INFUSE lawsuit may go to jury

INFUSE LAWSUIT MAY GO TO A JURY (Orthopedics This Week)
far, U.S. Supreme Court “Preemption” decisions have kept Medtronic, Inc. from having to go to a jury to defend itself in several Infuse lawsuits.
But that may be about to change as a state judge in Minnesota has ruled that the company can be sued in state court on charges that it manipulated research and misled surgeons about the dangers of off-label uses of Infuse.
The judge had previously refused to let a case of a patient who claims he was injured by the product proceed because of the Supreme Court rulings that usually exclude people i...