Legal Opinion
Hendricks v. Boston Scientific Corp.
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided October 9, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2:12-cv-08633PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
(Defendant’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Plaintiffs’ Punitive Damages Claims and Plaintiffs Motion for Leave to Amend Complaint)
JOSEPH R. GOODWIN, District Judge.
Pending before the court are (1) Boston Scientific Corporation’s (“BSC”) Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Plaintiffs’ Punitive Damages Claims [Docket 263];1 and (2) plaintiff Chris Rene Wilson’s Motion for Leave to Amend the Complaint [Docket 167]. For the reasons below, I FIND that West Virginia law, not Massachusetts law, applies to plaintiffs’ punitive damages claims and that there are…
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