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VASSALLO v. BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

428 Mass. 1 (1998)

FLORENCE VASSALLO & another v. BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Venderbush, of California (Harry T. Daniels with him) for the defendants.

Fredric L. Ellis (Edward D. Rapacki with him) for the plaintiffs.

Hugh F. Young, Jr., of Virginia, & David R. Geiger, for Associated Industries of Massachusetts & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, & MARSHALL, JJ.

GREANEY, J.

In this products liability case, the plaintiff Florence Vassallo claimed that the defendants, Baxter Healthcare Corporation and Baxter International, Inc., were liable to her for damages because silicone breast implants, manufactured by a predecessor company to the defendants (Heyer-Schulte Corporation), that had been implanted in her were negligently designed, accompanied by negligent product warnings, and breached the implied warranty of merchantability...

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