Legal Opinion
prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 14,318 Sam Feldt v. Mentor Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 21, 1995No. 94-20592PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
In this products liability suit, plaintiff-appellant Sam Feldt (Feldt) appeals the district court’s award of summary judgment, on the basis of preemption, for defendant-appellee Mentor Corporation (Mentor). We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.
Facts and Proceedings Below
On October 19, 1988, in an effort to cure erectile impotency, Feldt, then 68 years old, had implanted a pump-activated, Mentor GFS inflatable penile prosthesis (the prosthesis or the GFS), which had been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (the FDA) for marketing because of its…
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