3M asked the Supreme Court in February to hear the case, saying the Eighth Circuit applied an erroneously permissive standard in allowing the joint-replacement patients’ expert witnesses.
The Bair Hugger consists of a portable heater and blower connected by a flexible hose to a blanket. It warms patients by blowing heated air through the blanket onto their exposed skin. Plaintiffs allege the device disrupts the airflow in operating rooms, allowing contaminated air ...