Clients represented
by our firm filed the first personal injury
lawsuits in the nation against Medtronic.
We have been appointed to a leadership
role among plaintiffs' counsel in the litigation
against Medtronic in federal court.
Our
injury lawyers have years of experience
successfully representing clients in personal
injury cases. We provide each client with
high-level individualized representation.
There is no charge or obligation for our review
of your injury lawsuit.
We have retained product safety and medical experts
nationwide to assist our clients with their claims.
In addition to a team of experienced lawyers,
we have dedicated nurses, legal assistants
and case clerks to assist our attorneys in
the Medtronic recall litigation. Our firm
has six full-time nurses, including ones
with decades of experience working with heart
patients.
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Medtronic News
Read excerpts from the latest
news covering the Medtronic recall and lawsuits:
Lieff Cabraser had
been investigating patient complaints
concerning the Medtronic heart lead prior
to the recall announced by Medtronic. On
the same day as the recall, heart patients
nationwide represented by Lieff Cabraser
and co-counsel filed separate personal
injury and class action lawsuits against
Medtronic.
The Associated Press, "Device
Woes Said Reported Before Recall"
Hundreds of injuries linked to a brand of heart defibrillator wires
were reported to the government by last winter, a consumer advocate said
Tuesday in asking why the wires weren't recalled until this week. Medtronic
Inc. pulled its Sprint Fidelis defibrillation wires off the market Monday,
after identifying five patient deaths in which broken wires may have
played a role.
These wires, officially called leads, connect patients'
hearts to a device that sends an electrical shock if it senses a life-threatening
abnormal heart rhythm. A fractured lead can leave the defibrillator unable
to send a lifesaving shock, or prompt it to deliver painful unnecessary
shocks. The Food and Drug Administration had received 599 reports of
malfunctions and injuries associated with the Fidelis leads as of Jan.
10, including 204 where patients had been inappropriately shocked, according
to a count by the consumer group Public Citizen.
The FDA began monitoring
the Fidelis in February, when a prominent cardiologist _ Dr. Robert Hauser
of the Minneapolis Heart Institute _ brought concerns to the agency.
Leads are fragile, and the new trend in defibrillator technology is to
make them increasingly thin for easier insertion. The Fidelis was a popular
thin version. Hauser's hospital quit using it earlier this year. In a
published review of leads implanted there and of reports to FDA's injury
database through February, Hauser wrote that the thinner model was "significantly less reliable" than
Medtronic's own thicker predecessor.
About Lieff Cabraser
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