Abbott Labs (ABT)

The law firm Arnold & Itkin LLP has filed five lawsuits against the makers of pain pumps and related medications, including Abbott Labs, based on claims that many of the companies' defective devices are causing irreversible shoulder damage among patients. Currently, the attorneys at Arnold & Itkin are representing 28 people who received pain pumps to manage pain following shoulder surgery.
According to the lawsuits, pain pump manufacturers were denied approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to use the pumps to mitigate pain in shoulder joints, but the companies continued to promote their use in that way. Many former pain pump users say the companies were negligent in designing, researching and selling pain pumps that they should have known were dangerous.

Nov 12 · 1:51:00 PM · Source: Reuters
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by Michael Oliveto