CARDER v. GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, INC.

CIVIL ACTION No. 2:20-CV-00137-LMM.

558 F.Supp.3d 1290 (2021)

Kellie CARDER, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Gainesville Division.

Signed August 31, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel K. Bryson , Martha A. Geer , Pro Hac Vice, Patrick M. Wallace , Pro Hac Vice, Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Raleigh, NC, Gary Edward Mason , Pro Hac Vice, Mason Lietz & Klinger LLP, Washington, DC, Gregory Frederic Coleman , Pro Hac Vice, Jonathan Betten Cohen , Pro Hac Vice, Rachel Soffin , Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Knoxville, TN, Harper Todd Segui , Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Mount Pleasant, SC, Melissa Robin Emert , Kantrowitz, Goldhamer & Graifman, P.C., Chestnut Ridge, NY, David James Worley , Evangelista Worley, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff Kellie Carder.

Gary Edward Mason , Pro Hac Vice, Mason Lietz & Klinger LLP, Washington, DC, Martha A. Geer , Pro Hac Vice, Patrick M. Wallace , Pro Hac Vice, Daniel K. Bryson , Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Raleigh, NC, Melissa Robin Emert , Kantrowitz, Goldhamer & Graifman, P.C., Chestnut Ridge, NY, David James Worley , Evangelista Worley, LLC, Atlanta, GA, Rachel Soffin , Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Knoxville, TN, for Plaintiffs Lisa Francoforte, Leticia Rivera, Silvia Tehomilic, Emilio Pensado, Jr., Shannon Hager.

Gary S. Graifman , Melissa Robin Emert , Kantrowitz, Goldhamer & Graifman, P.C., Chestnut Ridge, NY, Gary Edward Mason , Pro Hac Vice, Mason Lietz & Klinger LLP, Washington, DC, Gayle M. Blatt , Pro Hac Vice, Casey Gerry Reed & Schenk (Herman Mathis Casey & Kitchens), James McCorkle Davis, IV , Pro Hac Vice, Patricia Camille Guerra , Pro Hac Vice, Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield, LLP, San Diego, CA, James M. Evangelista , David James Worley , Evangelista Worley LLC, Atlanta, GA, Mark P. Chalos , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, Nashville, TN, Martha A. Geer , Pro Hac Vice, Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Raleigh, NC, for Plaintiff Jennifer Murphy.

Carl V. Malmstrom , Pro Hac Vice, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLC, Chicago, IL, James M. Evangelista , Kristi Stahnke McGregor , David James Worley , Evangelista Worley LLC, Atlanta, GA, Martha A. Geer , Pro Hac Vice, Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Raleigh, NC, Matthew M. Guiney , Pro Hac Vice, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz, New York, NY, Melissa Robin Emert , Kantrowitz, Goldhamer & Graifman, P.C., Chestnut Ridge, NY, for Plaintiff Elizabeth Davis-Berg.

Aaron M. Sheanin , Pro Hac Vice, Robins Kaplan LLP, Berkeley, CA, J. Austin Hurt , Pro Hac Vice, Stacey P. Slaughter , Pro Hac Vice, Michael J. Pacelli , Pro Hac Vice, Robins Kaplan, LLP, Minneapolis, MN, James M. Evangelista , David James Worley , Evangelista Worley LLC, Atlanta, GA, Martha A. Geer , Pro Hac Vice, Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Raleigh, NC, Melissa Robin Emert , Kantrowitz, Goldhamer & Graifman, P.C., Chestnut Ridge, NY, Samuel J. Strauss , Turke & Strauss, LLP, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff Rejenna Chavez.

Christopher E. Coleman , Mark P. Chalos , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, Nashville, TN, James M. Evangelista , David James Worley , Evangelista Worley LLC, Atlanta, GA, Jonathan D. Selbin , Pro Hac Vice, Lieff, Cabrasher, Heiman & Bernstein, LLP, New York, NY, Jonathan Shub , Kevin Laukaitis , Shub Law Firm LLC, Haddonfield, NJ, Martha A. Geer , Pro Hac Vice, Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Raleigh, NC, Melissa Robin Emert , Kantrowitz, Goldhamer & Graifman, P.C., Chestnut Ridge, NY, for Plaintiff Cheryl Varlaro.

David C. Scott , Pro Hac Vice, Joseph J. Krasovec, III , Pro Hac Vice, Schiff Hardin, LLP, Chicago, IL, Jennifer A. Adler , Nicholas Peter Panayotopoulos , Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant.


ORDER

This case comes before the Court on Defendant Graco Children's Products, Inc.'s ("Graco") Motion to Dismiss [67]. After due consideration, and with the benefit of a hearing and supplemental briefing, the Court enters the following Order.

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