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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`No. 2:15-cv-01274-JRG-RSP
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`LEAD CASE
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`PLAINTIFF BLITZSAFE TEXAS LLC’S RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION
`TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS FOR INSUFFICIENT SERVICE OF
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`Plaintiff Blitzsafe Texas, LLC (“Blitzsafe”) hereby submits its Response in Opposition to
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`Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for Insufficient Service of Process of Hyundai Motor Company
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`(“HMC”) and Kia Motors Corporation (“KMC”) (“collectively, “Korean Named Defendants”)
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`(Dkt. 227).
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`FACTUAL BACKGROUND
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`Blitzsafe neither admits nor denies any of the factual allegations set forth in Defendants'
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`brief except to admit that the Korean Named Defendants have not been served with process and
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`that Blitzsafe has consented to the dismissal of its claims against the Korean Named Defendants
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`without prejudice.
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`BLITZSAFE TEXAS, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendants.
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`HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., ET AL.,
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`Case 2:15-cv-01274-JRG-RSP Document 270 Filed 12/02/16 Page 2 of 4 PageID #: 19492
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`II.
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`DEFENDANTS MOTION IS MOOT BECAUSE BLITZSAFE HAS CONSENTED
`TO THE DISMISSAL OF ITS CLAIMS AGAINST THE KOREAN NAMED
`DEFENDANTS WITHOUT PREJUDICE
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`Because Blitzsafe has consented to the dismissal of the Korean Named Defendants
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`without prejudice, the present motion is moot and should be denied. Blitzsafe respectfully
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`submits that the case caption should be amended accordingly.
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`III. CONCLUSION
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`For the foregoing reasons, Defendants’ Motion Dismiss for Insufficient Service of
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`Process is moot and should be denied.
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`Dated: December 2, 2016
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`BROWN RUDNICK LLP
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` /s/ Peter Lambrianakos
`Alfred R. Fabricant
`Texas Bar No. 2219392
`Email: afabricant@brownrudnick.com
`Lawrence C. Drucker
`Email: ldrucker@brownrudnick.com
`Texas Bar No. 2303089
`Peter Lambrianakos
`Texas Bar No. 2894392
`Email: plambrianakos@brownrudnick.com
`Alessandra Carcaterra Messing
`Texas Bar No. 5040019
`Email: amessing@brownrudnick.com
`BROWN RUDNICK LLP
`7 Times Square
`New York, NY 10036
`Telephone: (212) 209-4800
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`Samuel F. Baxter
`Texas State Bar No. 01938000
`sbaxter@mckoolsmith.com
`Jennifer L. Truelove
`Texas State Bar No. 24012906
`jtruelove@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`104 E. Houston Street, Suite 300
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`Marshall, Texas 75670
`Telephone: (903) 923-9000
`Facsimile: (903) 923-9099
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`ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF,
`BLITZSAFE TEXAS, LLC
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`Case 2:15-cv-01274-JRG-RSP Document 270 Filed 12/02/16 Page 4 of 4 PageID #: 19494
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that all counsel of record who have consented to electronic
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`service are being served with a copy of this document via the Court’s CM/ECF system per Local
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`Rule CV-5(a)(3) on this 2nd day of December, 2016.
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`Peter Lambrianakos
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