitted to the bar of the U.S. District Court of Minnesota in accordance with #Local Rule 83.5 (a), (b) and (c) or temporarily admitted pro hac vice in accordance with #Local Rule 83.5 (d) or (e).For more admissions information and forms, please see the Attorney Forms Section of the courts website at #www.mnd.uscourts.gov/forms/all-forms#. (MMP) [Transferred from Minnesota on 10/2/2023.]
September 20, 2023 Filing 4 (Text-Only) CLERK'S NOTICE OF INITIAL CASE ASSIGNMENT. Case assigned to Judge John R. Tunheim per Related Cases, Non-MDL list, referred to Magistrate Judge Tony N. Leung. Please use case number 23-cv-2898 (JRT/TNL).Notice: All Nongovernmental Corporate Parties must file a #Rule 7.1 Corporate Disclosure Statement. (MMP) [Transferred from Minnesota on 10/2/2023.]
September 20, 2023 Filing 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by 3M Company re #1 Notice of Removal, #2 Rule 7.1 - Disclosure Statement (Hulse, Benjamin) [Transferred from Minnesota on 10/2/2023.]
September 20, 2023 Filing 2 RULE 7.1 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. There is no parent corporation, publicly held corporation owning 10 percent or more of its stock, or any subsidiaries to report for 3M Company. (Hulse, Benjamin) [Transferred from Minnesota on 10/2/2023.]
September 20, 2023 Filing 1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL (filing fee $ 402, receipt number AMNDC-10546788) filed by 3M Company. No summons requested. (Attachments: #1 Summons and Complaint, #2 Notice of Filing of Notice of Removal, #3 Civil Cover Sheet) (Hulse, Benjamin) [Transferred from Minnesota on 10/2/2023.]

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Plaintiff: MELISSA HIGHTOWER
Represented By: ASHLEA SCHWARZ
Represented By: RICHARD M PAUL, III
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