Connecticut High Court: State Law Allows Non-Reporting Claim In Lens Implant Case

Mealey's (June 9, 2022, 1:36 PM EDT) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — Ruling on questions certified by a federal appeals court in an intraocular lens injury case, the Connecticut Supreme Court on June 7 said the state’s product liability law allows a claim about failure by defendant Bausch & Lomb Inc. to report adverse events or to comply with postmarketing requirements, but said the same law’s exclusivity provision bars the plaintiff’s second cause of action under the state’s unfair trade practices law for deceptive marketing....