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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
August 4, 2009
Quad City Times, "Bettendorf man testifies in Washington about medical device failure"
Two years ago, Michael Mulvihill was driving through a construction zone in western Ohio when he saw a blue flash and felt a jolt. At first, the Bettendorf man said, he thought that he had hit something in the road. Instead, he said, it was something in his chest - the defibrillator that had been implanted a little more than a year earlier for an irregular heart beat and pulse rate. "I was scared to death," Mulvihill said. Twenty-two times over nearly the next hour, he said, the defibrillator shocked him, sending spasms of pain through his body.
Mulvihill, who is 64, told his story Tuesday at a U.S. Senate committee hearing, where Democratic lawmakers are pushing for a bill that would make it easier for patients to sue medical device makers. The bill is sponsored by U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass. U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin is a co-sponsor. The Iowa Democrat presided at the hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The legislation Kennedy introduced would revise a 1976 law that limited state courts from oversight over medical devices.
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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