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MAESTAS v. SOFAMOR DANEK GROUP, INC.

33 S.W.3d 805 (2000)

Anthony MAESTAS, et al. v. SOFAMOR DANEK GROUP, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

December 21, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea S. Lestelle and Roy F. Amedee, Jr., Metairie, Louisiana, John A. Day, Nashville, TN, and Lisa June Cox, Jackson, TN, for appellants, Anthony Maestas, Eugenio Camara, Paul Hill, and William Shook.

George Lehner, Washington, DC, Murray Levin, Philadelphia, PA, and Sam B. Blair, Jr., Memphis, TN, for appellees, Danek Medical, Inc. and Warsaw Orthopedics, Inc.

George Lehner, Washington, DC, Glen G. Reid, Jr., John Barry Burgess, and Sam B. Blair, Jr., Memphis, TN, and Murray Levin, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee, Sofamor Danek Group, Inc.

Buckner Potts Wellford, Memphis, TN, Carl R. Schenker, Jr., Washington, DC, and Hugh F. Young, Jr., Reston, VA, for amicus curiae, Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

J. Mark Rogers, Murfreesboro, TN, for amicus curiae, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association.

OPINION

HOLDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ANDERSON, C.J., and BIRCH, and BARKER, JJ., joined.

The plaintiffs alleged that defendants' products, surgically implanted in their backs, were defective. The trial court granted summary judgment for defendants on grounds that the statute of limitations had expired. The plaintiffs appealed, contending that: 1) genuine issues of material fact existed as to whether the statute of limitations...

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