Legal Opinion
Grovatt v. St. Jude Medical, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 9, 2008No. 06-3860PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
This products liability litigation is before us for a second time. The present appeal concerns the district court’s certification of a class of plaintiffs, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3), to litigate claims against St. Jude Medical, Inc. (“St. Jude”), arising from alleged violations of two Minnesota consumer protection statutes. We conclude that the class was not properly certified under the standards of Rule 23(b)(3), and we therefore reverse the order of the district court.
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St. Jude Medical, Inc., produced the Sil-zone prosthetic heart valve, a…
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