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Arizona Supreme Court Applies Federal Preemption To Preclude State Law Failure To Warn Claim Involving Pain Pump

December 20, 2018

The Supreme Court of the State of Arizona (“Arizona Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on December 18, 2018 that the plaintiff’s pain pump failure to warn state law claims were preempted under federal law (i.e., federal law preempts a failure-to-warn claim predicated on a me[...]

Defective Medical Devices Caused 1.7 Million Injuries, 83,000 Deaths In U.S.

November 29, 2018

The Implant Files, which is a global investigation that tracks the harm caused by medical devices that have been tested inadequately or not at all, analyzed more than 8 million device-related health records, including death and injury reports and recalls, and found “more than 1.7 million injur[...]

Stem Cell Product Recalled

November 14, 2018

On October 10, 2018, Liveyon LLC (“Liveyon”), a distributor of stem cell products manufactured by Genetech, Inc. (“Genetech”), a laboratory located in San Diego, California, announced that it voluntarily recalled all ReGen Series® products due to reported possible adverse re[...]

FDA Issues Proposed Cybersecurity Recommendations For Medical Devices

November 11, 2018

Imagine you or a loved one has an implanted medical device, such as a heart pacemaker, that may be hacked and controlled by someone other than the manufacturer or your doctor. Someone could conceivably control the device such that you or your loved may be seriously harmed (or worse). On October 17, [...]

$1.23M Maryland Verdict For Man Thrown From Wheelchair In Medical Transport Vehicle

September 9, 2018

On June 8, 2018, a Maryland jury returned its verdict in favor of a wheelchair-bound man who was being transported by a medical transport company when he was thrown to the floor of the vehicle after the vehicle hit a snowbank, because the man was not properly strapped in the vehicle by the transport[...]

Report Finds Pharmaceutical Recalls And Medical Device Recalls Were Up In First Quarter 2018

July 10, 2018

The First Quarter 2018 “Recall Index” published by Stericycle Expert Solutions (“Stericylce,” which “provides global and local expertise before, during, and after a recall threat” and each quarter of the year analyzes cumulative recall data across five product cat[...]

California Appellate Court Reduces Punitive Damages Award From $70M To $19.6M In Malfunctioning Surgical Stapler Case

July 8, 2018

The Court of Appeal of the State of California First Appellate District Division Five (“California Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on June 13, 2018, reduced the punitive damages award by a California jury from $70 million to $19.7 million (i.e., two-times the amount of the compen[...]

South Dakota Federal Court Sentences 3 Conspirators In $16.6M Fraudulent Medical Device Scheme

May 14, 2018

On April 20, 2018, a South Dakota federal judge sentenced three conspirators who admitted to marketing and selling light-emitting medical devices (“QLaser”) as a cure-all to mostly elderly consumers. The 83-year-old ringleader who was the primary organizer of the fraudulent medical devic[...]

FDA Issues Safety Alert Regarding Cross-Contamination Of Endoscopes

May 10, 2018

On April 18, 2018, the FDA issued a Safety Alert about the risk of cross-contamination with certain connectors that are used in gastrointestinal endoscopy. Specifically, the FDA warned that it has not received acceptable testing to demonstrate the safe use of 24-hour multi-patient use endoscope conn[...]

$33.2 Million Settlement For Defective Medical Testing Device

April 10, 2018

Patients and their doctors rely on the safety and effectiveness of medical testing devices when making decisions regarding diagnosis and medical care. Defective or faulty medical testing devices put patient safety at risk and may result in the wrong decisions being made regarding medical treatment, [...]

Federal Appellate Court Allows Some State Law Claims In Medical Device Lawsuit

April 8, 2018

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) addressed the issue of how courts should apply the federal express preemption provision to state law tort claims challenging the design and manufacture of a medical device comprised of multiple component[...]

New Trial Ordered In Olympus Contaminated Scope Case

January 26, 2018

In its Order dated January 16, 2018, the Superior Court of the State of Washington For King County (“Court”) granted the plaintiff’s motion for new trial and for sanctions against Olympus America, Inc. and related defendants (“Olympus”) in a wrongful death case in which[...]

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