Hobus

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

JAN 3 2025

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JACOB HOBUS, No. 23-3528

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v. DC No. 3:21-cv-00080-AN HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP., a New Jersey Corporation, MEMORANDUM* Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Adrienne C. Nelson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 2, 2024 Portland, Oregon

Before: TASHIMA, NGUYEN, and SUNG, Circuit Judges.

Jacob Hobus appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in

defendant’s favor in his diversity action asserting product liability claims under

Oregon law against Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (“HOC”), the manufacturer of an

AccuLIF® TL Cage System that was implanted during surgery on Hobus’s spine.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the district

court’s grant of…