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Personal Injury

Lawsuits allege Medline, chemical supplier’s EO emissions caused cancer

August 29, 2019 By Brad Perriello

A quartet of plaintiffs yesterday accused Medline Industries and chemical supplier Vantage Specialty Chemicals of releasing the ethylene oxide emissions that caused their cancer. The personal injury lawsuits, brought in the Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago, allege that Medline and Vantage Specialty Chemicals plants in Waukegan and Gurnee, respectively, allege that their leukemia and, […]

Filed Under: Legal News, Sterilization / Calibration Tagged With: Medline Industries Inc., Personal Injury, Vantage Specialty Chemicals

Medical device makers look to slip lawsuits on Supreme Court ruling

July 5, 2017 By Brad Perriello

A trio of medical device makers are looking to slip patent infringement and product liability lawsuits based on recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings governing out-of-state lawsuits. In TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods Group Brands, the Supremes limited the ability of patent holders to sue in other states. Kraft sued TC Heartland in its incorporated state of Delaware […]

Filed Under: Legal News, Patent Infringement Tagged With: Abbott, Boston Scientific, Ethicon, Johnson and Johnson, Personal Injury, stjudemedical

Report: Boston Scientific loses $100m pelvic mesh case

May 28, 2015 By Brad Perriello

Report: Boston Scientific loses $100m pelvic mesh case

Filed Under: Legal News, News Well Tagged With: Boston Scientific, Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits, Personal Injury

Boston Scientific faces federal mesh trials today

November 3, 2014 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

Boston Scientific faces federal mesh trials today

Filed Under: Gynecological, Legal News, News Well, Product Liability Tagged With: Boston Scientific, Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits, Personal Injury

Report: Boston Scientific wins 2nd pelvic mesh bellwether

August 29, 2014 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

Report: Boston Scientific wins 2nd pelvic mesh bellwether

Filed Under: Gynecological, Implants, Legal News, News Well Tagged With: Boston Scientific, Personal Injury

Zimmer asks judge to sanction plaintiffs’ lawyers in knee implant lawsuits

August 28, 2014 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

Zimmer seeks sanctions against plaintiffs' lawyers in knee implant lawsuits

Filed Under: Implants, Legal News, News Well Tagged With: Hips, Personal Injury, Zimmer Biomet

DePuy Synthes gets FDA’s highest-risk warning after 15 complaints

August 27, 2014 By Arezu Sarvestani Leave a Comment

DePuy Synthes recalls orthopedic implant, gets FDA's highest-risk warning

FDA regulators put their highest-risk Class I label on the recall of DePuy Synthes’ Craniomaxillofacial Distraction System after the company reported 15 injuries associated with the jaw implant.

Filed Under: News Well, Orthopedics, Recalls Tagged With: depuysynthes, Johnson and Johnson, Personal Injury

Court defines ‘breast implant’ in Dow Corning’s $2B product liability saga

August 5, 2014 By Arezu Sarvestani Leave a Comment

Court rules against Dow Corning in $2B breast implant liability case

Long-embattled Dow Corning is still on the hook for complaints about 3 of its implantable tissue expanders after a 6th Circuit Court ruled that the devices count as breast implants for the purposes of a liability settlement worth more than $2 billion.

Filed Under: Implants, Legal News, News Well, Women's Health Tagged With: Dow Corning, Personal Injury

Boston Scientific prevails in 1st pelvic mesh trial

July 30, 2014 By Brad Perriello Leave a Comment

Boston Scientific wins 1st pelvic mesh trial

Filed Under: Gynecological, Legal News, News Well Tagged With: Boston Scientific, Personal Injury

Bard settles more than 500 pelvic mesh complaints

July 29, 2014 By Arezu Sarvestani Leave a Comment

Bard settlement closes more than 500 pelvic mesh complaints

C.R. Bard (NYSE:BCR) managed to close the books on a large chunk of patient complaints against its Avaulta mesh implant, settling more than 500 cases in its 2nd quarter.

Filed Under: Legal News, News Well, Product Liability, Women's Health Tagged With: C.R. Bard, Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits, Personal Injury

FDA rejects ban on pelvic mesh, supports reclassification

July 16, 2014 By Arezu Sarvestani Leave a Comment

FDA rejects ban on pelvic mesh

FDA regulators refused this week to ban U.S. sales of pelvic mesh implants, rejecting in large part a petition filed by consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, but offered some consolation in a potential reclassification of the devices to a higher-risk category.

Filed Under: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Implants, News Well, Recalls, Women's Health Tagged With: Pelvic Mesh Lawsuits, Personal Injury, Public Citizen

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