The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit looked to the Connecticut Supreme Court for guidance in interpreting state law pertaining to product liability and unfair trade practices while considering a consumer’s claim that she was injured by defective artificial lenses manufactured and marketed by Bausch & Lomb.

The plaintiff, Marjorie Glover, filed the underlying suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut against Bausch & Lomb pertaining to its manufacturing of the Trulign Lens, a medical device that is surgically implanted in the eye to treat cataracts, according to the state Supreme Court’s majority opinion, which was officially released on Tuesday.

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