Lieff Cabraser represents
persons across America injured by the
Medtronic Sprint Fidelis heart lead. Click
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Our Promise to You
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.
Medtronic Heart Lead Recall
News Article Excerpt
October 30, 2007
News Inferno.com, "Defective
Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Lead Fracture Reports Ignored by Company,
FDA for Months Prior to Recall"
Medtronic Inc. knew that its Sprint Fidelis
Defibrillator Leads were fracturing at higher-than-usual rates for months.
Yet, the company appears to have dragged its feet in getting the defective
Sprint Fidelis Lead off the market. Medtronic even went so far as to
blame physicians for the problems, claiming that they weren't implanting
the defective Sprint Fidelis Lead properly. What's even worse, the Food & Drug
Administration (FDA), which never required the defective medical device
to undergo clinical testing, was oblivious to the increasing reports
of Sprint Fidelis Lead problems.
Medtronic suspended sales of the Sprint Fidelis Leads in October, after
receiving reports of 5 fatalities linked to lead fractures. A lead is
a wire that connects an implantable defibrillator to the heart. When
it breaks, the defibrillator can emit a massive and painful shock. And
in the worse case scenario, the fractured lead can prevent a defibrillator
from sending a necessary, lifesaving shock to the heart. Replacing a
lead is not an easy procedure, as the invasive surgery can cause the
tissue of the blood vessels and heart to tear. In fact, replacing a defibrillator
lead is so risky that patients with Sprint Fidelis Leads are being told
to leave the defective components in place unless they fracture.
Founded in 1972, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein,
LLP is an over sixty attorney law firm with offices in San
Francisco, New York and Nashville. For the last seven years,
the National
Law Journal has recognized Lieff Cabraser
as one of the top plaintiff law firms in America.
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