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BLANCO v. BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORP.

No. G038255.

70 Cal.Rptr.3d 566 (2008)

158 Cal.App.4th 1039

Michael BLANCO et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeal of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

January 11, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Magaña, Cathcart & McCarthy, Brian R. Magaña and Anne M. Huarte, Los Angeles, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Alan J. Lazarus, San Francisco, and Kathryn N. Forgie, for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

O'LEARY, J.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment after the trial court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment in a wrongful death action concerning a bileaflet mitral heart valve. The court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment on the ground the Medical Device Amendments (MDA), title 21 United States Code section 360k(a) (section 360k(a)), preempted plaintiffs' state common law causes...

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