Heart Pump Maker Says Wrongful Death Case Cannot Survive Preemption Argument

( January 16, 2025, 1:38 PM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — A husband and daughter failed to allege how a surgically implanted heart pump was defectively designed or how that alleged defect caused a woman’s death, the manufacturer of the device argues in a reply brief to its motion for judgment on the pleadings, urging the Missouri federal court to find that the claims are preempted by federal law....