Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Intermedics Intraocular, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided September 3, 1998No. Civ.A. 93-007PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
PORTEOUS, District Judge.
Before the Court is defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment. The parties have submitted lengthy memoranda to support their positions and oral argument was heard on August 2, 1998. After a review of the parties’ written and oral arguments and the relevant law, the Court submits the following order and reasons.
I. BACKGROUND
The five plaintiffs allege that Intermedies’ intraocular lens, which is surgically implanted, caused severe damage to their eyes and in one case, caused blindness. The implantation operations were conducted between 1984 and 1986 and…
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