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KENNEDY v. MEDTRONIC, INC.

No. 1-04-1621.

851 N.E.2d 778 (2006)

Sharon KENNEDY, as Administrator of the Estate of Ralph G. Studzinski, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MEDTRONIC, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

June 6, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Chessick, Schaumburg, for Appellant.

Sheldon T. Zenner, Michael J. Summerhill, Chicago, for Appellee.

Stephanie A. Scharf, Jenner & Block LLP, Jeffrey Singer, Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd., Chicago, for Amicus Curiae.

Justice SOUTH delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Sharon Kennedy, as administrator of the estate of her father, Ralph G. Studzinski, brought this negligence action seeking damages for the alleged injury and wrongful death of her father following the implantation of a cardiac pacemaker and lead manufactured by defendant, Medtronic, Inc. The trial court granted Medtronic's motion for summary judgment.

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