Legal Opinion
Harwell v. American Medical Systems, Inc.
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided September 14, 1992No. 1:91-0107PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
HIGGINS, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Billy Glen Harwell, a Tennessee citizen, filed this action 1 against American Medical Systems, Inc., a Minnesota corporation with its principal place of business in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The plaintiff’s claims arise out of the malfunction of an inflatable penile prosthesis-that is manufactured by AMSI. This prosthetic device was surgically implanted in Mr. Har well on June 26, 1989. Mr. Harwell's claims are for negligence in the design of the prosthesis, strict liability for its unreasonably dangerous design, and breach of implied warranty of…
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