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If you or a loved one has suffered injury or fear potential complications as a result of the Guidant Ventak Prizm 2 Defibrillator, please fill out Guidant Case Review Form Click Here or call us at Toll Free:1-800-275-0192.
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 Lawrence E. Feldman & Associates is currently investigating claims involving injury/death resulting form the use of the Ventak Prizm 2 Model 1861 defibrillator manufactured by Guidant Corp. According to the New York Times article, the company knew about the defective condition of this device but failed to warn doctors about the failure rate because the company considered the failure rate to be low. One 21 year old college student has died as a result of the electrical flaw in the device that causes it to malfunction and short circuit. After the young man's death, Guidant told his doctors that it was aware of 25 other cases in which the defibrillator, a Ventak Prizm 2 Model 1861, had been affected or disabled by the same electrical flaw.
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 On June 10, 2005, Lawrence E. Feldman & Associates filed a lawsuit against Guidant Corporation in federal court in Minnesota, on behalf of a class consisting of all persons who were implanted with a Guidant Corp. Ventak Prizm 2 Model 1861 defibrillator (the “Ventak Prizm Defibrillator”) manufactured prior to November 2002, excepting those individuals whose Prizm Defibrillator has malfunctioned (the “Class”). Plaintiff brings this action to recover damages, restitution, refunds, and/or for equitable, injunctive and declaratory relief, including medical monitoring, against Guidant, which designed, manufactured, tested, marketed, distributed, promoted, and sold the Ventak Prizm Defibrillators.
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Boston Scientific to end suit, pay $195m |
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Posted by: pncollins on 2007-07-17 16:24:50
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Boston Scientific Corp. will pay $195 million to settle a class-action suit against its Guidant division, ending a legal battle in which patients claimed Guidant Corp. knowingly hid defects in its implantable heart devices.
After negotiating with a magistrate judge, the two sides reached an agreement in federal court in Minnesota. The case had been set to go to trial July 30 . |
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Boston Scientific (Amufacturers of Guidant) Defibrillator Suits will Proceed to Trial |
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Posted by: pncollins on 2007-07-17 16:23:22
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| Boston Scientific is currently involved in 1,600 product-liability lawsuits related to claims involving the Model 1861 defibrillator. The issue concerns a flaw that could cause the Model 1861 defibrillator not to produce a life-saving jolt. Guidant Corp. (purchased by Boston Scientific in 2006) discovered this flaw in 2002, but did not warn patients until the recall in 2005. This flaw proved fatal for three patients. |
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Patients with defibrillators face tough choice |
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Posted by: defib on 2005-08-12 09:35:08
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| Nancy Bartley and Natasha Fleischman are both athletic moms, workers and volunteers. Both also survived sudden cardiac arrest, meaning their hearts beat so chaotically they temporarily stopped pumping blood. |
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Texan sues Guidant over heart device problems |
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Posted by: defib on 2005-07-08 09:42:09
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| CHICAGO, A 62-year-old Corpus Christi, Texas heart patient on Thursday said he filed a lawsuit against Guidant Corp. (GDT.N: Quote, Profile, Research), claiming the cardiovascular device maker concealed a potentially life-threatening flaw in a defibrillator. |
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FDA Gives Highest Warning About Guidant |
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Posted by: defib on 2005-07-02 13:51:06
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| A malfunction in some of the Guidant Corp. defibrillators recalled last month could cause serious injury or death, the government said Friday in classifying 20,000 of the devices as the most urgent type of recalls. |
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About Us
Lawrence E. Feldman & Associates, is a general civil practice with a strong emphasis on complex commercial and tort litigation, including class actions, in the areas of personal injury, mass tort, consumer rights, computer law, medical malpractice, intellectual property, securities, and antitrust law. As a direct result of the efforts of the Firm and its members, many hundreds of millions of dollars have been recovered for defrauded shareholders and other persons injured by illegal corporate activities. The attorneys in the Firm have also been responsible for obtaining a number of particularly noteworthy judicial opinions which have not only strengthened shareholder rights generally, but substantially aided in the prosecution of complex litigation to preserve such rights.
The Firm is currently Lead Counsel or Co-Lead Counsel for plaintiffs in major consumer, mass tort, shareholder, healthcare, and intellectual property actions pending in courts located jurisdictions across the country. In addition, the Firm currently represents many individuals with substantial personal claims. Lawrence E. Feldman & Associates was one of class counsel for Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the Phen-fen litigation, and represented many Phen-fen victims in individual cases as well..
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Lawrence E. Feldman & Associates
432 Tulpehocken Ave
Elkins Park, PA 19027
Toll Free: 1-888-766-2690
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