Legal Opinion
Vassallo v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 16, 1998PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
In this products liability case, the plaintiff Florence Vassallo claimed that the defendants, Baxter Healthcare Corporation and Baxter International, Inc., were liable to her for damages because silicone breast implants, manufactured by a predecessor company to the defendants (Heyer-Schulte Corporation), that had been implanted in her were negligently designed, accompanied by negligent product warnings, and breached the implied warranty of merchantability, with the consequence that she was injured. The plaintiff Vincent Vassallo claimed a loss of consortium. The plaintiffs also asserted a…
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