Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language (Revised for Fall '24)

Resource 6 . 2 . 2

19 minutes

Africano v. Atrium Medical Corp. ("The Hernia Mesh Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

What theories of liability did the plaintiff pursue? Were they negligence theories or strict liability theories? Which ones survive summary judgment?

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