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ELBERT v. HOWMEDICA, INC.

Civ. No. 91-00616 BMK.

841 F.Supp. 327 (1993)

George ELBERT, Plaintiff, v. HOWMEDICA, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Hawaii.

December 23, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanford Masui, Danny Vasconcellos, Takahashi & Masui, Honolulu, HI, for plaintiff.

Jacqueline Earle, Jennifer Clark, Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, Honolulu, HI, for defendant.

AMENDED ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT'S RENEWED MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW RE: PREEMPTION OF STATE TORT CLAIMS

KURREN, United States Magistrate Judge.

BACKGROUND

This is a products liability case concerning an allegedly defective artificial knee, a PCA Total Knee System, manufactured by defendant Howmedica, Inc. ("Howmedica"). The PCA knee prosthesis was implanted to replace the knee of plaintiff George Elbert's ("Elbert") left...

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