PLOURDE v. SORIN GROUP USA, INC.

No. 21-1145.

23 F.4th 29 (2022)

William PLOURDE, individually and as administrator of the estate of Allison Plourde; Freda Merrill, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. SORIN GROUP USA, INC.; Sorin Group Canada, Inc.; Carbomedics, Inc., Defendants, Appellees, Livanova PLC, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 11, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Randolph Smith , with whom Adam Combies , Matt Hanson , David Randolph Smith & Associates, and Combies Hanson, P.C., were on brief, for appellants.

Katy E. Koski , with whom Jennifer H. Wang , Lea G. James , and Foley & Lardner LLP were on brief, for appellees.

Before Lynch, Thompson, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.


Today's appeal raises a knotty and important question of Massachusetts law on which Massachusetts should have the last word and for which Massachusetts offers us a way to get it.

Thanks to diversity jurisdiction, we federal judges can hear and decide issues of Massachusetts...

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