CORTEZ v. COOK INC.

No. 20-3434.

27 F.4th 563 (2022)

Valerie CORTEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COOK INCORPORATED, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 2, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Gallant , Attorney, Dalimonte Rueb Stoller LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Andrea Roberts Pierson , Brian James Paul , Attorneys, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Bruce Gregory Jones , Attorney, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Easterbrook, Rovner, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


Valerie Cortez brought a number of claims against Cook Incorporated, Cook Medical, LLC, and William Cook Europe APS (hereinafter "Cook"), alleging that she was injured by an Inferior Vena Cava Filter called the Gunter Tulip Vena Cava Filter (the "Filter"), which was implanted in her on December 14, 2006. The Filter was designed...

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