Wyatt v. Charleston Area Medical Center, 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 the plaintiff’s product liability claims against the manufacturer of a defibrillator device and malpractice claims against treating healthcare providers “arise out of the same occurrence: [the plaintiff’s] surgery and the after effects of that surgery”
• explaining how apportionment of damages between defendants is a common question of fact
• “[T]he defendants will almost certainly debate which defendant is most responsible for the injuries.”
• “The injuries themselves, the extent of the injuries, and what caused those injuries are common questions of fact that must be resolved as to both the Medical Defendants and [the product liability defendant]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).