Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, PC Files Federal Complaint in the Southern District of Ohio Against Covidien, Inc.
In April 2009, the attorneys at Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, PC, filed a complaint in Federal Court in the Southern District of Ohio against Covidien, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of medical devices, including surgical staplers. Covidien’s website indicates that the medical device at issue, its ENDO GIA Universal Stapler, “places two triple, staggered rows of titanium staples and simultaneously the knife divides the tissue in between. The instrument is designed for multiple use during a single surgical procedure . . . .”
