Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Allegiance Healthcare Corp.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 12, 2001No. CIV. A. 97-1694; No. MDL 1148PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LUDWIG, District Judge.
This is a products liability action that was selected for trial in this district as part of In Re: Latex Gloves Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1148. Defendants Allegiance Healthcare Corporation/Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Johnson & Johnson Medical, a division of Ethicon, Inc., and Becton, Dickinson and Company move for summary judgment. Fed.R.Civ.P. 56.1 Jurisdiction is diversity, 28 U.S.C. § 1332, and Pennsylvania law governs substantive issues. The motion will be granted in part and denied in part.
On February 13, 1997, plaintiff Eileen M. Hughes filed…
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- In Re Latex Gloves Products Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2001