Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Atterbury

*186OPINION

ROSS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of four plaintiffs in a products liability and negligence ease involving silicone gel breast implants. Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M), the defendant, appeals this judgment. We reverse and render judgment for 3M.

For a period of time in the late 1970’s and 1980’s, 3M manufactured silicone gel breast implants and distributed them to plastic surgeons. Specifically, MeGhan was formed in 1973 to produce medical implants, and 3M bought MeGhan in 1977. 3M’s implants came with package inserts that warned, among other…