Legal Opinion
Nichols v. Covidien LP
District Court, N.D. California
Decided February 26, 2021No. 3:20-cv-06836Unknown
1Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 DONALD NICHOLS, Case No. 20-cv-06836-EMC 8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND 9 v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS 10 COVIDIEN LP, et al., Docket No. 27 11 Defendants. 12 13 14 Plaintiff is Mr. Donald Nichols, a former patient at Saint Joseph Hospital in Eureka, 15 California who received surgical treatment for rectal cancer. Mr. Nichols alleges that the medical 16 stapler which was used during his surgery was defective, and he sues the entities responsible for 17 the manufacture and distribution of…
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