Legal Opinion
Charles McCorvey v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 24, 2002No. 01-16209PublishedCited by 255 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
Charles McCorvey appeals the grant of summary judgment to defendants C.R. Bard, Inc. (“Bard”) and Baxter Healthcare Corp. (“Baxter”), respectively the manufacturer and distributor of a catheter that erupted inside of him, on his strict product liability action. Additionally, McCorvey challenges the district court’s exclusion of an affidavit he offered by an engineering expert, on the ground that it did not have the necessary indicia of reliability.
I. Background
In February 1995, McCorvey underwent a transurethral resection of his prostate, a surgical procedure, after…
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