Eisenmenger v. Ethicon, Inc.

Helen Eisenmenger suffered serious injury after undergoing surgery in which suture material manufactured by defendant Ethicon, Inc., was used. She filed this product liability claim against Ethicon in the District Court for the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County. Ethicon appeals a $2.3 million judgment entered against it. We affirm.

We restate the dispositive issues as:

1. Whether the District Court erred in holding that the statute of limitations for Eisenmenger’s product liability claim against Ethicon was tolled by § 27-6-702, MCA.

2. Whether the court erred in denying Ethicon’s motion…