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Judge Allows Valve Case Against St. Jude To Proceed
Jan 7, 2004 | AP
A judge's ruling will allow a class-action lawsuit over a defective heart valve to proceed against St. Jude Medical Inc., even though federal...
Heart Valve Patients Can Sue Maker: Judge
Sep 24, 2003 | www.cbc.ca
An Ontario judge has ruled that Canadians who received certain silver-coated heart valves can sue the company that made them. Silzone mechanical...
US Pacemaker Manufacturer Faces British Lawsuit
Aug 30, 2003 | bmj.bmjjournals.com
St Jude Medical, a major manufacturer of heart valves and pacemakers, is to face a lawsuit in Britain over its Silzone heart valves, which were...
Husband Sues Over Wife's Death
Aug 24, 2003 | The Observer
A British man has begun legal proceedings against the American manufacturers of a heart valve he claims contributed to the death of his wife. Myrtle...
Mechanical Heart Valve Patients Try For Class Action Status
Jul 17, 2003 | www.cbc.ca
When 59-year-old Sharon Frost received her mechanical heart valves in 1998, she believed it would help her heart condition. Now five years later she...
Canadians Put At Risk With Medical Implants
Apr 1, 2003 | www.cbc.ca
Some Canadians who depend on implanted medical devices say Health Canada doesn't do enough to warn them of the dangers of some of these devices. Two...
St. Jude Medical Lawsuit Will Soon Face Critical Juncture
Aug 5, 2002 | The Business Journal (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
A battle to turn 37 individual product liability lawsuits filed in federal court against Little Canada-based St. Jude Medical Inc. into a...
Lawsuit filed against St. Jude Medical
May 8, 2000 | www.bizjournals.com.
The first personal injury lawsuit in Minnesota involving defective Silzone heart valves was filed in Ramsey County District Court, State of...
St. Jude Medical, Inc. Recalls Heart Valve Products with Silzone Coating
Jan 24, 2000 | www.safetyalerts.com
St. Jude Medical, Inc. announced today that on January 21 it had initiated a worldwide voluntary recall involving all products that have Silzone®...
Silver-Coated Heart Valves Recalled
Jan 24, 2000 | www.cbc.ca
A U.S.-based company has recalled all implants of a new type of heart valve because the silver coating intended to reduce heart infections may cause...
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