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FRIEDMAN v. MEDTRONIC, INC.

42 A.D.2d 185 (1973)

Louis Friedman, Respondent, v. Medtronic, Inc., Appellant, et al., Defendant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

July 9, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Corcoran for appellant.

Goldweber & Hershkowitz (Max Goldweber and Marcia Berger Hershkowitz of counsel), for respondent.

HOPKINS, Acting P. J., GULOTTA, CHRIST and BRENNAN, JJ., concur.

LATHAM, J.

On July 10, 1963, a Medtronic model 58-60 implantable pacemaker was surgically placed inside the plaintiff's body. The purpose of the pacemaker was to provide an electrical charge to the plaintiff's heart to enable the heart to beat at a regular rate. In September of 1963 the pacemaker ceased to trigger heart contractions. X rays showed that there was a break in the cardiac electro lead approximately...

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