As a defective medical device attorney, I was interested to see news reports about a second FDA warning for a company that makes artificial joints. As Reuters reported Dec. 29,…
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A federal judge has dismissed with prejudice lawsuits filed over lead wires to an implantable defibrillator made by Medtronic, the Associated Press reports. The court concluded that the Food and…
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The second bellwether trial in the Ethicon multidistrict litigation (MDL) is scheduled to begin with jury selection on August 22, 2014, and an official start on August 25. The bellwether…
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Published June 21, 2012 on LawsuitInformation.org Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson sent letters to the judges in federal and state court overseeing vaginal mesh lawsuits to notify them…
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Medtronic and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Class I Recall of the Medtronic Neuromodulation INDURA IP. The recall of the Medtronic device was prompted by potential for…
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Thoratec Corp. last month issued a worldwide recall of the HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Systems device. According to the company’s press release, wear and fatigue of the percutaneous lead…
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Federal legislators are introducing new bills that would allow patients to once again file lawsuits over injuries from flawed or unsafe medical devices, the New York Times reported Feb. 19.…
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Published May 14, 2012 on LawsuitInformation.org According to court documents, on May 7th 2012, a Virginia woman, Abbdella Brown, filed a lawsuit in Ohio Northern District Court (case no. 1:2012dp21074)…
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The reason behind Johnson and Johnson's (J&J) mishandling of key documents relating to their transvaginal mesh products remains unknown. As these documents could prove invaluable to those building a case…
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I was interested as a defective medical device attorney to see a recent news item about the gender makeup of the steering committee of plaintiffs’ attorneys in the Mirena IUD…
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