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IN RE MEDTRONIC, INC., SPRINT FIDELIS LEADS

No. 09-2290.

623 F.3d 1200 (2010)

In re MEDTRONIC, INC., SPRINT FIDELIS LEADS PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION, Anna Bryant, et al., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Medtronic, Inc., et al., Defendant-Appellee. Product Liability Advisory Council, Amicus on Behalf of Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 15, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Gustafson , argued, Karla M. Gluek and Amanda M. Williams , on the brief, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

Kenneth S. Geller , argued, Washington, DC, David M. Gossett and Carl J. Summers , Washington, DC, Daniel L. Ring , Herbert L. Zarov and Steven J. Kane , Philip S. Beck , Chicago, IL, George W. Soule , Jennifer K. Huelskoetter and Melissa R. Stull , Minneapolis, MN, on the brief, for appellee.

Before LOKEN, MELLOY, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Medtronic, Inc., designed, manufactured, and sold the Sprint Fidelis Lead, a wire that delivers signals that allow an implantable cardiac defibrillator to detect an abnormal heart rhythm and deliver a shock to help the heart return to an appropriate rhythm. After Medtronic recalled the product in October 2007, Anna Bryant and other patients with implanted Sprint Fidelis Leads filed suits across the country against Medtronic and its...

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