Defective Medical Device Class Actions
Medical devices perform a variety of lifesaving and life-enhancing functions. They are often essential for patients with cardiac conditions or individuals living with mobility, hearing, or other chronic illnesses such as diabetes.
Medical devices can generate substantial profits for manufacturers, which may create pressure to bring devices to market without adequate testing for safety and effectiveness. When a medical device causes harm, the consequences can be severe. Patients may require additional surgeries and rehabilitation, experience ongoing pain or disability, and face significant financial burdens. Our product liability lawyers can help individuals and families gain compensation for these losses.
Our lawyers have pursued medical product liability cases against multinational corporations such as Medtronic, Guidant, Zimmer and Johnson & Johnson. We fight for our clients in all types of cases, including those involving:
- Cardiac devices such as pacemaker and defibrillator leads and defibrillators;
- Mobility devices such as hip replacements;
- Surgical implants such as transvaginal mesh used to address certain gynecological and urological conditions; and
- Insulin pumps.
Our team works to identify the cause of the defect or malfunction, determine the parties responsible, and assess whether compensation may be available. In many instances, thousands of individuals have been affected by the same issue.
Our investigations may reveal that a manufacturer failed to exercise reasonable care in the design or manufacture of a product. In other cases, we find inadequate labelling, insufficient instructions for use, or a failure to warn of known or foreseeable risks.
Once the cause of the defect is established, we work tirelessly to seek a just outcome for our clients. Our experience and resolve have helped many people recover the resources they need to move forward with their lives.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who may have a defective medical device claim?
Individuals and families may have a claim when a medical device causes harm. Patients may require additional surgeries and rehabilitation, experience ongoing pain or disability, and face significant financial burdens.
What types of medical devices may be involved?
Defective medical device cases may involve cardiac devices such as pacemaker and defibrillator leads and defibrillators, mobility devices such as hip replacements, surgical implants such as transvaginal mesh, and insulin pumps.
Related Cases
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