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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O'Brien & Ryan News
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Internal Medicine Physician in Chester County
Dan Ryan and Christine N. Dantonio recently obtained a defense verdict in favor of an internal medicine physician in the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, Pennsylvania, in a case involving claims under the Wrongful Death and Survival Acts following the suicide...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Family Physicians in Discrimination Case in District Court
Marshall L. Schwartz and Paul E. Peel recently obtained a defense verdict in favor of two family physicians and their medical group in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff, who is deaf, alleged that the defendants...
Superior Court Affirms Judgment of Non Pros on Behalf of Attorney
Marshall L. Schwartz recently prevailed in the Superior Court after the plaintiff failed to file a certificate of merit and a judgment of non pros was entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. The attorney represented by Mr. Schwartz and Mr. Brien...
Successful Defense of Attorney and Firm at Arbitration
Anthony P. DeMichele successfully defended an attorney and his firm at arbitration in a matter involving claims of professional negligence. The plaintiff was a musician and music producer who claimed that he entered into a contract with a legendary music artist to...
Successful Defense of MRI Facility & Technologist at Arbitration
Anthony P. DeMichele successfully defended an MRI facility and one of its technologists at arbitration in a matter involving claims of professional negligence. Plaintiffs were husband and wife and claimed that the husband was injured when he fell from a MRI table...
Issues in Nursing Home Litigation: Negligence Per Se
Below is a brief discussion of one of the primary legal issues being addressed in nursing home litigation in Pennsylvania: negligence per se. Negligence Per Se In an effort to improve the quality of care provided to residents of nursing homes, Congress enacted the...
Child Services Law Doesn’t Bar Med-Mal Suit in Child Abuse Case
A unanimous three-judge panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed and remanded a Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas decision, holding that Plaintiffs-Appellants presented a prima facie case that their infant child’s risk of harm was increased by six...
New Jersey Nursing Home Litigation
Nursing home litigation in New Jersey is a relatively novel area of the law. The New Jersey Nursing Home Resident's Rights Statute (N.J.S.A. 30:13-1, et seq.) was enacted in 1976, however there are only a handful of cases interpreting this Statute. This Statue allows...
Execution of Release Bars Subsequent Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently affirmed a Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas’ decision granting summary judgment in favor of appellees regarding whether or not the appellants’ execution of a release barred them from subsequently suing for medical...
Spotlight On: Nursing Home Litigation
At first glance, lawsuits against nursing homes and other long-term care facilities are virtually indistinguishable from traditional medical malpractice cases. Expert testimony is used to support an allegation that the care and treatment of healthcare professionals...
Dan Ryan Speaks at PASHRM
On February 23, 2017 Dan Ryan spoke to the Philadelphia Area Society for Healthcare Risk Management in Plymouth Meeting, PA on the subject of current trends and recent case law in medical malpractice litigation.
Heather Hansen speaks at CA Law Schools
In February, 2017, Heather Hansen presented Advanced Torts: Law and Practice at both Stanford University Law School and Berkeley Law at UC Berkeley in California.
Heather Hansen Presents at Tufts Grand Rounds
On January 12, 2017, Heather Hansen presented Spine Surgery Trial: Anatomy and Prevention to Orthopaedic residents at Tufts University Grand Rounds in Medford, Massachusetts.
OBR Associates Support Cancer Patients
On Monday, November 28th, 2016, O’Brien & Ryan associates Melissa Mazur, Caitlin McCauley, Jaime Johnson, Lisa Hrunka and Paul Peel prepared a meal for the patients at Hope Lodge in Cheltenham, PA with donations from OBR employees. The Hope Lodge gives cancer patients who live further than 40 miles from their treatment center a place to stay while undergoing care.
39th Annual Radnor Run
O’Brien & Ryan, LLP was proud to sponsor and participate in the 39th Annual Radnor Run, benefiting the American Lung Association!
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