Professor J. David Prince analyzes the Supreme Court's decision in Riegel v. Medtronic, in which the Court held that state-law tort claims against a manufacturer of an allegedly defective medical device, which had received premarket approval from the FDA, were preempted by the Medical Device Amendments of 1976. Professor Prince is on faculty at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, MN and is Of Counsel to the law firm of Larson King.
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Prince, J. David
J. David Prince is a Professor of Law at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. In addition to his faculty position at William Mitchell, Professor Prince is Of Counsel to the St. Paul law firm of Larson ? King, where he focuses his practice on products safety and product liability prevention, mass tort and products liability litigation, appellate advocacy, and alternative dispute resolution. In connection with the writing of this Commentary, Professor Prince wishes to acknowledge and thank the assistance of Sarah L. Brew, a partner in the Minneapolis law firm of Greene Espel, for sharing her extensive knowledge of preemption law.
For additional information regarding Professor Prince, please see http://www.wmitchell.edu/academics/faculty/Prince.asp or www.larsonking.com/ attorneydetail.cfm?BioID=35&Edit=1.
Professor Prince may be contacted at david.prince@wmitchell.edu or through the Products Liability Prof Blog at http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/products_liability, for which he is a co-editor.
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