· 1/21/2011
Hughes v. Boston Scientific Corp.
Citations
- 631 F.3d 762
- 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 1376
- 2011 WL 184554
How courts have described this case
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- holding that claims for failure to warn, premised on violation of FDA regulations, were not preempted
- holding that the plaintiff’s products liability claim challenging the adequacy of FDA-approved labeling was preempted
- holding that the plaintiff’s products liability claim challenging the adequacy of FDA-approved labeling was preempted
- holding that state tort law failure- to-warn claim was not impliedly preempted
- holding that a negligent failure to warn claim was not preempted and survived summary judgment where a device manufacturer failed to report 300 incidents of relevant device failure over a five-year period
- holding that state tort law failure-to-warn claim was not impliedly preempted
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Judges: King, Garwood, Davis
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