Today’s case, Knudsen v. Ethicon, Inc., 2021 WL 390825 (M.D. Fla. 2021), involves product-liability claims against a surgical-mesh manufacturer. In a short decision, the court dismissed manufacturing-defect and implied-warranty claims as inadequately pleaded under Michigan law. Although not fully developed, the court’s reasons for dismissing the claims exhibit both insight into manufacturing-defect claims and

Andrew Tauber
Implied Preemption In Commercial Litigation
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Posted in Implied Preemption, Preemption
This post is from the non-Reed Smith side of the blog.
In future posts I will get to the point with little delay, but because this is my first post for the blog, a short introduction is in order.
I am partner in Winston & Strawn LLP’s Appellate & Critical Motions practice. Questions of…