Abbott Laboratories is the target of a lawsuit filed by the Alaska State Employees Association/AFSCME Local 52 Health Benefits Trust in which it is alleged that the device maker’s subsidiary, St. Jude Medical, negligently failed to provide warning to government regulators and the public at large about defective lithium batteries installed in the implantable defibrillators …
Metal on metal hip implants have created some unforeseen results, causing the company responsible for the product to reach a legal settlement. Facing hip lawsuits, Wright Medical has agreed to settle the matter by paying out nearly $90 million to over 600 complainants. That settlement puts a six year legal battle to rest, initiated by …
A woman from Georgia has filed a lawsuit claiming that a camera was left inside her body after having surgery at an Atlanta hospital. The camera was not discovered for six months. Another surgery was required to remove the camera. The Case of the Missing Camera Lacrystal Lockett received a kidney and pancreatic transplant at …
Johnson and Johnson have been ordered to pay a New Jersey woman $20 million for a vaginal-mesh insert that left her in constant pain for nearly a decade. A jury in Philadelphia came to the conclusion in late April that the company, who designed and distributed the TVT-Secur mesh, was responsible for the pain and …
ArthroCare CEO & CFO Fraud Scheme In today’s world, it’s become a more common occurrence to hear of a CEO or other individuals being charged with securities fraud. With a financial system fraught with fewer and fewer regulations, the chances of these cases happening has greatly increased. As a result, yet another case of alleged …
Mylan N.V., the pharmaceutical giant whose pricing policies related to its market-leading EpiPen product has been called “price-gouging” by consumer advocates as well as making the company a target in numerous lawsuits, is once again headed to court. This time, however, Mylan faces the prospect of being ordered to pay what could be one of …
St. Jude has long been revered as a medical institution in whom many trust. However, when a medical device they used was said to have serious cyber security issues, their spotless reputation took a hit. It all happened around August of last year. MedSec is the security company that found the vulnerability within the cardiac …
St. Jude Medical has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of misleading investors about problems with the company’s cardiac devices. Investor Lawsuit The settlement, reportedly $39.25 million, ends a lawsuit that has dogged St. Jude since 2012. Executives hope that terminating the case will also allow the company to turn the page …
Few people enjoy going to the hospital, but a recent series of lawsuits have taken that to a new level. Two separate lawsuits, each filed against London’s York and LivaNova Hospitals, have alleged that the hospitals and creators of a medical device caused undue suffering due to negligence. What exactly happened to spark these lawsuits? …
NuvaRing is a hormonal-vaginal contraceptive that combines both estrogen and progestin in a ring to prevent pregnancy. The product has been sold in the U.S since 2001. However, in 2011 an FDA report showed a higher risk for blood clots while using NuvaRing. These clots can block veins and cause heart attacks or travel to …