Legal News

Horizon Remains Cloudy for Hip Device
In July, Zimmer Holdings, the nation's largest producer of orthopedic devices, halted sales of its Durom cup hip socket. The Zimmer device is used in hip replacement procedures, and has been on the market in the United States since 2006...

Zimmer Holdings suspends sales of Durom Cup hip implant amid doctor complaints
--> Zimmer Holdings suspends sales of Durom Cup hip implant amid doctor complaints Surgeons say device failure necessitates additional patient surgery Related Pages: Zimmer Holdings, Inc...

Zimmer to Join Loyola-Chicago
Congratulations to my good friend, Mike Zimmer, who is moving next academic year from Seton Hall to Loyola-Chicago full-time. Mike received his A.B. and J.D. from Marquette University (a very fine school I might add), where he was Editor in...

Zimmer on A Chain of Inferences Proving Discrimination
Mike Zimmer (Seton Hall, Visiting Northwestern) has posted on SSRN his forthcoming piece in the Colorado Law Review: A Chain of Inferences Proving Discrimination. From the abstract: The third element - defendant's intent to discriminate - is the most challenging...

Zimmer on the Supreme Court's Pragmatic Retaliation Decisions
Mike Zimmer has just posted on SSRN his new article, A Pro-Employee Supreme Court? --the Retaliation Decisions. The article will be appearing in South Carolina Law Review's inaugural peer-review issue (a great idea that I hope is emulated by other...

Zimmer Hip Cup Recall
Zimmer Holdings, the largest producer of orthopedic devices in the United States, recently halted sales of a hip replacement implant which has been failing in unacceptably high numbers...

Firing the Patient
The New York Times has a piece today by Dr. Rahul K. Parikh who writes about dealing with a difficult relative of a patient and deciding to end his relationship with the patient because of it...

Breast Cancer Patient Awarded $8.1 Million in Discrimination Case
Breast Cancer Patient Awarded $8.1 Million in Discrimination Case

Patient Awarded $10 Million
In Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Doctor Paralyzes Patient
Hospital agrees to $3.7 million settlement in malpractice lawsuit.

Medicare Fraud
IJKG, LLC pays government $2.5 million settlement after Bayonne Medical Center overcharged for in and out patient care.

UAB Health System and Franklin Collection Service
allegedly violated the RICO Act in collection practices on delinquent patient accounts.