Stryker Rejected in Bid for High Court Limits on Patient Suits
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The U.S. Supreme Court left intact a ruling that let a woman sue Stryker Corp. over a recalled artificial hip, as the justices refused to reinforce the limits on patient lawsuits against medical-device makers.
The high court today rejected Stryker’s appeal in the case of Margaret J. Bausch, an Illinois woman who received a replacement hip six days after federal regulators warned about problems at a company manufacturing facility.