UPDATE: Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) loses bid to dismiss punitive damages claims

March 26, 2013 10:19 AM EDT
(Updated - March 26, 2013 11:10 AM EDT)

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISRG) loses bid to dismiss punitive damages claims.

Claims were filed against Intuitive Surgical over damages allegedly sustained via the result of robotic surgery.

A motion for summary judgement was also denied.

The verdict was issued by the Kitsap County Superior Court in Washington state.

Shares of Intuitive Surgical are up 0.8 percent on the session. The company has been on traders' watch list after questions over the safety and cost-effectiveness attributed to robotic surgery were raised.


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