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Suing the Certifiers – A Dangerous Undertaking

Drug & Device Law

Apparently, a fraudulent foreign-trained “doctor” treated the plaintiffs, none of whom claimed malpractice or any physical injury whatsoever. After that, over the next decade, he also defrauded the State of Maryland and at least two hospitals. University Hospital , 659 N.Y.S.2d March 23, 2020), vacated , 15 F.4th

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Live Free, or at Least Have a Present Injury

Drug & Device Law

2007); Syms v. Dupont Hospital for Children , 393 F. 2007); Hunt v. 2007 WL 4570421, at *1-2 (D. 21, 2007); Avila v. CNH America LLC , 2007 WL 2688613, at *1-2 (D. CNH America LLC , 2007 WL 2688613, at *1-2 (D. 2007); Priselac v. Buckley , 521 U.S. 424, 439-40 (1997); June v. Olin Corp. ,

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Removal, Severance & Rule 21

Drug & Device Law

That started us thinking about other uses of severance of non-indispensable parties to preserve diversity – particularly, as in the Rejuvenate case, medical malpractice defendants in product liability litigation – to preserve federal diversity jurisdiction. Calvert Memorial Hospital , 117 F. Ohio 2009)). Synthes Corp. , at 833.