DaVinci malfunctioned during her surgery. She had two years from this time to file. There would be no delayed discovery rule on statue of limitations because of this?
Correct
The fact that "specifics" of the malfunction are "hidden" from (everybody). Does not change what the law says.
For the delayed discovery rule plaintiff must state when plaintiff "SUSPECTED" the defendants product was defective. (Not the specifics of the defect - Not when the defendant stopped "hiding" it.) WHEN DID YOU SUSPECT. PERIOD. I don't remember is not an answer. IF YOU FAIL TO ANSWER - YOU LOSE. PERIOD.
When a healthcare worker tells you a cause or possible cause. In this case her doctor said it malfunctioned. She might as well said it was defective. It's the same thing. So it WAS
NOT HIDDEN IN THE ANDERSON CASE. Even if the doctor knew nothing of the specifics of the defects. The doctor witnessed the defect and told the patient. The patient has two years to file suit. PERIOD. This did not happen in the Hershey case that is why it survived.
The butt hurt lawyers will say it's a "bias" judge. Yet they followed the judges reasoning and correctly apply the law as it says and what do ya know - they win the Hershey case. I guess that SAME judge now isn't "bias"?
The Anderson case should not have gone on as long as it did. Her attorney should have found out this information early on before signing her. If Mrs. Anderson signed with her attorney one and a half years after she "suspected" she may have waited to long. Six months is about the bare minimum for an attorney to gather information, especially in a medical products liability case, to have enough facts that warrant filing suit. Depends on when she signed up with her law firm. Did they drop the ball or did she wait to long? The frantic appeal says to me they dropped the ball. Had the firm known that her S.O.L. was approaching they should have filed immediately and worried about gathering facts later. Anderson wasn't their 1st case about this company. They should have already had enough facts. My guess is they were using each case they got as a "trickle" to annoy ISI. So caught up in playing lawyer games they dropped Anderson's ball.
Anderson will find out on the "frivolous appeal" filed by the butt hurt law firm soon enough.
I see a State Bar Complaint in that firms future in this case. That's ok tho. The $ they are making from these settlements they can afford to settle with Anderson. They should. It's their fault.
Anderson will (in a way) be paid by ISI one day. Something is better than nothing!