Mealey's (October 16, 2019, 11:44 AM EDT) -- ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania federal judge on Oct. 8 dismissed with prejudice a Perclose vein closure device injury lawsuit in part because an affidavit filed by a purported plaintiff expert did not qualify as a “written instrument” as defined by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Andrea Irizarry, et al. v. Abbott Laboratories, et al., No. 18-4232, E.D. Pa., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 177566)....