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IN RE MEDTRONIC, INC. SPRINT FIDELIS LEADS PRODS.

Multidistrict Litigation No. 08-1905 (RHK/JSM).

592 F.Supp.2d 1147 (2009)

In re MEDTRONIC, INC. SPRINT FIDELIS LEADS PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION, This document relates to: All Cases.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

January 5, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Gustafson, Gustafson Gluek, PLLC, Plaintiffs' lead counsel, Robert K. Shelquist, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Plaintiffs' liaison counsel, Charles S. Zimmerman, Zimmerman Reed PLLP, Minneapolis, MN, chair of Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, on behalf of the individual Plaintiffs.

Paul R. Dahlberg, Meshbesher & Spence, Ltd., Rochester, MN, James T. Capretz, Capretz & Associates, Newport Beach, CA, for the Third-Party Payor Plaintiffs.

Kenneth S. Geller, Mayer Brown, LLP, Washington, DC, Rick Robinson, Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, Washington, DC, George W. Soule, Bowman and Brooke, Minneapolis, MN, Daniel L. Ring, Mayer Brown, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

RICHARD H. KYLE, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

The federal courts are frequently confronted with sympathetic plaintiffs who are, nevertheless, without remedy by operation of law. Doctrines such as qualified immunity often shield defendants from liability even when plaintiffs have been injured by the defendants' conduct. As one court has stated, "[l]itigants must believe that judges spend an inordinate amount of time...

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