United States Eleventh Circuit

In breast implant litigation, outlining general manufacturer's liability law and then describing the learned intermediary doctrine is proper.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/14/2000
• Published 12/14/2000

Judges

• BARKETT, Circuit Judge:, Before CARNES and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and POLLAK, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Katharine Anne Weber,Maibeth J. Porter, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, Birmingham, AL, Roger K. Smith, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Los Angeles, CA, Thomas Marven Peterson, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee., Ralph I. Knowles, Jr., Leslie J. Bryan, Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Divine, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.