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: ThePopTortMedical Device Heartbreak
By Joe Consumer
Imagine a company manufactures a defective medical device and it's implanted in your heart. Now imagine that you have no recourse against the company because the U.S. Supreme Court decided they were immune from suit! No, this isn't a dream. Er, nightmare rather. Check out the news story below (and let's hope Congress fixes this problem soon)!
Full post as published by ThePopTort on March 16, 2009 (boomark / email).
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