Trial Lawyers Have Already Saved Your Life
You know, doctors don’t like to admit it, but even they turn to us trial lawyers now and then, as they have this week in California. The reason? The Governator, a/k/a Arnold Schwarzenegger, exempted state hospitals from the requirement that an anesthesiologist be present when a nurse anesthetist administers anesthesia to a patient, without consulting [...]
Update on Backfiring of Federal Preemption Due to Manufacturer Fraud
In my last post, I addressed the dangers and senselessnes of FDA preemption in the wake of Riegel v. Medtronic, given the reality that some doctors continue to test and use medical devices in ways that can only be described as corrupt. Combine that with the FDA’s well-documented history of poorly run trials that are hurriedly performed so [...]
Is Federal Preemption of Medical Device Claims Backfiring?
Today, we revisit the story of a West Virginia orthopedist who has injured and killed numerous residents of his state with his unmatched incompetence. ChicagoTribune.com reports that Biomet, Inc., parent company of EBI, the manufacturer of bone stimulators used by Dr. John King during many failed surgeries, has settled 24 out of 27 claims by [...]