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GOODLIN v. MEDTRONIC, INC.

No. 97-5801.

167 F.3d 1367 (1999)

Lisa GOODLIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MEDTRONIC, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 18, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel C. Shaughnessy, Cowles & Shaugnessy, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, Kenneth M. Suggs, Suggs & Kelly, Lawyers, P.A., Columbia, SC, Allison M. Zieve, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Alvin Bruce Davis, Michelle A. Fongyee, Frank R. Jimenez, Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge.

KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires us to determine the preemptive effect of the Medical Device Amendments ("MDA"), 21 U.S.C. § 360c et seq., to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act ("FDCA"), 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq. Lisa Goodlin brought suit against Medtronic, Inc. ("Medtronic"), alleging that her Medtronic cardiac pacemaker lead was defective in a way that gave rise to two causes of action under Florida common law. Medtronic...

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