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Brittany Billetts, et al. v. Mentor Worldwide LLC
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 19-56398
Before the decision, about 3.9× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Ninth Circuit decision below and a circuit split argued in the petition, and down for a business respondent.
Question presented
The question presented is whether preemption under the Medical Device Amendments to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act supports Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of state common law claims alleging failure to warn by virtue of inaccurate post-approval, post-sale public reporting of adverse events, and claims alleging defective manufacture of medical devices.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Anthony Anderson Benton Dogali
Dogali Law Group, P.A.
For respondent
Dustin Bradley Rawlin
Tucker Ellis LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Nov 15 2021Petition DENIED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
- Oct 27 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
- Oct 08 2021Brief of respondent Mentor Worldwide LLC in opposition filed.
- Aug 27 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 8, 2021.
- Aug 26 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 8, 2021 to October 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 21 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 8, 2021.
- Jul 20 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 9, 2021 to September 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 06 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 9, 2021)