11th Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment In Davol Hernia Patch Case

Mealey's (February 13, 2018, 4:30 PM EST) -- ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 7 said that Florida’s learned intermediary doctrine applies to a claim in a hernia patch case and that the plaintiff presented insufficient evidence that the patch’s ring buckled inside the plaintiff’s abdomen (Norma Olmo, et al. v. Davol, Inc., et al., No. 17-11784, 11th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 3129)....

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