Law Language Key in Vaccine Case Before Supreme Court

By Jack Simony

The meaning of the word "unavoidable" was at the center of recent Supreme Court that in the end barred some, but not all, lawsuits against vaccine manufactures, The New York Times reported.

The court was visiting a 1986 law that Congress used to try to create that would compensate people injured by vaccines while also barring some.

The case was brought by the parents of a girl who received a D.T.P. vaccine as an infant in 1992, and now suffers intense seizures and has developmental problems.

- By Jack Simony

Medtronic Will Pay $268 Million to Settle Defibrillator Suits

By Jack Simony

Medtronic will pay $268 million to end the Meditronic Sprint Fidelis defribillation suits following a 2007 recall of the devices, Law.com reported.

The company's decision comes as the related suits are pending in Minneapolis federal multidistrict litigation and other courts throughout the company.

"The settlement is a compromise of disputed claims, and the parties have not admitted any liability or the validity of any defense in the litigation," said the company in a statement.

- By Jack Simony