For the Longest Time

Litigation attorney Eric Alexander published a blog for Drug & Device Law analyzing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit's unpublished decision in Cordle v. Enovis Corp., which affirmed the dismissal of a knee brace product liability case as a result of lack of personal jurisdiction and failure to state a claim. Mr. Alexander says the court's opinion emphasized the need for plaintiffs to plead specific factual allegations rather than vague or conclusory claims, and it refused to allow repeated attempts to amend deficient complaints. This decision illustrates a growing judicial trend toward preventing protracted litigation based on insufficient pleadings in product liability cases.

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