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Supreme Court Decision May Not Shield Medtronic Sprint Fidelis from Legal Action

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Washington, DC: Make no mistake about it: the recent Supreme Court decision in Riegel v. Medtronic is exactly what the plaintiffs' attorney Allison Zieve calls it: "Pretty bad for patients, pretty good for industry profits." In dismissing a state court lawsuit against Medtronic for the failure of an Evergreen balloon catheter, the Supremes gave Medtronic and other medical device manufacturers a shield against state legal action for any medical device that received pre-market approval (PMA) from the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Full post as published by Lawyers and Settlements on February 24, 2008 (boomark / email).

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