Case Name: Stephen YUN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ETHICON, INC., a New Jersey Corporation, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-06-04
Citations: 65 F. App'x 644
Docket Number: No. 02-15992
Parties: Stephen YUN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ETHICON, INC., a New Jersey Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: CANBY, KLEINFELD, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 65
Pages: 644–644

Head Matter:
Stephen YUN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ETHICON, INC., a New Jersey Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 02-15992.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted May 16, 2003.
Decided June 4, 2003.
Before: CANBY, KLEINFELD, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
We affirm the summary judgment, because Yun's submission did not establish a genuine issue as to whether contaminated suture material from Ethicon caused his infection. At most, Yun was able to show that a genuine issue of fact existed with respect to whether some of the recalled sutures remained at Mercy General Hospital. The declarations and depositions do not support the necessary inferences that contaminated sutures were used in Yun's surgery and caused Yun's infection. Though it is not obvious how Yun could prove causation, he has provided no basis for shifting the burden of proof.
AFFIRMED.
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. See Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 106 S.Ct. 2505, 91 L.Ed.2d 202 (1986).