Von Downum v. Synthes

OPINION AND ORDER

GREGORY K. FRIZZELL, Chief Judge.

Before the court are the Motion to Remand [Dkt. # 16] filed by plaintiff Yester Von Downum (“Von Downum”); the Motion to Dismiss [Dkt. # 1] filed by defendant Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital (“Hospital”); and the Motion to Dismiss [Dkt. # 12] filed by Synthes USA Sales, LLC (“Synthes USA”).

Von Downum underwent a lumbar inter-body fusion with the placement of medical devices in July 2008. The surgery was performed at the Hospital by defendant Douglas R. Koontz, M.D. Van Downum alleges the medical device implants were defective and had to be…