Legal Opinion
Buckman Co. v. Plaintiffs' Legal Committee
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 21, 2001No. 98-1768PublishedCited by 938 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
Respondent represents plaintiffs who claim injuries resulting from the use of orthopedic bone screws in the pedi-cles of their spines. Petitioner is a consulting company that assisted the screws’ manufacturer, AeroMed Corporation, in navigating the federal regulatory process for these devices. Plaintiffs say petitioner made fraudulent representations to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Administration) in the course of obtaining approval to market the screws. Plaintiffs further claim that such representations were at least a “but for” cause of injuries that plaintiffs sustained from…
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