Webster v. Pacesetter, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a plaintiff cannot create an issue of fact regarding a state-law tort claim through evidence about the defendant’s communications with a federal agency
• finding that the plaintiffs “failed to sustain their burden under the risk-utility balancing test” where, among other deficiencies, “they have not provided any information about the cost of avoiding any supposed danger”
• dismissing the plaintiffs’ breach of implied warranty claim “because ‘a breach of warranty claim is not actionable in coordination with a products liability claim? ” (quoting Dyson ex rel. Monroe v. Winfield, 113 F.Supp.2d 35, 42 (D.D.C. 2000))
• allegations of defendants’ “failure to adhere to the FDA regulations on recordkeeping, labeling, design validation and establishment and maintenance of complaint file” were impliedly preempted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Baycol Products Litigation
  D. Minnesota· 2007-07-16· cited 36×
• Webster v. Pacesetter, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2003-07-01· cited 19×
• Rollins v. Wackenhut Services, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2011-08-10· cited 18×
• Kubicki ex rel. Kubicki v. Medtronic, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 2018-02-05· cited 14×
• Gresser v. Dow Chemical Co.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2013-04-30· cited 12×
• Rheinfrank v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
  S.D. Ohio· 2015-08-10· cited 11×
• Hughes v. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
  S.D. Mississippi· 2009-11-12· cited 6×
• In Re Trasylol Products Liability Litigation-MDL-1928
  S.D. Florida· 2010-05-10· cited 6×
• Price v. Stryker Corporation
  District of Columbia· 2017-09-15· cited 2×
• Murray v. Motorola, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 2004-07-19· cited 2×
• King v. Synthes (U.S.A.)
  S.D. Mississippi· 2006-03-31· cited 1×
• In Re Baycol Products Litigation
  D. Minnesota· 2007-07-09
• Unnamed case
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2013-04-30
• Simmons v. Textron, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2025-03-24

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 21,376×
• Buckman Co. v. Plaintiffs' Legal Committee
  Supreme Court· 2001-02-21· cited 956×
• Washington Post Company v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  D.C. Circuit· 1989-01-06· cited 355×
• Bennett v. Kiggins
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1977-08-18· cited 157×
• Edward William Hull, A/K/A Edward Hull v. Eaton Corporation Edward William Hull Travelers Insurance Company v. Eaton Corporation
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-08-04· cited 76×
• Northern Trust Co. v. Upjohn Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-04-26· cited 69×
• Hill v. Squibb & Sons, ER
  Montana Supreme Court· 1979-04-05· cited 54×
• Clifford v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1987-09-30· cited 42×
• Warner Fruehauf Trailer Co. v. Boston
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1995-02-23· cited 30×
• Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. Nutt
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1979-10-10· cited 24×
• Mampe v. Ayerst Laboratories
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1988-10-14· cited 21×
• William D. Beetler, D/B/A Klein's Beauty Salon, and Sandra Roehm Moore v. Sales Affiliates, Inc., a Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1970-08-19· cited 13×
• MacPherson v. Searle & Co.
  District of Columbia· 1991-10-15· cited 13×
• Word v. Potomac Electric Power Co.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1999-12-09· cited 12×
• Pappas v. Ford Motor Co.
  District of Columbia· 1998-04-16· cited 8×
• Dyson v. Winfield
  District of Columbia· 2000-09-21· cited 7×
• Willard v. Park Industries, Inc.
  D. New Hampshire· 1999-01-05· cited 4×
• Dyson v. Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2001-01-19· cited 1×