Legal Opinion
Hugh Edward ENGLISH, III; Lorraine English, Appellants, v. MENTOR CORPORATION
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 29, 1995No. 94-1714PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
Hugh and Lorraine English sued Mentor Corporation, alleging claims based upon strict product liability, negligence, breach of express and implied warranty, loss of consortium by Mrs. English, and punitive damages. Mr. English had a Mentor inflatable penile prosthesis implanted. The device malfunctioned and appellants sued Mentor in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas. Mentor removed the case to the federal district court, which granted summary judgment in its favor, holding that appellants’ claims were preempted by the Medical Device Amendments to the Food, Drug, and…
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