Legal Opinion
Jennifer N. Kocher Darlene Kocher Carl Kocher v. Dow Chemical Company E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 29, 1997No. 19-2503PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This lawsuit is one of many brought by plaintiffs throughout the United States against Dow Chemical, DuPont, and other defendants for injuries resulting from jaw implants called temporomandibular joint (“TMJ”) implants. In these lawsuits both Dow Chemical and DuPont have enjoyed consistent success. In 1994, all the TMJ cases then pending in federal court were consolidated in the District of Minnesota. The District Court 1 granted summary jddg ment for DuPont and Dow Chemical. This Court affirmed. See Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Implant Recipients v. E.I. Du Pont De…
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