Medical device maker to settle majority of medical malpractice lawsuits
The Associated Press is reporting that Biomet Inc. has reached agreements with 24 of 27 plaintiffs who sued the company over bone stimulators made by its subsidiary (EBI) that were allegedly implanted by osteopath Dr. King.
According to Biomet’s filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the 27 are among the more than 120 plaintiffs who allege in lawsuits that that King misdiagnosed, harmed and even killed patients after the hospital hired him as a surgeon in 2002. The SEC filing coincided with several of the plaintiffs agreeing Monday to dismiss a federal lawsuit filed under that allege that EBI improperly marketed its devices through an illegal kickback scheme that involved King and defrauded federal health care programs. EBI denied those allegations.
Six of the King malpractice cases were slated for a combined civil trial June 1 have been postponed in the wake of the settlement agreements.
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