Legal Opinion
Fraizer v. St. Jude Medical, Inc.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided May 14, 1985No. Civ. 4-85-144PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
DIANA E. MURPHY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Dov Fraizer, a Danish citizen, and Britt Bolesen, his wife, brought this action against St. Jude Medical Inc. (St. Jude), a Minnesota corporation, alleging negligence, strict liability, breach of warranty and loss of consortium and seeking compensatory damages. Jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship, 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The matter is now before the court upon St. Jude’s motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Fraizer had a mitral valve prosthesis surgically implanted by Danish doctors in a…
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