Riegel v. Medtronic To Be Argued To The Supremes On Tuesday

Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc. -- which presents the question whether federal pre-market approval of a medical device preempts state-law damages suits premised on defects in the design and labeling of that device - - will be argued this coming Tuesday, December 4, before the U.S. Supreme Court. This post provides links to all of CL&P's information on this important case. Friday's Law.Com has this article about the case. Here are the plaintiffs' Supreme Court briefs. Here is the defendant's brief. Check back here after the argument for a link to the oral argument transcript.