HEFFERAN v. ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY INC.

No. 15-3619.

828 F.3d 488 (2016)

Brandon HEFFERAN; Sabine Hefferan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY INC.; Johnson & Johnson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 8, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Sara Ann Strickland , Morelli Ratner Law Firm PLLC, New York, New York, for Appellants. David F. Abernethy , Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Adam E. Deutsch , Morelli Ratner Law Firm PLLC, New York, New York, for Appellants. David F. Abernethy , Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Susanne M. Cetrulo , Cetrulo Mowery & Hicks, PSC, Edgewood, Kentucky, for Appellees.

Before: BOGGS, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges; and BERG, District Judge.


OPINION

Brandon and Sabine Hefferan, an American husband and German wife, have lived together in Germany since 2002. They seek damages for complications that arose when a surgical stapler manufactured by American corporation Ethicon Endo-Surgery allegedly malfunctioned during a surgery that Brandon Hefferan underwent...

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