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Kaiser Health News Reports On FDA’s “Hidden” Database Of Malfunctions Of Medical Devices

July 2, 2019

Kaiser Health News reported on June 27, 2019 that its investigation found that “[medical] device manufacturers, for the past two decades, had been sending reports of injuries or malfunctions to the little-known database [alternative summary reporting database], bypassing the public FDA databas[...]

$80M California Verdict For Defective Ethicon Surgical Stapler Causing Anal Canal Closure

December 30, 2015

A California defective medical device claim against Johnson & Johnson regarding its Ethicon subsidiary’s Proximate surgical stapler has resulted in a jury award of $8.5 million in compensatory damages to the injured woman for her pain and suffering, disfigurement, humiliation, and med[...]

Bard IVC Filter Case Filed In Missouri

November 19, 2015

On September 28, 2015, the widow of a man who died allegedly due to a defective Bard G2 IVC filter filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of her husband’s estate and on her own behalf against C.R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of [...]

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[...]

FDA Issues AED Safety Communication

December 13, 2013

An AED (automated external defibrillator) is a device that automatically analyzes the heart rhythm in victims of sudden cardiac arrest and delivers an electrical shock to restore its normal rhythm. AEDs help save lives of cardiac arrest victims when they are working properly and used correctly. Whe[...]

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Kaiser Health News Reports On FDA’s “Hidden” Database Of Malfunctions Of Medical Devices

$80M California Verdict For Defective Ethicon Surgical Stapler Causing Anal Canal Closure

Bard IVC Filter Case Filed In Missouri

Federal Judge Rejects Strict Liability For Defective Medical Device Claim

FDA Issues AED Safety Communication

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