Tag: Medical Device Litigation

Pre-emption and Parallel Claims in Medical Device Litigation: Impact of U.S. Supreme Court’s Denial of Certiorari in Stengel

7/14/14

By: Michael P. Bruyere and Michael J. Eshman As federal courts and parties wrestle with the issue of pre-emption and parallel state-law claims in medical device litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court elected not to weigh-in on the 9th Circuit’s decision in Stengel v. Medtronic, Inc. See Stengel v. Medtronic, Inc., 704 F.3d 1224 (9th Cir.…