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 for Neurosurgeon in Montgomery County
Heather Hansen obtained a defense verdict for a neurosurgeon in Montgomery County. The plaintiff alleged that the neurosurgeon negligently performed a complete laminectomy with foraminotomy procedure on her, thereby injuring her spinal cord. Although the plaintiff...
Defense Verdict for Orthopedic Surgeon in Philadelphia County
Heather Hansen obtained a defense verdict for an orthopedic surgeon in Philadelphia County. The plaintiff alleged that the orthopedic surgeon negligently opted to perform a bilateral total knee replacement despite alleged vascular compromise in the patient; and...
Defense Verdict for Urologist in Philadelphia County
Heather Hansen obtained a defense verdict for a urologist in Philadelphia County. The plaintiff alleged that the urologist was negligent in the performance of a vesicovaginal repair suffered by the plaintiff after a hysterectomy. They contended that the urologist...
Defense Verdict for Internist in Philadelphia County
Dan Ryan obtained a defense verdict for internist in Philadelphia County. Plaintiff's husband died at the age of forty two as a result of his coronary artery disease (CAD). In her Complaint, Plaintiff alleged Mr. Ryan's client (an Internist) failed to appreciate the...
Defense Verdict for OB/GYN in Philadelphia County
Dan Ryan obtained a defense verdict for an OB/GYN in Philadelphia County. The Plaintiff, who was pregnant with her first child, was diagnosed with fibroids. The fibroids did not complicate the pregnancy. After several hours of labor, the fetal heart rate decelerated...
PA Superior Court Analyzes Discovery Rule & Permits Chest Tube Case to Proceed
On March 5, 2015, the Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas' grant of summary judgment in a case involving a surgical tube left in a man's chest after surgery and that remained in the man until he died. Following his death,...
PA Supreme Court Hears Debate on Ostensible Agency and MCARE Limits on Expert Testimony
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently heard arguments on whether a hospital can be held vicariously liable for a resident physician who undertakes care of a patient without a prior physician-patient relationship, and whether a nurse employed by the hospital can...
PA Superior Court Grants New Trial due to Violation of “Collateral Source” Rule
A split Pennsylvania Superior Court recently granted a new trial for a minor based on testimony elicited by defense counsel at trial regarding federal and state benefits that the minor-plaintiff received for her birth injuries. Although plaintiff's counsel...
NJ Supreme Court to Decide if Physicians Must Disclose Insurance Coverage to Patients
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently heard arguments as to whether a physician must disclose his medical malpractice coverage for a procedure to be performed on his patient. The Court also heard arguments that, in the event that a physician did not have...
NJ Supreme Court Reverses Superior Court Ruling, Finds in Favor of Patient Safety Act’s Privilege of Self-Critical Analysis
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently reversed a finding that an internal memorandum conducted following a roundtable review of an infant’s anoxic injury was discoverable and concluded that New Jersey’s 2004 Patient Safety Act rendered the document...
OBR Supports Toys for Tots
For the 2015 holiday season, O’Brien & Ryan, LLP proudly partnered with the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program to collect new unwrapped toys for distribution to less fortunate children around the country. To find out more, or to make a donation, please visit www.toysfortots.org.
OBR Presents at Global Pressure Ulcer Prevention Conference
On November 18th, 2015, partners Dan Ryan, Heather Hansen, Carolyn Bohmueller, Anthony DeMichele & Amanda A. O’Dea, along with IT Director Joseph Quirk presented “The Arbitration of a Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcer Lawsuit”, part of Jefferson Health’s 2nd Annual Global Pressure Ulcer Prevention Conference.
Heather Hansen Speaks at Hospital Conference in Ireland
On October 3, 2015, Heather Hansen presented Medical Indemnity Challenges for Acute Hospital Services: The United States and Pennsylvania Experience at the Irish Hospital Consultants Association’s Annual Conference in Dublin, Ireland.
Heather Hansen at Coverys Law Day
On September 18, 2015, Heather Hansen presented Recent Changes in PA and NJ Medical Malpractice Law and Practice as part of Coverys Law Day in Princeton, NJ.
Heather Hansen Speaks at Physician Symposium
On September 16, 2015, Heather Hansen presented a segment on Electronic Medical Records at Main Line Health’s Physician Symposium at Lankenau Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA.
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