Medical Device Claims Archives - Page 18 of 20

Dirty Endoscopes, Deadly Consequences

February 21, 2015

Modern medicine offers more alternatives and procedures to help diagnose and treat medical conditions. The use of an endoscope (a flexible (or rigid) tube with a light and video camera attached to the end that is introduced into the body through an incision or existing opening that offers a mi[...]

New Trial Motion Denied For $2M Vaginal Mesh Verdict Against Bard

February 5, 2015

On January 20, 2015, the judge who oversaw the first federal transvaginal mesh trial against C.R. Bard Inc. (“Bard”) that resulted in a $2 million jury verdict for the plaintiffs ($250,000 in compensatory damages and $1.75 million in punitive damages) in federal court in West Virgin[...]

Settlement Announced For Many Stryker Defective Hip Replacement Claims

November 13, 2014

On November 3, 2014, Howmedica Osteonics Corp., a/k/a Stryker Orthopaedics (“Stryker”), entered into a settlement agreement that resolves federal claims filed in multi-district litigation venued in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota that covers 2,375 plaint[...]

Was The FDA Too Slow To React To New Jersey Pharmaceutical Company Distributing Allegedly Contaminated Products?

October 18, 2014

The FDA announced that on October 2, 2014, a complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, seeking a permanent injunction to stop Pharmaceutical Innovations Inc., a New Jersey pharmaceutical that manufactures and distributes ultrasound, mammography, and electro[...]

Maryland Appellate Court Addresses Federal Preemption Of “Off-Label” Promotion Of Medical Devices

October 9, 2014

On October 6, 2014, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, which is Maryland’s intermediate appellate court (“the Court”), addressed the extent to which federal law expressly or impliedly preempts state common-law and statutory claims for personal injuries that result from �[...]

$73M Transvaginal Mesh Verdict In Texas

September 14, 2014

After a two-week jury trial that concluded on September 8, 2014, the 42-year-old plaintiff in a lawsuit filed in Texas state court for her alleged injuries as a result of her transvaginal mesh implant that she claimed was defective won a jury verdict in her favor in the amount of $73 million agains[...]

$3.27M Transvaginal Mesh Verdict

September 12, 2014

On September 5, 2014, after a two-week trial in federal court in West Virginia, a jury awarded $3.27 million to the plaintiff for her alleged injuries resulting from the transvaginal mesh that had been implanted in her to treat her urinary incontinence. The plaintiff alleged that she had to undergo[...]

Ethicon Morcellation Devices Withdrawn From Market By Manufacturer

August 8, 2014

Ethicon, Inc. (“Ethicon”), a Johnson & Johnson company, announced on July 30, 2014 that it was voluntarily withdrawing from the market all remaining Ethicon Morcellation Devices, following its April 2014 worldwide commercial suspension of selling the devices. The withdrawal of the [...]

$9.9M False Claims Settlement To Be Paid By Medtronic

June 7, 2014

On May 28, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Medtronic, Inc., the large medical device manufacturer based in Fridley, Minnesota, has agreed to pay the U.S. government $9.9 million to settle claims that it paid illegal kickbacks to physicians to induce them to implant Medtronic̵[...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Allege Unnecessary Implanted Cardiac Devices

May 11, 2014

A Lake County, Indiana cardiologist is facing two medical malpractice lawsuits by two former patients whom both allege that the cardiologist implanted unnecessary cardiac devices in them. A separate federal whistleblower lawsuit has also been filed against the cardiologist and the hospital where he [...]

$850M Vaginal Mesh Settlement Announced

May 2, 2014

On April 30, 2014, Endo International plc (“Endo”), a global specialty healthcare company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland (with its U.S. headquarters located in Malvern, Pennsylvania) that develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes pharmaceutical and device products, announced t[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Says Medical Malpractice Case Was Filed Too Late

January 4, 2014

In its decision filed on December 27, 2013, the Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Court of Appeals”) determined that the trial judge was correct in entering judgment in favor of the medical malpractice defendants where the plaintiff filed her medical malpractice claim more than two y[...]

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