Medtronic suit
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Recipients of defective Medtronic implantable cardioverter defibrillators initiate class action suit against the firm in a Brooklyn court, plaintiffs' counsel Rheingold, Valet, Rheingold, Shkolnik & McCartney LLP announces April 8. The suit seeks costs of the ICD removal and replacement surgeries, a fund for medical monitoring of patients who received a defective device and a "firmer warning to physicians and the public about the risks of the devices," according to the New York law firm (1"The Gray Sheet" April 4, 2005, p. 15)...