Legal Opinion
Williams v. Smith & Nephew, Inc.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided August 18, 2015No. Civil No. CCB-14-3138PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
CATHERINE C. BLAKE, District Judge.
Lewis Williams, Jr., and his wife, Angela Williams, filed this lawsuit against Smith & *736Nephew, Inc. — maker of the Birmingham Hip -Resurfacing System (“BHR System”) at the center of this lawsuit — alleging state law claims of negligence, strict liability, breach of warranty, and loss of consortium. The Williamses allege Smith & Nephew deviated, in several ways, from the requirements the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) set in its order approving the BHR System for commercial distribution. In their view, these deviations ultimately caused Mr.…
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3Cited by19 opinions
- In re Smith & Nephew Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) Hip Implant Prods. Liab. Litig.District Court, D. Maryland · 2018
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- Perdue v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc.District Court, E.D. North Carolina · 2016
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