CONKLIN v. MEDTRONIC, INC.

No. CV-17-0322-PR.

431 P.3d 571 (2018)

Raymond R. CONKLIN, II, et al., Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. MEDTRONIC, INC., et al., Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed December 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Friedman , Jonathan V. O'Steen , (argued), O'Steen & Harrison, PLC, Phoenix, Attorneys for Raymond R. Conklin, II and Joanne M. Conklin.

Andrew E. Tauber , (argued), Kenneth S. Geller , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C.; and E. Jeffrey Walsh , Michael T. Liburdi , Nicole M. Goodwin , Greenberg Traurig LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Medtronic, Inc., Medtronic PLC, and Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc.

Stanley G. Feldman , Miller, Pitt, Feldman & McAnally, P.C., Tucson; and David L. Abney , Ahwatukee Legal Office, P.C., Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Association of Justice/Arizona Trial Lawyers Association.

Carlyle (Cary) W. Hall, III , John F. Barwell , Polsinelli PC, Phoenix; and Alan J. Lazarus , Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, San Francisco, CA, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

JUSTICE PELANDER authored the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BALES, VICE CHIEF JUSTICE BRUTINEL, and JUSTICES TIMMER, BOLICK, GOULD, and LOPEZ joined.


¶ 1 The issue here is whether federal law preempts an Arizona common law failure-to-warn claim based on a medical device manufacturer's failure to submit adverse event reports to the United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"). We hold that the claim is impliedly preempted.

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