Sample Case Screening Form for Biomedical Tissue Lawsuit
April 15, 2006 12:10

HUMAN TISSUE CASE INTAKE1. Client Name: Address: Telephone: E-Mail Address: Date of Birth: Social Security No.: 2. Source of contact (lawyer referral, newspaper ad - what paper??): 3. Type of Implant... (Read Article)

Most of the individuals involved in the litigation are recipients of tainted body parts, but have not yet manifested disease. A number of individuals have claimed to be diagnosed with hepatitis and/or HIV, but the causation in those cases is presently being... (Read Article)

The defendants listed in early filings in New Jersey include:Biomedical Tissue Services, LTDLifecell CorporationLost Mountain Tissue BankBlood and Tissue Center of Central TexasTutogen Medical, Inc.Regeneration Technologies, Inc.SpinalgraftTechnologies, LLCMedtronic... (Read Article)

The defendants in the New Jersey case recently filed a Motion to Stay All Proceedings pending the MDL transfer. A hearing was held on that Motion last week, which Larry Cohan, Esq. argued, and the Motion was denied. The Judge permitted us to conduct limited... (Read Article)

Class Action Complaint, and most of the cases filed to date, have been removed to the Federal Court in New Jersey. All of the filings in the state of New Jersey, where the lead defendant Biomedical is located, are now being handled in the Federal Court in... (Read Article)

On June 29-30, 2006 in Charleston S.C., a conference will be taking place with some of the top litigators in the US. The topic will be pharmaceutical litigation, and will also include the latest twist that has commandeered the focus of litigators nationwide,... (Read Article)

Our firm is now working closely with lead counsel in the National Class Action captioned Vitola vs. Biomedical Tissue Services, Ltd., et al. This case is presently pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. This litigation... (Read Article)

Simonds RJ, Holmberg SD, Hurwitz RL, Coleman TR, Bottenfield S, Conley LJ, Kohlenberg SH, Castro KG, Dahan BA, Schable CA, et al. — Since 1985, donors of organs or tissues for transplantation in the United States have been screened for human immunodeficiency... (Read Article)

"A Rockwell woman who had bone and tissue implanted during spinal surgery is suing a biomedical company that harvested the material, saying they were illegally removed from people too old or sick to be qualified donors. The federal lawsuit, filed by Jill Symonds,... (Read Article)

Our 'highly sophisticated' system of tissue collection, testing, storage, management, and dispensing has problems. We unfortunately rely only on an Honor system If the donor lies about any of the key questions, the tissue supply is at risk.The problems include:... (Read Article)

A bone graft from another human:

• Cadaver
  
• Living
  
• Framework for new bone growth

Types of Allografts:

• Fresh, fresh-frozen
  
• Freeze-dried bone allograft
  
• Demineralized freeze-dried bone allograft
  

FDA recommended that the recipients of Biomedical Tissue Services (BTS) bone be notified by their doctors/hospital. As a result hospitals in NJ, with 100s of recipients of Medtronic in Minnesota body parts (including 13,000 pieces from Regeneration Technologies)... (Read Article)

Specialists should recover and process donated musculoskeletal tissues. These specialist should be well trained, having passed a rigorous examination and should have knowledge in all areas of tissue banking.Proper Procedure of Obtaining Donor Tissue should... (Read Article)

Current Status: Legal and Medical IssuesVITOLA V. MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK, INC. ET AL. (N.J. National Class) and LADD v. MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK, INC. ET AL.(N.J. Individual Case)NEW JERSEY ACTIONS ALL REMOVED TO FEDERAL COURTCASES BEFORE JUDGE MARTINI AND... (Read Article)

Bone allografts that are also excluded should include bodies with a history of any condition that can affect the quality and long-term performance of the bone tissue including Bone cancer, Old, or brittle bones. Also, tissues with culture results yielding bacterial... (Read Article)

At the heart of human tissue implant lawsuits are the following medical issues.No universal notification system. This means that there is no way to effectively notify patients in a timely manner.Letters from doctors vary. This means that there are no standards... (Read Article)

"There has never been a widespread dissemination of recalled tissue . . . What's happened here presents a whole new scenario," said Philadelphia lawyer Larry Cohan, who's representing about 130 people who say they got Biomedical Tissue Services tissue.