Heinrich v. Ethicon, Inc.

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 BARBARA HEINRICH and GREGORY Case No.: 2:20-cv-00166-APG-VCF HEINRICH, 4 Order Granting Motion to Bifurcate Plaintiffs 5 [ECF No. 103] v. 6 ETHICON, INC., et al., 7 Defendants 8 9 Defendants Ethicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson move to bifurcate the trial of this matter 10 into two phases: first addressing their statute of limitations defense and second addressing the 11 merits of the plaintiffs’ claims. ECF No. 103. They contend that a favorable decision on the 12 limitation period will obviate the need for a weeks-long trial on the…