SMITH v. ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC.

No. A135338.

217 Cal.App.4th 313 (2013)

158 Cal. Rptr. 3d 302

AUDREY SMITH et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

May 21, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Tesfaye W. Tsadik, Tesfaye W. Tsadik ; and Alan S. Levin for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Burke, Williams & Sorensen, Eric A. Gale ; Feldman Gale and Todd M. Malynn for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

JONES, P. J.

Plaintiffs are the five adult children and mother of the decedent, Patricia Amonoo, who died following cardiac pacemaker surgery in 2008. Plaintiffs sued St. Jude Medical, Inc. (St. Jude), Jeremy Kosel (collectively, defendants), and others involved in the surgery for, among other things, wrongful death as a result of defendants' negligence. The trial court granted St. Jude's motion for summary judgment, concluding...

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