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A Thorny PMA Preemption Decision from Rhode Island

Drug & Device Law

Plaintiff had surgery in 2014 in which the clips were used. The court also disagreed with defendants’ argument that plaintiff’s claims should be time barred because she alleges that she began experiencing symptoms soon after her surgery in 2014 and therefore, she should have discovered her injury before the statute of limitations ran in 2017.

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