CONGER v. DANEK MEDICAL, INC.

No. 4:96-CV-739-A.

27 F.Supp.2d 717 (1998)

David CONGER, et al., Plaintiff, v. DANEK MEDICAL, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Fort Worth Division.

August 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Manley, Attorney at Law, Manley & Alter, Pasadena, TX, Timothy Michael Hoch, Attorney at Law, Mark Stewart & Associates, Fort Worth, TX, John J. Cummings, III, Attorney at Law, Donna S. Cummings, Frank C. Dudenhefer, Jr., Cummings Cummings & Dudenhefer, New Orleans, LA, Darryl J. Tschirn, Eric A. Thomson, Tschirn & Thomson, La Jolla, CA, for David Conger, Ronald Gene Penny, Teresa R. Penny.

Sheree L. McCall, Attorney at Law, Kurt Wood Meaders, Attorney at Law, Strasburger & Price, Dallas, TX, Philip H. Lebowitz, Pepper Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, PA, for Danek Medical, Inc., Sofamor-Danek Group, Inc., Warsaw Orthopedic Inc., George Rapp, Spinal Science Advancement Foundation, Sofamor SNC, Sofamor Inc., Richard W. Treharne, Ph.D., Ermon R. Pickard.

Sheree L. McCall, Attorney at Law, Kurt Wood Meaders, Attorney at Law, Strasburger & Price, Dallas, TX, Margaret S. Woodruff, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, for Gary Lowery, Thomas Whitecloud, III, Thomas A. Zdeblick.

Sheree L. McCall, Attorney at Law, Kurt Wood Meaders, Attorney at Law, Strasburger & Price, Dallas, TX, James F. Roegge, Meagher & Geer PLLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Ensor Transfeldt.

Sudie Thompson, Attorney at Law, McCauley MacDonald & Devin, Dallas, TX, Susan S. Wettle, Attorney at Law, Ann E. Eberle, Attorney at Law, Steven M. Crawford, Gregory A. Bolzle, Brown Todd & Heyburn, Louisville, KY, Carl Arthur Henlein, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, Louisville, KY, for Youngwood Medical Specialties Inc.

James Hill Holmes, III, Attorney at Law, Joann N. Wilkins, Attorney at Law, David Weaver, Attorney at Law, Burford & Ryburn, Dallas, TX, Mitchell A. Stearn, Attorney at Law, K. Thomas Shahriari, Attorney at Law, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, Washington, DC, David M. Rownd, Attorney at Law, Norman P. Jeddeloh, Attorney at Law, Burditt & Radzius, Chicago, IL, for American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.

W. Lee Kohler, Joseph L. McReynolds, Douglas R. Elliott, Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, LA, James Hill Holmes, III, Attorney at Law, Joann N. Wilkins, Attorney at Law, David Weaver, Attorney at Law, Burford & Ryburn, Dallas, TX, Janet L. MacDonell, Attorney at Law, Deutsch Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, LA, for Scoliosis Research Society.

Vincent Steven Walkowiak, Attorney at Law, James Jeffery Richardson, Attorney at Law, Fulbright & Jaworski, Dallas, TX, Michael R. Fruehwald, Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, IN, for ACE Medical Company, Depuy-Motech Inc.

Vincent Paul Slusher, Attorney at Law, Snell Brannian & Trent, Dallas, TX, George J. Murphy, Hecker Brown Sherry & Johnson, Philadelphia, PA, for Advanced Spine Fixation Systems Inc.

Kyle W. Johnson, Attorney at Law, Christine Van Vooren, Attorney at Law, David Goodman & Madole, Dallas, TX, Lawrence A. Mann, Attorney at Law, Stanton E. Shuler, Jr., Attorney at Law, Leake & Anderson, New Orleans, LA, for Cross Medical Products.

Daniel R. Barrett, Attorney at Law, Fielding Barrett & Taylor, Fort Worth, TX, Sally I. Gaden, Montgomery Barnett Brown Read Hammond & Mintz, New Orleans, LA, for Smith & Nephew Richards Inc.

Bradley N. Gahm, Attorney at Law, Cozen & O'Connor, Dallas, TX, for Synthes USA.

Robert R. Reeder, Attorney at Law, Cozen & O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, Bradley N. Gahm, Attorney at Law, Cozen & O'Connor, Dallas, TX, for Synthes Inc., Synthes North America Inc.

Robert R. Reeder, Attorney at Law, Cozen & O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, for Synthes AG.

Roy Lee Stacy, Attorney at Law, Calhoun & Stacy, Dallas, TX, Thomas G. Stayton, Attorney at Law, Leslie S. Rogers, Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, IN, Albert J. Dahm, Attorney at Law, Baker & Daniels, Fort Wayne, IN, for Zimmer, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER

McBRYDE, District Judge.

Came on for consideration the motion of defendants American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons ("AAOS") and the Scoliosis Research Society ("SRS") (collectively the "medical associations") for summary judgment. The court, having considered the motion, the response of plaintiffs, David Conger, Ronald Gene Penny ("Penny"), and Teresa R. Penny, the reply, the record, the summary judgment evidence, and...

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