MELENDEZ v. COOK INCORPORATED et al
Plaintiff: BRENDA I. MELENDEZ
Defendant: COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK GROUP INCORPORATED, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED and WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS
Case Number: 1:2021cv06407
Filed: April 16, 2021
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Presiding Judge: Tim A Baker
Referring Judge: Richard L Young
Nature of Suit: Personal Inj. Prod. Liability
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity-Product Liability
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
September 2, 2021 Filing 16 AMENDED COMPLAINT against All Defendants, filed by BRENDA MELENDEZ.Associated Cases: 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06407-RLY-TAB(LBT)
September 2, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 15 ORDER granting (19803) Motion for Leave to Amend Short Form Complaint in case 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB and (14) Motion for leave to Amend Short Form Complaint in case 1:21-cv-06407-RLY-TAB. The Clerk of the Court is directed to file the Amended Short Form Complaint into the record in this matter. Signed by Magistrate Judge Tim A. Baker on 9/2/2021. Associated Cases: 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06407-RLY-TAB(LBT)
August 30, 2021 Filing 14 MOTION to Amend/Correct (18334 in 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB, 9 in 1:21-cv-06407-RLY-TAB) Amended Complaint , filed by Plaintiff BRENDA MELENDEZ, MDL Plaintiff BRENDA MELENDEZ. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Amended Short Form Complaint, #2 Text of Proposed Order)Associated Cases: 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06407-RLY-TAB(Stoller, Paul)
June 4, 2021 Filing 13 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed, filed by BRENDA MELENDEZ. Associated Cases: 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06407-RLY-TAB(Stoller, Paul)
June 2, 2021 Filing 12 NOTICE of Appearance by Kip S.M. McDonald on behalf of Defendants COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED, COOK GROUP INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED, COOK GROUP INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED, COOK GROUP INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED, COOK GROUP INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED, COOK GROUP INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED, COOK GROUP INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK GROUP INCORPORATED, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS. Associated Cases: 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-01088-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-01113-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-01115-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06400-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06403-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06407-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06408-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06410-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06411-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06412-RLY-TAB (McDonald, Kip)
June 2, 2021 Filing 11 NOTICE of Appearance by Andrea Roberts Pierson on behalf of Defendants COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED, COOK GROUP INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED, COOK GROUP INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED, COOK GROUP INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED, COOK GROUP INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED, COOK GROUP INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED, COOK GROUP INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS, COOK INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL INCORPORATED, COOK MEDICAL LLC, COOK GROUP INCORPORATED, WILLIAM COOK EUROPE APS. Associated Cases: 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-01088-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-01113-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-01115-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06400-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06403-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06407-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06408-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06410-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06411-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06412-RLY-TAB (Pierson, Andrea)
May 3, 2021 Filing 10 NOTICE of Appearance by Paul L. Stoller on behalf of MDL Plaintiff BRENDA MELENDEZ. Associated Cases: 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06407-RLY-TAB (Stoller, Paul)
May 3, 2021 Filing 9 AMENDED COMPLAINT SHORT FORM COMPLAINT against All Defendants, filed by BRENDA MELENDEZ.Associated Cases: 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06407-RLY-TAB(Stoller, Paul)
April 16, 2021 Filing 8 Remark - Case Transferred In from Middle District of Florida, Cause No. 2:21-cv-263 on 4/16/2021, assigned SD/IN Cause No. 1:21-cv-6404-RLY-TAB and transferred as Member Action to MDL 2570. Case Transferred In from Northern District of Georgia, Cause No. 1:21-cv-857 on 4/16/2021, assigned SD/IN Cause No. 1:21-cv-6405-RLY-TAB and transferred as Member Action to MDL 2570. Case Transferred In from District of Hawaii, Cause No. 1:21-cv-165 on 4/16/2021, assigned SD/IN Cause No. 1:21-cv-6406-RLY-TAB and transferred as Member Action to MDL 2570. Case Transferred In from Northern District of Illinois, Cause No. 1:21-cv-1459 on 4/16/2021, assigned SD/IN Cause No. 1:21-cv-6407-RLY-TAB and transferred as Member Action to MDL 2570. Case Transferred In from District of Maryland, Cause No. 1:21-cv-686 on 4/16/2021, assigned SD/IN Cause No. 1:21-cv-6408-RLY-TAB and transferred as Member Action to MDL 2570. Associated Cases: 1:14-ml-02570-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06404-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06405-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06406-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06407-RLY-TAB, 1:21-cv-06408-RLY-TAB(LBT)
April 16, 2021 Opinion or Order Filing 7 Second Amended Order Establishing Policies and Procedures. Signed by Judge Richard L. Young on 4/16/2021.(LBT)
April 16, 2021 Filing 6 Case transferred in from District of Illinois Northern; Case Number 1:21-cv-01459. Original file copy of transfer order and docket sheet received.
April 13, 2021 Filing 5 TRANSFERRED to the U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana the electronic record. (daj, ) [Transferred from Illinois Northern on 4/16/2021.]
April 13, 2021 Filing 4 CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER from MDL Panel transferring case to Southern District of Indiana. Signed by the Unassigned on 4/13/2021:Mailed notice (daj, ) [Transferred from Illinois Northern on 4/16/2021.]
April 13, 2021 Civil Case Terminated pursuant to MDL 2570 Conditional Transfer Order filed 04/13/2021. (daj, ) [Transferred from Illinois Northern on 4/16/2021.]
March 17, 2021 Filing 3 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Brenda I. Melendez by Bryce Thomas Hensley (Hensley, Bryce) [Transferred from Illinois Northern on 4/16/2021.]
March 17, 2021 Filing 2 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Steven C. Seeger: An initial status report is due by June 1, 2021. Counsel must read the Standing Order entitled "Initial Status Conferences and Joint Initial Status Reports" on the Court's website. The parties must confer as required by Rule 26(f) about the nature, scope, and duration of discovery. The parties must submit two documents to the Court. First, the parties must file the Joint Initial Status Report under Rule 26(f) on the docket. A Word version of the Joint Initial Status Report is available on the Court's website. All parties must participate in the preparation and filing of the Joint Initial Status Report. The Court requires a joint report, so a filing by one side or the other is not sufficient. Second, the parties must email a Word version of a proposed Scheduling Order under Rule 16(b) to the Court's proposed order inbox. Lead counsel for the parties must participate in filing the initial status report. Plaintiff must serve this Order on all other parties. If the defendant has not been served with process, plaintiff's counsel must contact the Courtroom Deputy at jessica_j_ramos@ilnd.uscourts.gov to reschedule the initial status report deadline. Plaintiff should not file the Joint Initial Status Report before the defendant(s) has been served with process. The parties must discuss settlement in good faith and make a serious attempt to resolve this case amicably. All counsel of record must read and comply with this Court's Standing Orders on its webpage. Please pay special attention to the Standing Orders about Depositions and Discovery. Mailed notice. (jjr, ) [Transferred from Illinois Northern on 4/16/2021.]
March 17, 2021 Filing 1 COMPLAINT filed by Brenda I. Melendez; Jury Demand. Filing fee $ 402, receipt number 0752-18028598. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Hensley, Bryce) [Transferred from Illinois Northern on 4/16/2021.]
March 17, 2021 CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Steven C. Seeger. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Maria Valdez. Case assignment: Random assignment. (gw, ) [Transferred from Illinois Northern on 4/16/2021.]
March 17, 2021 SUMMONS Issued as to Defendants Cook Group Incorporated, Cook Incorporated, Cook Medical Incorporated, Cook Medical, LLC (crl, ) [Transferred from Illinois Northern on 4/16/2021.]

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