Why did the FDA Issue Its Highest Alert for Certain Heart Pumps? July 5, 2024 On March 21, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classified the recall of Abiomed’s Impella left-sided pumps as a “Class I recall,” the agency’s “most serious type of recall.” This is a classification the FDA uses when a device imposes a risk of serious injuries or death. The FDA warned that using these […] Read More
$500K Awarded to Man Whose Hernia Mesh Stuck to Tissue in a Giant Ball November 10, 2023 Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) law firm announces a hernia mesh bellwether trial victory after a jury found in favor of Plaintiff Aaron Stinson. According to Stinson’s Complaint, the polypropylene hernia mesh he had implanted in 2015 stuck to his tissues, causing lifelong injuries, pain, suffering, emotional distress, and lost wages. An Ohio jury awarded Stinson $500,000. The […] Read More
Defective Catheter Device Lawsuits to Be Centralized August 10, 2023 The nationally recognized mass tort law firm Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) announces that the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) created a multidistrict litigation (MDL No. 3081 In Re: Bard Implanted Port Catheter Products Liability Litigation) for Bard PowerPort lawsuits. The JPML issued a Transfer Order to centralize lawsuits alleging that the implantable catheter devices are defective, creating […] Read More
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