Legal Opinion
Ellen Mendes v. Medtronic, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 9, 1994No. 93-1911PublishedCited by 227 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
In this products liability action against the manufacturer of an allegedly defective pacemaker, plaintiff-appellant, Ellen Mendes, appeals from an order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, Med-tronic, Inc. The district court entered summary judgment for Medtronic, ruling that the express preemption clause of the Medical Device Amendments (MDA) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act), 21 U.S.C. § 360k(a), preempted plaintiffs Massachusetts common law claims. 1 We affirm.
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BACKGROUND
Congress enacted the MDA to give the Food and…
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