O'Neil v. Argon Medical Devices, Inc. et al, No. 3:2017cv00640 - Document 65 (N.D.N.Y 2020)

Court Description: DECISION & ORDER: It is Ordered that the # 64 Report and Recommendations is ACCEPTED IN WHOLE and further Ordered that 1. Defendants' # 50 Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part; 2. Defendants' motion to dismiss is GRAN TED with respect to plaintiff's claims for failure to warn, breach of express warranty, breach of the implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose, fraudulent misrepresentation, and negligent misrepresentation, and those claims are DISMI SSED WITH PREJUDICE; 3. Defendants' motion to dismiss is DENIED with respect to plaintiff's claims for negligence, defective design, manufacturing defect, and breach of the implied warranty of merchantability and request for punitive damage s; 4. Defendants' Rule 12(f) motion to strike is DENIED; 5. The following claims remain: negligence, defective design, manufacturing defect, and breach of the implied warranty of merchantability; and 6. Defendants are directed to answer the remaining claims in plaintiff's # 47 Second Amended Complaint within twenty (20) days of the date of this Decision and Order. Signed by Judge David N. Hurd on 3/6/2020. (jmb)

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O'Neil v. Argon Medical Devices, Inc. et al Doc. 65 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------KEVIN O'NEIL, Plaintiff, 3:17-CV-640 (DNH/TWD) -v- ARGON MEDICAL DEVICES, INC. and REX MEDICAL, L.P., Defendants. -------------------------------APPEARANCES: OF COUNSEL: MARC J. BERN & PARTNERS LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 60 East 42nd Street Suite 950 New York, NY 10165 DEBRA J. HUMPHREY, ESQ. SEGAL MCCAMBRIDGE SINGER & MAHONEY, LTD. Attorneys for Defendants 850 Third Avenue Suite 1100 New York, NY 10022 HOWARD A. FRIED, ESQ LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH, LLP Attorneys for Defendants 550 East Swedesford Road Suite 270 Wayne, PA 19087 WALTER H. SWAYZE, ESQ. MEGAN E. GROSSMAN, ESQ DAVID N. HURD United States District Judge Dockets.Justia.com DECISION and ORDER Plaintiff Kevin O'Neil brought this civil action against defendants Argon Medical Devices, Inc. and Rex Medical, L.P. On February 13, 2020, the Honorable Thérèse Wiley Dancks, United States Magistrate Judge, advised by Report-Recommendation that defendants' motion to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint be granted in part and denied in part. She further recommended that defendants' Rule 12(f) motion to strike be denied. No objections to the Report-Recommendation have been filed. Based upon a careful review of the entire file and the recommendations of the Magistrate Judge, the Report-Recommendation is accepted in whole. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Therefore, it is ORDERED that 1. Defendants' motion to dismiss is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part; 2. Defendants' motion to dismiss is GRANTED with respect to plaintiff's claims for failure to warn, breach of express warranty, breach of the implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose, fraudulent misrepresentation, and negligent misrepresentation, and those claims are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE; 3. Defendants' motion to dismiss is DENIED with respect to plaintiff's claims for negligence, defective design, manufacturing defect, and breach of the implied warranty of merchantability and request for punitive damages; 4. Defendants' Rule 12(f) motion to strike is DENIED; 5. The following claims remain: negligence, defective design, manufacturing defect, and breach of the implied warranty of merchantability; and -2- 6. Defendants are directed to answer the remaining claims in plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint (ECF No. 47) within twenty (20) days of the date of this Decision and Order. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: March 9, 2020 Utica, New York. -3-

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