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Federal Appellate Court Partially Affirms Medtronic Win In Fraudulent Spinal Devices Case

April 22, 2021

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished Memorandum opinion filed on April 2, 2021 in a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that Medtronic Inc. and various related entities fraudulently obtained Food and Drug Administration c[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Plaintiff Failed To Prove Surgical Scissors Caused Injury

April 21, 2021

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held in its unpublished opinion filed on April 2, 2021: “At best, Pierre’s evidence presents a “mere possibility” that an insulation defect in the Scissors caused her thermal injury. But �[...]

Medtronic Recalls All Unused Valiant Navion™ Thoracic Stent Graft System

April 1, 2021

On February 23, 2021, Medtronic plc (Medtronic) announced its voluntary recall of unused Medtronic Valiant Navion™ thoracic stent graft system and informed physicians to immediately cease use of the device until further notice. Medtronic initiated the recall in response to information recent[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Overturns Two Pelvic Mesh Verdicts In Favor Of Plaintiffs

March 24, 2021

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (“New Jersey Appellate Court”) overturned two large pelvic mesh verdicts in favor of the plaintiffs in two pelvic mesh product liability lawsuits, stating in its published opinion dated March 2, 2021, “we conclude the two respecti[...]

Massachusetts Supreme Court Holds Dismissal Of State-Law-Based Medical Device Claim Was Appropriate

February 24, 2021

The Massachusetts Supreme Court held in it opinion filed on January 29, 2021 in a defective medical device case that “the complaint does not proffer sufficient factual assertions that plausibly establish causality between Genzyme’s purportedly tortious activities and Dunn’s injurie[...]

Filshie Clip Migration Claims

January 26, 2021

Almost daily we receive inquiries regarding Filshie clip migration from women throughout the United States. Most of these women report that they have complained of substantial pain in their abdomen for months if not years before they are finally told that one of their Filshie clips that was implante[...]

Medtronic Will Pay Over $9.2M To Settle Allegations Of Improper Payments To South Dakota Neurosurgeon

December 13, 2020

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on October 29, 2020 that Minnesota-based medical device maker Medtronic USA Inc. (“Medtronic”) has agreed to pay $8.1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce a South Dakota neurosurgeon to[...]

Medical Device Manufacturer To Pay $18M To Settle Illegal Kickbacks Allegations

November 18, 2020

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on October 14, 2020 that medical device manufacturer Merit Medical Systems Inc. (“MMSI”) of South Jordan, Utah has agreed to pay $18 million to resolve allegations that the company caused the submission of false claims to the Medicare, Medicaid, a[...]

Study Finds Medical Device Manufacturers’ Payments To Physicians Influenced Their Device Selection

November 12, 2020

A study published on November 3, 2020 in JAMA Network entitled “Association Between Industry Payments to Physicians and Device Selection in ICD Implantation” concluded: “In this cross-sectional study, a large proportion of ICD or CRT-D implantations were performed by physicians who[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms $3.6M Verdict Against Bard In G2 IVC Filter Case

October 25, 2020

In its opinion filed on August 13, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) affirmed a federal jury’s verdict against C. R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. (collectively, “Bard”) involving product-liability claim[...]

Spine Surgeon And Medical Device Distributor Agree To Plead Guilty To Illegal Kickback Scheme

October 9, 2020

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on August 18, 2020 that a Missouri surgeon and Kansas medical device distributor have been charged and agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to pay and receive kickbacks aimed at inducing the use of spinal implants sold by a med[...]

Federal Appellate Court Reinstates Pelvic Mesh Lawsuit As Timely Filed

September 18, 2020

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on August 13, 2020, stated, “Karla Parton appeals the district court’s dismissal of her product-liability suit against Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon, which the court he[...]

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