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SILL v. SHILEY, INC.

No. 87-0471-CV-W-9.

735 F.Supp. 337 (1989)

Freda A. SILL, Plaintiff, v. SHILEY, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Missouri, W.D.

June 1, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schulz, Bender, Maher & Blair, J.C. Hambrick, Jr., Steven G. Emerson, Thomas H. Davis, Morris & Larson, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiff.

David A. York, Latham & Watkins, Chicago, Ill., Patrick Lysaught, Sherman Wickens Lysaught & Speck, Kansas City, Mo., David Klingsberg, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, for defendant.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON ALL COUNTS

BARTLETT, District Judge.

On March 12, 1986, a Bjork-Shiley 60° Convexo/Concave mitral heart valve manufactured by defendant Shiley, Inc. was implanted in plaintiff Freda A. Sill. On January 1, 1987, plaintiff watched the television show "20/20" that described strut fractures in some of Shiley's mechanical heart valves. Also, there was reference to alleged attempts by Shiley to conceal...

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