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Degelmann v. Advanced Medical Optics

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  • Court: 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Archives
  • Area(s) of Law: Standing
  • Date Filed: 09-28-2011
  • Case #: 10-15222
  • Judge(s)/Court Below: Circuit Judge Noonan for the Court; Circuit Judge N Smith and District Judge Collins

Injury in fact under Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 搂 17204 is satisfied when 鈥渢he consumer has purchased a product that he or she paid more for that he or she otherwise might have been willing to pay if the product had been labeled accurately.鈥

Following a recall by Advanced Medical Optics (鈥淎MO鈥) of MoisturePlus contact lens solution, which was associated with 鈥渁 serious eye infection,鈥 Degelmann filed suit against AMO under Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code听搂听17200 and 17500. The district court granted summary judgment for AMO, finding that Degelmann had not suffered injury in fact and therefore lacked standing. Here, the Court finds that Degelmann did have standing, but affirms the dismissal on preemption grounds. Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code听搂 17204 鈥'requires [plaintiffs] to show that [they have] lost money or property sufficient to constitute an injury in fact.'鈥 Degelmann satisfies this requirement by claiming 鈥渢hat [he] bought MoisturePlus, relying on the representation that it would disinfect [his] lenses, and would not have bought it had [he] known how poorly it actually worked鈥 that is, injury in fact is satisfied where 鈥渢he consumer has purchased a product that he or she听paid more for听that he or she otherwise might have been willing to pay if the product had been labeled accurately.鈥 The Court next turns to the second issue in AMO's motion for summary judgment, which the district court never reached. 21 U.S.C. 搂 360k(a) 鈥渆xpressly preempts some state and local causes of action regarding medical devices鈥 where there is 鈥(1) a federal requirement imposed on the device under the FDCA, and (2) the challenged state or local rule... [imposes] a requirement that is different from... the federal requirement.鈥 Here, an FDA 鈥淕uidance Document鈥 鈥減romulgated specific requirements鈥 and AMO met those federal requirements. Because Deglelmann fails to prove that California law imposes 鈥渁 requirement that is additional to the federal requirements,鈥 his claim is 鈥渆xpressly preempted by 搂 360." AFFIRMED.

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