Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Dismisses Medical Device Suit

Last week, in Dunn v. Genzyme,[1] the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) provided clarification as to the pleading standard that applies to state product liability claims against medical device manufacturers. Under Riegel v. Medtronic,[2] such claims survive federal preemption under the Medical Device Amendments (MDA) of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, so long as the state claims parallel (and do not supplement or conflict with) federal law....
By: White and Williams LLP

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