IN RE BARD IVC FILTERS PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIG.

No. 18-16349.

969 F.3d 1067 (2020)

IN RE BARD IVC FILTERS PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION, Sherr-Una Booker, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. C. R. Bard, Inc., a New Jersey corporation; Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc., a subsidiary and/or Division of defendant C.R. Bard, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 13, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Martin (argued), Michael K. Brown , and Kasey J. Curtis , Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, California; Richard B. North Jr. , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; for Defendants-Appellants.

David C. Frederick (argued), Brendan J. Crimmins , and Collin R. White , Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.; Ramon Rossi Lopez and Joshua Mankoff , Lopez McHugh LLP, Newport Beach, California; Julia Reed Zaic , Heaviside Reed Zaic , Laguna Beach, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Chilton Davis Varner and J. Franklin Sacha Jr. , King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for Amicus Curiae Product Liability Advisory Council Inc.

Robert S. Peck , Center for Constitutional Litigation P.C., Washington, D.C.; Elise Sanguinetti , President, American Association for Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae American Association for Justice.

Before: Susan P. Graber, Andrew D. Hurwitz, and Eric D. Miller, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Sherr-Una Booker sued C. R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. (collectively, "Bard"), asserting product-liability claims based on injuries she sustained from a medical device designed and manufactured by Bard. The jury found Bard liable for negligent...

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