Supreme Court Rejects 3M Appeal Over Surgical Warming Blanket Infection Lawsuit
The Supreme Court has rejected a petition by 3M Company to overturn a lower court's decision to reinstate thousands of Bair Hugger lawsuits.
The Supreme Court has rejected a petition by 3M Company to overturn a lower court's decision to reinstate thousands of Bair Hugger lawsuits.
3M has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the high court to review a decision which reinstated thousands of lawsuits over infections allegedly caused by Bair Hugger warming blankets.
A federal judge has appointed a special mediator to help resolve issues between plaintiffs and defendants in Bair Hugger litigation.
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a request by 3M to review its decision to reinstate thousands of Bair Hugger infection lawsuits.
3M must face thousands of Bair Hugger infection lawsuits after a federal appeals court reinstated the cases, saying plaintiffs' expert witnesses and testimony was wrongly dismissed by a federal judge.
A federal judge granted summary judgment against more than 5,000 Bait Hugger infection lawsuits after dismissing their expert witness testimony.
The first Bair Hugger lawsuit to go to trial has ended in a defense verdict for 3M and Arizant, defending against charges that the warming blanket caused a knee infection.
A Bair Hugger recall affecting more than 165,000 forced air warming blankets indicates that recently manufactured models may have airflow problems that could result in patients not being warmed properly…
A federal judge has ordered an additional eight bellwether cases be selected for trial over claims of Bair Hugger hip and knee infections.
A federal judge has approved all expert testimony for the first Bair Hugger hip and knee infection lawsuits, clearing the way for trials to begin in April.