KAYLA FLOOD v. MEDTRONIC, INC., ET AL.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA KAYLA FLOOD CIVIL ACTION VERSUS NO. 25-1906 MEDTRONIC, INC., ET AL. SECTION “O” ORDER AND REASONS Before the Court in this products-liability case removed on the basis of diversity jurisdiction are two motions: Plaintiff Kayla Flood’s motion1 to remand for lack of complete diversity, and Defendant Medtronic, Inc.’s motion2 to dismiss for failure to state a claim. A suturing needle broke in half inside Flood during a hysterectomy, and a fragment of it remains there. Flood sued Medtronic—the needle’s manufacturer— along with the…