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Dealing with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Non-Decision on Standards Compliance Evidence

Drug & Device Law

That is significant because, unlike (now) every other state in the country, since 1987 Pennsylvania precedent prohibited defendants from introducing evidence of their compliance with government and/or industry standards (“standards compliance” or “compliance” evidence, for short) in strict liability design defect cases – generally.

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Federal Officer Removal Fails In California

Drug & Device Law

142 (2007), mere regulation of the product or conduct at issue—the medical walker is a non-prescription, Class I medical device with general controls only—is not a basis for removal under this statute. 308 (2005), which comes up not infrequently in drug and device product liability cases. Since the Supreme Court decision in Watson v.