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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Attorney-Expert Witness Contact Permitted During Break in Trial
The Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed a criminal contempt order issued by a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas trial judge and ruled that an attorney is permitted to speak with his expert witness during a break from direct examination. Yoskowitz v. Yazdanfar,...
Employer Can Request That Employee Undergo Medical Examination
The issue of when and under what circumstances an employer can request that an employee undergo a medical examination under the Americans with Disabilities Act was recently decided in the case of Ward v. Merck & Co., 17 Am. Disabilities Cas (BNA) (E.D....
Treating Physician’s Opinion Admissible in Workers’ Compensation Hearings
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled that an Administrative Law Judge misapplied the "treating physician rule" when he concluded that a doctor's objectivity was undermined because he was an advocate for the claimant in his workers'...
Subcontractor Prohibited From Filing Mechanics’ Lien
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania dismissed a subcontractor's mechanics' lien for failure to issue the requisite notice under Pennsylvania law. Wentzel-Applewood Joint Ventures v. 801 Market Street Associates, 878 A. 2d 889 (Pa. Super. 2005). As a result of...
Non-Owned, Regularly-Used Car Exclusion Allowed in Insurance Contracts
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that automobile insurance carriers are permitted to maintain a clause in their policies that states that the carrier has no obligation to insure a policy-holder who is driving a car that he does not own, but uses on a regular...
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