Troutman v. Curtis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beier, J.:

Plaintiffs Sandra Troutman, Larry Gales, and Gerald Crooks brought this action after they suffered complications arising out of cardiac catheterization procedures. We accepted their petition for review of the Court of Appeals" decision affirming the district court’s summary judgment in favor of defendant Perclose, Inc. (Perclose), the maker of the suturing device used in plaintiffs’ procedures.

After this court heard oral argument in April 2007 in this case, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc., 552…