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Medtronic Heart Lead Recall | Medtronic Recall FAQ
Quick Facts on the Recall | Know Your Legal Rights
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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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Lieff Cabraser represents persons across America injured by the Medtronic Sprint Fidelis heart lead. Click here to contact an experienced injury attorney at Lieff Cabraser for a free case evaluation. Or call us toll-free at 1-800-948-2181.

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Read excerpts from the latest news covering the Medtronic recall and lawsuits:

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.

May 16, 2008
"Heart Device Patients Often Unaware of Recalls"

May 7, 2008
"Medtronic to Cut About 1,100 Jobs"

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Medtronic Heart Lead Recall
Attorney Profile

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Lieff Cabraser Attorney Fabrice N. Vincent

Fabrice N. Vincent

Partner

San Francisco

Practice Areas Include: Personal Injury/Torts, Defective Products, Wrongful Deaths, Medical Malpractice, Environmental and Toxic Torts, International and Human Rights, Automobile Accidents

E-Mail:

fvincent@lchb.com

Phone:

(415) 956-1000

Fax:

(415) 956-1008

vCard:

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Bar Information

Admitted to practice in California, 1992; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, Central District of California, Eastern District of California, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1992.

Education

Cornell Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1992); University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1989).

Awards

"Northern California Super Lawyer," Law & Politics, 2006-2008.

Publications

Co-Author with Elizabeth J. Cabraser, “Class Actions Fairness Act of 2005,” California Litigation, Vol. 18, No. 3 (2005); Co-Editor, California Class Actions Practice and Procedures (2003-06); Co-Author, "Ethics and Admissibility: Failure to Disclose Conflicts of Interest in and/or Funding of Scientific Studies and/or Data May Warrant Evidentiary Exclusions," Mealey's December Emerging Drugs Reporter (December 2002); Co-author, "The Shareholder Strikes Back: Varied Approaches to Civil Litigation Claims Are Available to Help Make Shareholders Whole," Mealey's Emerging Securities Litigation Reporter (September 2002); Co-author, "Decisions Interpreting California's Rules of Class Action Procedure," Survey of State Class Action Law (ABA 2000-06), updated and re-published in 5 Newberg on Class Actions (2001-06); Coordinating Editor and Co-author of California section of the ABA State Class Action Survey (2001-06); Co-Editor-In-Chief, Fen-Phen Litigation Strategist (Leader Publications 1998-2000) and Author of "Off-Label Drug Promotion Permitted" (Oct. 1999); Co-author, "The Future of Prescription Drug Products Liability Litigation in a Changing Marketplace," and "Six Courts Certify Medical Monitoring Claims for Class Treatment," 29 Forum 4 (Consumer Attorneys of California 1999); Co-author, "Class Certification of Medical Monitoring Claims in Mass Tort Product Liability Litigation" (ALI-ABA Course of Study 1999); Co-author, "How Class Proofs of Claim in Bankruptcy Can Help in Medical Monitoring Cases," (Leader Publications 1999); Co-author, Introduction, "Sanctioning Discovery Abuses in the Federal Court," (LRP Publications 2000); "With Final Approval, Diet Drug Class Action Settlement Avoids Problems That Doomed Asbestos Pact," (Leader Publications 2000).

Member

State Bar of California; Bar Association of San Francisco; American Bar Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Association of Business Trial Lawyers.

  
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About Lieff Cabraser

Founded in 1972, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP is an over fifty attorney law firm with offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. For the last five years, the National Law Journal has recognized Lieff Cabraser as one of the top plaintiff law firms in America.

To learn more about the advantages our lawyers offer clients in personal injury and wrongful death cases, click here.

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