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What are some of the medical devices that have been the subject of lawsuits?
What are some of the medical devices that have been the subject of lawsuits?
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one of the medical devices that has been
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on the market
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that has generated a lot of lawsuits are
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artificial hip implants
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one of the problems is that the
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manufacturers have
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tended to
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skip the regulatory process they’re
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allowed to take a shortcut under the
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federal regulations
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but by taking that shortcut it exposes
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them to more liability
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unfortunately they’ve just built the
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cost of that liability into the cost of
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their product
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and so there have been a number of
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manufacturers
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of defective
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artificial hips that have been sued
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because the devices fail they either
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fail because
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they’re releasing
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metal heavy metals into the person’s
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body or
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they
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slip out of place
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or they
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just wear out and so the person has to
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undergo a second surgery or a third
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surgery and there were thousands of
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people across the country
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in recent years who experienced those
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problems there have been defective heart
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valves and defective hearing devices
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there have also been defective birth
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control devices that women have suffered
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uh very serious side effects and
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injuries from so those are the
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types of things
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that the types of medical devices that
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have been subject to a lot of
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litigation lawsuits over the years
Austin, TX personal injury attorney Scott Hendler talks about some of the medical devices that have been the subject of lawsuits.
