MEDICAL DEVICE, MASS TORT AND PHARMACEUTICAL LITIGATION
For virtually a decade, O’Brien & Ryan, LLP served as liaison counsel between Pennsylvania plastic and reconstructive surgeons in the national silicone breast implant litigation and the courts. We were one of the most active firms in the Pennsylvania consolidated breast implant litigation, working for the defense of plastic surgeons involved in those mass tort lawsuits. We represented healthcare provider defendants in over two hundred cases. Of those cases, we successfully tried to verdict two breast implant cases, including the first in the state.
Additionally, attorneys of the firm have served as counsel for physicians in the pedicle screw litigation and pharmaceutical litigation cases including Fen-Phen, Rezulin, Baycol, Celexa and Vioxx. In these capacities, we have accumulated experience not only in medical device and pharmaceutical litigation, but in the particulars of mass tort litigation. Our firm has worked with the courts to develop systems for becoming proficient in case management and discovery including obtaining, organizing and utilizing massive numbers of manufacturer documents and manufacturer employee depositions produced through the course of consolidated and multi-district litigation, in both hard copy and electronic form.
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District Court Issues Opinion Pertaining to Punitive Damages and Discovery
On July 22, 2008, U.S. District Judge James M. Munley of the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued an opinion in Grosek v. Pather Transportation, Inc. requiring the Defendant to produce documents related to punitive damages in the discovery phase of...
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Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania Determines That Arbitration Clause Favoring Lender Is Not Presumptively Unconscionable
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Releases New Rules of Civil Procedure
Recently, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania promulgated new Rules of Civil Procedure dealing with cross claims and joinder, certificates of merit, and notice of intent to file non pros. These rules are effective immediately. 1. Cross Claims & Joinder: Effective...
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