TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT (TMJ) IMPLANTS

No. 95-2886.

113 F.3d 1484 (1997)

In re TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT (TMJ) IMPLANTS PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT (TMJ) IMPLANT RECIPIENTS, Appellants, v. THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. LaRocca, Lancaster, PA, argued (Joseph C. Kohn, Douglas A. Abrahams, Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Appellants.

Michele Odorizzi, Chicago, IL, argued (Herbert L. Zarov, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before BOWMAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a products liability matter. Plaintiffs, who are the recipients of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) implants, prosthetic devices used to correct TMJ disorders, seek to impose liability upon The Dow Chemical Company (Dow Chemical) for injuries alleged to have been caused by the implants. The pretrial proceedings in these various personal injury actions were consolidated in the District of Minnesota...

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