Benda v. Medtronic, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• deciding to decertify class of Pennsylvania smokers because \it is obvious that this action implicates far too many individual issues to proceed on a class-wide basis\
• “whether or not an individual is addicted is a highly individualistic inquiry ... which cannot be resolved on a class-wide basis”
• “[I]t would be unrealistic . . . to require the named plaintiffs to have an in-depth understanding as to the legal theories behind their claim.”
• determining whether someone is addicted requires a highly individualized inquiry
• certifying a medical monitoring class action under 23(b)(2

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).