Armstrong v. Optical Radiation Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that state law requirements imposed by negligence and strict liability theories are “based on general principles of state tort law which were not specifically developed with respect to medical devices”
• holding that state law requirements imposed by negligence and strict liability theories are \based on general principles of state tort law which were not specifically developed with respect to medical devices\
• “[I]n approving [the product] through the PMA process, the FDA imposed federal requirements specific to that product which govern virtually every aspect of its production and sale.”

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