{"id":384,"date":"2016-01-20T08:07:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masstortlawyerblog.com\/?p=384"},"modified":"2018-04-23T11:36:09","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T16:36:09","slug":"fda-initiates-class-recall-stryker-pleural-drainage-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/fda-initiates-class-recall-stryker-pleural-drainage-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA Initiates Class I Recall of Stryker Pleural Drainage Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medical devices are some\u00a0of the greatest inventions of modern medicine and have helped countless sick individuals overcome painful conditions. Despite this, however, there are far too many instances in which a medical device manufacturer fails to ensure that its device is safe for its intended use. When this happens, the injured patients can bring a product liability claim against the device manufacturer to recover damages for their injuries. In some instances, plaintiffs can even successfully obtain punitive damages against the manufacturer, which are intended to punish a manufacturer whose conduct is found to be willful, reckless, and malicious and to serve as a deterrent for other manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>To prevail in a product liability claim, the plaintiffs must prove that the device was designed in an unreasonably dangerous manner or that the specific devices that the plaintiffs received suffered from a manufacturing defect that caused them to be unreasonably dangerous.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/fda-initiates-class-recall-stryker-pleural-drainage-devices\/#more-384\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical devices are some\u00a0of the greatest inventions of modern medicine and have helped countless sick individuals overcome painful conditions. 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