Medtronic Lawsuit

The Supreme Court recently decided a case that limits lawsuits that can be filed against the makers of medical devices that had pre-market approval from the FDA.
The recent ruling makes the makers of medical devices, anything from breast implants to pacemakers, immune from liability for personal injuries as long as the Food and Drug Administration approved […]

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The Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation ordered all suits filed in federal courts againt Medtronic to be transferred to the Minnesota district courts.
The suits that are most commonly transferred to Minnesota are cases against the company concerning the recall and defectiveness of the Medtronic Sprint Fidelis leads commonly used in their implantable defibrillators.
The defect in […]

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Medtronic Inc., the makers of the faulty Sprint Fidelis leads, spent $1.7 million lobbying members of Congress in 2007. They spent this money in an effort to influence legislation pertaining to patents and medical device sales.
In the second half of 2007, Medtronic spent $940,000 lobbying the House of Representatives. This money was related to legislation […]

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