New litigation packet aids members pursuing heart device claims.Heart device failures have led to several deaths. Guidant and Medtronic, the world's two largest medical device manufacturers, face mounting recalls of their implantable cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers Pacemakers Definition A pacemaker is a surgically-implanted electronic device that regulates a slow or erratic heartbeat. Purpose Pacemakers are implanted to regulate irregular contractions of the heart (arrhythmia). . To date, about 30 Guidant and Medtronic models--more than 160,000 individual units--have been recalled. Growing concern over manufacturers' prior knowledge of defects has generated class actions and individual cases, and thousands more claims may exist. The ATLA ATLA Association of Trial Lawyers of America ATLA American Theological Library Association ATLA American Trial Lawyers Association ATLA Air Transport Licensing Authority (Hong Kong) ATLA Avatar: The Last Airbender Exchange has created a new litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. packet to help members assess and prepare heart device products liability cases on behalf of injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. clients. The packet, titled "Heart Device Recalls: How Guidant and Medtronic Placed Profits Over Patients," created in collaboration with members of ATLA's Heart Devices Litigation Group, contains a heart device client questionnaire and intake sheet; Guidant and Medtronic time lines of significant events; court documents filed in class actions and individual cases against these manufacturers (including complaints and defendants' summary judgment motions and briefs in support of federal preemption preemption U.S. policy that allowed the first settlers, or squatters, on public land to buy the land they had improved. Since improved land, coveted by speculators, was often priced too high for squatters to buy at auction, temporary preemptive laws allowed them to acquire ); federal preemption case law and statutes; FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. materials; and secondary resources, including an abbreviated glossary of medical terms and selected references to medical and scientific journal and newspaper articles. The Exchange also hosts the litigation group's document library, where members can share documents at no charge in a secure online environment. For more information, log on to the Exchange at www.exchange.atla.org and click on "Litigation Packets" or call (800) 344-3023. For the document library, click on "Section and Litigation Group Document Libraries." |
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