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Drug Pump Claims Preempted Expressly, Implicitly, 9th Circuit Panel Majority Says
Posted on 17 Apr 2012 by Tom Moylan

SAN FRANCISCO - (Mealey's) In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said April 16 that claims that a Medtronic drug pump and spine catheter caused a plaintiff to become a paraplegic are preempted explicitly and implicitly... Read More

U.S. High Court Allows Solicitor General To Argue For Drug Design Defect Preemption
Posted on 4 Mar 2013 by Tom Moylan

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. solicitor general will be allowed to argue March 19 that design defect claims involving generic drugs are preempted by federal law, the U.S. Supreme Court decided March 4 in granting the federal government's... Read More