Mulhall v. Hannafin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J.
In this products liability action, plaintiff Victoria Mulhall is alleged to have developed inflammatory conditions known as adhesive capsulitis and synovitis after having arthroscopic shoulder surgery, during which a surgical device was implanted in her right shoulder. The device, known as Suretac, a Smith & Nephew product, is a bioabsorbable tack (in layman’s terms, an absorbable thumbtack) designed to fix or stabilize the attachment of the labrum to the bone and to dissolve slowly within the body, in a manner similar to absorbable sutures. As explained in the…
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