Arnold & Itkin announces lawsuits against makers of defective pain pumps
The Houston trial law firm Arnold & Itkin LLP has filed five lawsuits against the makers of defective pain pumps and related medications based on claims that many of the company’s defective medical devices are causing irreversible shoulder damage among patients. Currently, medical attorneys at Arnold & Itkin LLP represent 28 people who received pain pumps to manage pain following shoulder surgery. The pumps utilize a catheter to deliver continuous doses of medication directly into the shoulder. According to the lawsuits, pain pump manufacturers were denied approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to use the pumps to mitigate pain in shoulder joints, but the companies continued to promote their use in that way. Many former pain pump users say the companies were negligent in designing, researching and selling pain pumps that they should have known were dangerous. The legal filings include claims of fraud, breach of warranty and products liability against the defendant manufacturers.
