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New York Court Of Appeals Discusses What Is A “Foreign Object” In Medical Malpractice Claims

August 10, 2015

In a recent case, the New York Court of Appeals (New York’s highest court) discussed the New York statute of limitations in medical malpractice claims that allege injuries due to foreign objects left in patients. In particular, the Court of Appeals discussed what is a “foreign object&[...]

Maryland Whistleblower Will Receive $2.2M From $13.5M False Claims Settlement

August 6, 2015

A former Maryland sales agent for a medical device manufacturer will receive $2.2 million from the $13.5 million False Claims Act settlement recently reached between the U.S. government and the medical device manufacturer. The former sales agent had filed a federal lawsuit under the False Claims [...]

Power Morcellator Cancer Lawsuits Filed By Two Pennsylvania Women

August 5, 2015

Two Philadelphia women recently filed lawsuits alleging that they developed cancer after power morcellators were used during their laparoscopic hysterectomy procedures. The Philadelphia women allege in their lawsuits that the manufacturer of the laparoscopic power morcellators used in their robot-as[...]

Federal Judge Rejects Strict Liability For Defective Medical Device Claim

July 25, 2015

On July 15, 2015, a federal judge with the U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Pennsylvania held that the exclusion from strict liability for prescription drug claims should also apply to prescription medical device claims. Despite the fact that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has yet to a[...]

Did Maryland Hospital Use Counterfeit Spinal Hardware?

July 22, 2015

A Maryland hospital has reportedly been sued by health insurers that allege that some spinal fusion patients who had their surgeries at the hospital may have been implanted with counterfeit spinal hardware. A spine surgeon who operated at the Maryland hospital has also been named in lawsuits, whic[...]

California Lawsuit Alleges Counterfeit Spinal Hardware Used During Surgeries

June 25, 2015

Lawyers in California filed a lawsuit in February 2015, which was unsealed on May 28, 2015, alleging that 15 spine surgeons, 17 hospitals, and many others engaged in a health care fraud scheme and in a conspiracy by knowingly implanting counterfeit spinal hardware into patients in California, Maryla[...]

California Jury Awards $4.5M For Defective Hip Implant

June 20, 2015

On June 12, 2015, after an eight-day trial, a 12-member California jury deliberated for more than a day before it awarded the plaintiffs $4.5 million in compensatory damages after finding that the manufacturer of a hip implant, Wright Medical Technology Inc., defectively designed the hip prosthesis[...]

$100M Delaware Vaginal Mesh Verdict

June 4, 2015

On May 28, 2015, a Delaware jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $100 million ($25 million in compensatory damages and $75 million in punitive damages) against Boston Scientific Corporation, the manufacturer of the transvaginal mesh that was implanted in the plaintif[...]

Baltimore Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For Failed Penile Implant Surgeries

April 5, 2015

On March 24, 2015, a man and his wife filed a Baltimore medical malpractice lawsuit against a urologist, his medical practice, and a Baltimore hospital for the alleged negligence involving two penile implant surgeries that ultimately left the man unable to have sexual intercourse with his wife. T[...]

7 Rhode Island OB Practices Settle Unapproved IUD Claims

March 22, 2015

Seven Rhode Island obstetrical practices have agreed to settle claims against them alleging that they implanted unapproved versions of the Mirena and ParaGard intrauterine devices (“IUDs”) in patients and then sought the higher reimbursement for FDA-approved IUDs. An IUD is a small T-s[...]

$5.7M California Transvaginal Mesh Verdict Against Ethicon

March 7, 2015

On March 5, 2015, a California jury returned a $5.7 million verdict against Ethicon, Inc., which is a Johnson & Johnson company, in a transvaginal mesh lawsuit filed by a woman who was implanted with Ethicon’s transvaginal mesh device in 2011 to treat her stress urinary incontinence. The[...]

Intrathecal Pain Pump Malfunction

February 25, 2015

On January 9, 2015, a Texas man filed a product liability and negligence lawsuit against the manufacturer of his implanted morphine pump, alleging that the morphine pump was defectively designed, defectively manufactured, and that the placement of the morphine pump was negligent because there was no[...]

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