SPICKES v. MEDTRONIC, INC.

No. 82-10.

631 S.W.2d 5 (1982)

Ernest Eugene SPICKES and Frances Spickes, Appellants, v. MEDTRONIC, INC., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wesley Hall, Jr., Little Rock, for appellants.

Wright, Lindsey, & Jennings, Little Rock, for appellees.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This products liability case is within our jurisdiction under Rule 29(1)(m). In 1975 a cardiac pacemaker, manufactured by the appellee Medtronic, was inserted in the body of the principal plaintiff, Ernest Eugene Spickes. In 1977 the device proved to be defective, causing Spickes's heartbeat to accelerate. On October 5, 1977, the device was surgically removed and a substitute pacemaker, also made...

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