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IN RE ST. JUDE MED., INC. SILZONE HEART VALVES

No. MDL 01-1396 JRT/FLN.

493 F.Supp.2d 1082 (2007)

In re: ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC. SILZONE HEART VALVES PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

June 4, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Gordon Rudd, Jr., Zimmerman Reed, P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, Steven E. Angstreich, Levy, Angstreich, Finney, Baldante, Rubenstein & Coren, P.C., Cherry Hill, NJ, James T. Capretz, Capretz & Associates, Newport Beach, CA, Patrick Murphy, Murphy Law Office, Las Vegas, NV, for plaintiffs.

Tracy J. Van Steenburgh and Cortney G. Sylvester, Halleland, Lewis, Nilan & Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, David E. Stanley, Reed Smith, Los Angeles, CA, Steven M. Kohn, Reed Smith, Oakland, CA, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING MOTIONS TO EXCLUDE TESTIMONY OF EXPERTS

TUNHEIM, District Judge.

Defendant St. Jude Medical produced the Silzone prosthetic heart valve. A test conducted by defendant showed a higher risk of paravalvular leaks at the site where the valves were implanted, and defendant voluntarily recalled all Silzone valves that had not yet been implanted. Numerous lawsuits were filed across the nation, and the cases were ultimately...

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