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Federal Preemption Upheld In Heart Valve Case

By Erin Marie Daly (January 15, 2008, 12:00 AM EST) -- In a boost for Baxter Healthcare Corp., a California appeals court has held that imposing state tort liability would violate the preemption doctrine in a case involving a woman who died after the company recalled its artificial heart valve but did not recommend that the device be removed from her body....

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