Legal Opinion
Laura Stanton v. St. Jude Medical
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 25, 2003No. 02-3166PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
READE, District Judge.
In this action, brought under 21 U.S.C. § 360K(a), 21 U.S.C. § 360c(a)(i)(c) and 15 U.S.C. § 2310(b), (d), Laura Stanton (“Stanton”) appeals the district court’s 2 order dismissing her complaint against Spire Biomedical, Inc., a/k/a Spire Corporation (“Spire”), for lack of personal jurisdiction. 3 We affirm.
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Thomas Stanton died in Nebraska after the surgical implantation of a mechanical mitral heart valve. Laura Stanton, the administrator of his estate, sued St. Jude Medical, Inc. (“St. Jude”), a Minnesota manufacturer of heart valves. She also sued Spire, a…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Stanton v. St. Jude MedicalCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003