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Congress proposes legislation that would make doctors, nursing homes, pharmaceutical and medical devices companies immune from suit.

Each year, as many as 440,000 Americans die from preventable medical errors, making it the third leading cause of death in the U.S.. Despite this, H.R. 1215 is currently scheduled to be debated on the House floor next week. As it currently stands, this bill caps non-economic damages at $250,000, eliminates joint liability for economic

IVC Filter Linked to 27 Deaths

Did Manufacturer of Medical Device Linked to 27 Deaths Ignore Safety Concerns? September 9, 2015 — An investigation by NBC News has linked C.R. Bard’s Recovery IVC filter with 27 deaths in the last decade, raising safety concerns and questions about its approval.  IVC filters are spider-shaped wire devices that are implanted in the inferior vena cava (IVC), the largest
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Bard IVC Filter Cases Transferred to MDL

On August 17, 2015, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) issued a transfer order directing that all Bard Recovery IVC filter lawsuits and all Bard G2 IVC filter lawsuits filed throughout the federal court system be centralized for pretrial proceedings before U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell in Arizona. At the time, there

$1.4 Billion Stryker Hip Implant Settlement

A global settlement was announced that will help thousands of individuals who have had complications involving their defective Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II Hip replacements.  The settlement, one of the largest of its kind, will have an unlimited fund to compensate patients for their damages, and will potentially provide in excess of one billion dollars