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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
April 2, 2009
National Law Journal, "In wake of high court's 'Wyeth' ruling, legal groups throw support behind Medical Device Safety Act"
Several legal groups, including the American Bar Association, are voicing their support for passage of the Medical Device Safety Act of 2009, which was introduced on March 5 in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Wyeth v. Levine, No. 06-1249. Last year, the Supreme Court found that products liability claims against medical device manufacturer Medtronic were pre-empted by the Medical Device Amendments to the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Riegel v. Medtronic, 128 S. Ct. 999 (2008). But on March 4, the Supreme Court ruled that federal law governing warnings on prescription drug labels does not pre-empt state claims asserting that pharmaceutical companies failed to warn of risks associated with the medication.
The ruling in Wyeth v. Levine has emboldened some consumer groups and plaintiff's' attorney organizations, such as the American Association for Justice and the Alliance for Justice, to push for passage of the Medical Device Safety Act, which was introduced in both houses by Senator Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., the chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and U.S. Representative Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., the chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Health.
About Lieff Cabraser
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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