RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS
TAYLOR, District Judge.
In this defective heart valve case brought by Canadian plaintiffs, the court rejects a consistent line of developing authority, and holds plaintiffs' claims are not subject to blanket preemption by the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 (21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.). However, under the Piper rule, the court applies the forum non conveniens doctrine, holding that Canada is the proper trial forum....
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