Legal Opinion
Parkinson v. Guidant Corp.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 22, 2004No. 2:01-cv-01330PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DIAMOND, District Judge.
Rowan Parkinson and Shirley Parkinson 1 (“plaintiffs”), commenced this products liability action against Guidant Corporation and Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (“ACS”) seeking recovery for injuries sustained by Rowan Parkinson when a guidewire manufactured by defendant ACS fractured during the course of an angioplasty procedure on May 11, 1999. Plaintiffs’ complaint sets forth claims against defendants for negligence (Count I), strict liability under design defect, manufacturing defect, and failure to warn theories (Count II), breach of warranty (Count…
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