Tag Archives: Medical Malpractice
Medical Device Manufacturer Agrees to Pay $80 Million to Settle Civil and Criminal Charges
The maker of a surgical cutting guide intended for use in total knee replacement surgeries has agreed to an $80 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice for selling an adulterated medical device. According to the government complaint, OtisMed defrauded doctors and circumvented the FDA medical device approval process for its OtisKnee surgical… Read More »
Judge Rules Plaintiff’s Slip and Fall Case is Really a Medical Malpractice Claim and Dismisses Lawsuit
If a patient at a clinic slips and falls in the bathroom after a medical procedure, is the case against the clinic one of ordinary negligence or professional negligence (medical malpractice)? A New Jersey court recently held that such a situation was a matter of professional negligence and dismissed the case because the injured… Read More »
