CABRERA v. CORDIS CORP.

No. 96-17017.

134 F.3d 1418 (1998)

Laura CABRERA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CORDIS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald I. Gillock, Gillock, Koning, Markley & Killebrew, Las Vegas, NV, for plaintiff-appellant.

Kathlene Landgraf Kolts (argued), Kolts and Nawa, Pasadena, CA, and Leann Sanders, Alverson, Taylor, Mortensen, Nelson & Sanders, Las Vegas, NV, for defendant-appellee.

Before: BOOCHEVER and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges, and WILSON, District Judge.


BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:

Laura Cabrera sued Cordis Corporation, alleging that a brain shunt manufactured by Cordis and implanted in her head was defectively designed, and that the silicone components in the shunt made her ill. The district court excluded the testimony of Cabrera's expert witnesses under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993), and granted summary judgment...

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