MEDICAL DEVICE, MASS TORT AND PHARMACEUTICAL LITIGATION
For virtually a decade, O’Brien & Ryan, LLP served as liaison counsel between Pennsylvania plastic and reconstructive surgeons in the national silicone breast implant litigation and the courts. We were one of the most active firms in the Pennsylvania consolidated breast implant litigation, working for the defense of plastic surgeons involved in those mass tort lawsuits. We represented healthcare provider defendants in over two hundred cases. Of those cases, we successfully tried to verdict two breast implant cases, including the first in the state.
Additionally, attorneys of the firm have served as counsel for physicians in the pedicle screw litigation and pharmaceutical litigation cases including Fen-Phen, Rezulin, Baycol, Celexa and Vioxx. In these capacities, we have accumulated experience not only in medical device and pharmaceutical litigation, but in the particulars of mass tort litigation. Our firm has worked with the courts to develop systems for becoming proficient in case management and discovery including obtaining, organizing and utilizing massive numbers of manufacturer documents and manufacturer employee depositions produced through the course of consolidated and multi-district litigation, in both hard copy and electronic form.
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O'Brien & Ryan News
Favorable Ruling from District Court in Bad Faith Action on Behalf of Insurance Company
Judge Eduardo C. Robreno of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently ruled for an insurance company represented by Dan Ryan in a breach of contract and bad faith action. The insurance company had previously denied coverage to...
Dismissal of All Claims for Kidney Transplant Team in New Jersey
UPDATE: Third Circuit Upholds Dismissal on Appeal (See below) O’Brien & Ryan attorneys Dan Ryan and Anthony P. DeMichele obtained a dismissal of all claims lodged against a kidney transplant team in New Jersey federal court. The plaintiff had received a...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Neurologists and Nurse Practitioner in Philadelphia County
Daniel F. Ryan, III and Michael O. Pitt obtained a defense verdict in favor of defendant neurologists and a nurse practitioner in a medical malpractice action in Philadelphia County. In February 2009, plaintiff’s decedent, a 25 year old female, presented for a...
Defense Verdict in Favor of Internist in Failure to Diagnose and Treat Lung Cancer Case
Dan Ryan received a defense verdict in a case in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County in which the Plaintiff, the estate of a deceased patient, alleged that an Internist failed to diagnose and treat the patient's lung cancer. The patient ultimately died...
Defense Verdict for Neurosurgeon in Montgomery County
Heather Hansen obtained a defense verdict for a neurosurgeon in Montgomery County. The plaintiff alleged that the neurosurgeon negligently performed a complete laminectomy with foraminotomy procedure on her, thereby injuring her spinal cord. Although the plaintiff...
PA Superior Court Analyzes Discovery Rule & Permits Chest Tube Case to Proceed
On March 5, 2015, the Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas' grant of summary judgment in a case involving a surgical tube left in a man's chest after surgery and that remained in the man until he died. Following his death,...
PA Supreme Court Hears Debate on Ostensible Agency and MCARE Limits on Expert Testimony
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently heard arguments on whether a hospital can be held vicariously liable for a resident physician who undertakes care of a patient without a prior physician-patient relationship, and whether a nurse employed by the hospital can...
PA Superior Court Grants New Trial due to Violation of “Collateral Source” Rule
A split Pennsylvania Superior Court recently granted a new trial for a minor based on testimony elicited by defense counsel at trial regarding federal and state benefits that the minor-plaintiff received for her birth injuries. Although plaintiff's counsel...
NJ Supreme Court to Decide if Physicians Must Disclose Insurance Coverage to Patients
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently heard arguments as to whether a physician must disclose his medical malpractice coverage for a procedure to be performed on his patient. The Court also heard arguments that, in the event that a physician did not have...
NJ Supreme Court Reverses Superior Court Ruling, Finds in Favor of Patient Safety Act’s Privilege of Self-Critical Analysis
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently reversed a finding that an internal memorandum conducted following a roundtable review of an infant’s anoxic injury was discoverable and concluded that New Jersey’s 2004 Patient Safety Act rendered the document...
9 Attorneys Selected to 2016 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Each year, on a state-by-state basis, Super Lawyers selects attorneys using peer nominations and evaluations along with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, and those selected represent the top five percent of the total lawyers in each state.
OBR Sponsors Einstein Cancer Program
On May 17, 2014, O’Brien & Ryan, LLP participated as a Course Sponsor for Einstein Medical Center Montgomerey’s Walk Through The Park, at scenic Norristown Farm Park. The walk raised over $28,000 in support of the hospital’s Cancer Program.
Anthony DeMichele is Panelist for IADC
Anthony P. DeMichele served as a panelist for the International Association of Defense Counsel’s 2016 Professional Liability Roundtable, held on May 12, 2016, in Chicago, IL.
OBR Supports Toys for Tots
For the 2015 holiday season, O’Brien & Ryan, LLP proudly partnered with the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program to collect new unwrapped toys for distribution to less fortunate children around the country. To find out more, or to make a donation, please visit www.toysfortots.org.
OBR Presents at Global Pressure Ulcer Prevention Conference
On November 18th, 2015, partners Dan Ryan, Heather Hansen, Carolyn Bohmueller, Anthony DeMichele & Amanda A. O’Dea, along with IT Director Joseph Quirk presented “The Arbitration of a Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcer Lawsuit”, part of Jefferson Health’s 2nd Annual Global Pressure Ulcer Prevention Conference.
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