Fulton v. Pfizer Hospital Products Group, Inc.

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant Pfizer Hospital Products Group, Inc., d/b/a Howmedica, (“Howmedica”) from the judgment of the trial court entered on the jury’s verdict finding “that the defendant’s product, [a medium plastic patella component,] was defective.” The jury also found that the defendant breached “an implied warranty of fitness” and “an implied warranty of merchantability.” The jury found that the product was not unreasonably dangerous.

Plaintiff William F. Fulton developed arthritis in both of his knees in approximately 1978. Because of the pain he decided to…