Legal Opinion
Hofts v. Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided February 11, 2009No. Case 1:08-cv-0855-DFH-TABPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENTRY ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS
DAVID F. HAMILTON, Chief Judge.
In 1996, the Supreme Court held that lawsuits brought under state law against medical device manufacturers who submit “premarket notification” to the Food and Drug Administration are not preempted by 21 U.S.C. § 360k(a) when liability is premised on theories that the device was defective and unreasonably dangerous and that the manufacturer failed to use reasonable care in the device’s design, manufacture, assembly, and sale. Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr, 518 U.S. 470, 481, 494-95, 116 S.Ct. 2240, 135 L.Ed.2d 700 (1996). In 2008,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Medtronic, Inc. v. LohrSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Pens. Plan Guide (Cch) P 23954p Roy A. Jackson and Carlos E. Serment v. E.J. Brach CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
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- Ramirez v. Medtronic Inc.District Court, D. Arizona · 2013
- Cornett v. Johnson & Johnson & Cordis Corp.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2010
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