Legal Opinion
Waltenburg v. St. Jude Medical, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided July 21, 2014No. Civil Action No. 3:13-CV-01106-TBRPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
THOMAS B. RUSSELL, Senior District Judge.
This matter is before the Court upon Defendants St. Jude Medical, Inc., and Pacesetter, Inc.’s Motion to Dismiss. (Docket No. 13.) Plaintiffs Shawn Walten-burg and Jamie Waltenburg have responded, (Docket No. 16), and Defendants have replied, (Docket No. 19). This matter now *821is ripe for adjudication. For the reasons that follow, Defendants’ Motion will be GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.
BACKGROUND
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) aré life-saving devices used to detect and treat irregular heart rhythms. An ICD…
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