Dhimant Patel v. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation — Entry #102: Letter filed by Movants City of Fort Lauderdale Police & Firefighters Retirement System, Louisiana Sheriffs' Pension & Relief Fund
Case: Dhimant Patel v. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation cacd · 8:24-cv-02221
filed October 14, 2024
What this document is
Docket entry #102 · filed July 30, 2026
Letter filed by Movants City of Fort Lauderdale Police & Firefighters Retirement System, Louisiana Sheriffs' Pension & Relief Fund (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Robinson, Jeremy) (Entered: 07/30/2026)
Who is involved
- Bernard J. Zovighian
- City of Fort Lauderdale Police & Firefighters Retirement System
- Daveen Chopra
- David Yi Liu
- Dhimant Patel
- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Larry L. Wood
- Louisiana Sheriffs' Pension & Relief Fund
- Scott B. Ullem
- Uniformed Sanitationmens Association Compensation Accrual Fund
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Case 8:24-cv-02221-AH-KES Document 102 Filed 07/30/26 Page 1 of 3 Page ID
#:1375
1 BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER
2 & GROSSMANN LLP
JEREMY P. ROBINSON (pro hac vice)
3 1251 Avenue of the Americas
4 New York, NY 10020
Telephone: (212) 554-1400
5 [email protected]
6 Tel: (310) 819-3481
7 Lead Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs
8 Louisiana Sheriffs’ Pension & Relief Fund and
City of Fort Lauderdale Police & Firefighters’
9 Retirement System and the Settlement Class
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12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
13 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SOUTHERN DIVISION
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15 DHIMANT PATEL, Individually and on Case No. 8:24-cv-02221-AH-KES
16 Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated,
LEAD PLAINTIFFS’ LETTER TO
17 Plaintiff, THE COURT ENCLOSING
18 REVISED PROPOSED
v. PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
19 ORDER WITH REVISED
20 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES SCHEDULE
CORPORATION and BERNARD J.
21 ZOVIGHIAN, Judge: Hon. Anne Hwang
22 Courtroom: 9C, 9th Floor
Defendants.
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LEAD PLAINTIFFS’ LETTER TO THE COURT
CASE NO. 8:24-cv-02221-AH-KES
Case 8:24-cv-02221-AH-KES Document 102 Filed 07/30/26 Page 2 of 3 Page ID
#:1376
B E R NS T EI N LIT O WI T Z BE R GE R & G ROSS MA N N L LP
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
NEW YORK ● CALIFORNIA ● ILLINOIS ● LOUISIANA ● DELAWARE
JEREMY P. ROBINSON
(212) 554-1492
[email protected]
July 30, 2026
Via ECF
The Honorable Anne Hwang
Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez United States Courthouse
350 W. 1st Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Re: Patel v. Edwards Lifesciences Corp., Case No. 8:24-cv-02221-AH-KES
(C.D. Cal.)
Dear Judge Hwang:
We represent Lead Plaintiffs in the above-referenced class action. Further to yesterday’s
hearing, attached as Exhibit 1 is a revised version of the Parties’ [Proposed] Order Preliminarily
Approving Settlement and Providing for Notice of Settlement (“Preliminary Approval Order”).
As discussed at the hearing, the revised Preliminary Approval Order accommodates a
Claims-filing deadline prior to the final approval hearing as well as a final approval hearing
scheduled for this year. A full schedule of the applicable calendar dates, assuming that the
Preliminary Approval Order is entered on Friday, July 31, 2026, and that the Court schedules the
final approval hearing for Wednesday, December 16, 2026, follows:
EVENT DEADLINE CALENDAR DATE
Deadline to commence mailing 15 business days after Friday, August 21, 2026
the Notice and Claim Form entry of the Preliminary
to Settlement Class Members Approval Order
(“Notice Date”)
Deadline for publishing the 10 business days after the Friday, September 4, 2026
Summary Notice Notice Date
Deadline for submitting Claim 100 calendar days after Monday, November 30, 2026
Forms the Notice Date
Deadline for requesting exclusion 100 calendar days after Monday, November 30, 2026
from the Settlement Class or filing the Notice Date
an objection to the Settlement
1251 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS ● NEW YORK ● NY 10020-1104
TELEPHONE: 212-554-1400 ● www.blbglaw.com ● FACSIMILE: 212-554-1444
Case 8:24-cv-02221-AH-KES
Document 102 Filed 07/30/26 Page 3 of 3 Page ID
#:1377 LLP
BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER & GROSSMANN
Hon. Anne Hwang
July 30, 2026
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Deadline for filing papers in 35 calendar days before Wednesday, November 11,
support of final settlement the date scheduled for the 2026
approval, the Plan of Allocation, Settlement Hearing
and the request for attorneys’ fees
and Litigation Expenses
Deadline for filing reply papers 7 calendar days before Wednesday, December 9, 2026
the date scheduled for the
Settlement Hearing
Settlement Hearing Wednesday, December 16,
2026, at 1:30 p.m.
The Parties have conferred and Defendants do not oppose the proposed schedule and
respectfully defer to the Court’s preference.
We thank the Court for its attention to this matter.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Jeremy P. Robinson
Jeremy P. Robinson
Lead Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs City of Fort
Lauderdale Police & Firefighters’ Retirement
System and Louisiana Sheriffs’ Pension &
Relief Fund
cc: All counsel of record (via ECF)