Legal Opinion
In Re Guidant Corp. Implantable Defibrillators Products Liability Litigation
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided May 23, 2007No. MDL 05-1708 (DWFAJB), No. CIV. 06-25 DWFAJBPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
FRANK, District Judge.
This matter came before the Court on May 18, 2007, pursuant to a Motion for Application of Minnesota Law brought by Plaintiff Leopoldo Duron, Jr. For the reasons set forth below, the Court grants in part and denies in part Duron’s motion.
BACKGROUND
In March 2002, Dr. Steven Higgins surgically implanted an implantable cardio-verter defibrillator (“ICD”), the VENTAK PRIZM 2 DR, Model 1861 (the “Prizm 2”), in Leopoldo Duron, Jr. after an electro-physiology study showed that he needed an ICD. An ICD is a device that is implanted in a patient with…
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