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IN RE GUIDANT CORP. IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATORS

No. 06-3810.

496 F.3d 863 (2007)

In re: GUIDANT CORP. IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATORS PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. Steve Gaydos; Diane Gaydos, Appellants, v. Guidant Corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 1, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Carlos Raul Diez-Arguelles of Orlando, FL.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Jane J. Bartley of Kansas City, MO. Also appearing on appellee's brief were Timothy A. Pratt and Andrew D. Carpenter of Kansas City, MO.

Before BYE, BEAM, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Steve and Diane Gaydos were plaintiffs in a Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) suit brought against Guidant Corporation ("Guidant"). The district court1 dismissed the Gaydoses's claims for failure to comply with two court orders and denied the Gaydoses's motion for reconsideration. The Gaydoses appeal. We affirm.

I. Background

The Gaydoses are two of nearly 1,400 plaintiffs involved in a MDL suit...

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