MEDICAL PRODUCT LIABILITY
SOLICITOR ADVICE

The term ‘medical device’, can mean any type of medical equipment, mechanical or non-mechanical, that is used either in surgery or as part of a healthcare routine. Silicone breast implants are a good example of a medical device, as are the artificial heart valves and replacement hip joints. If you have suffered personal injury due to failure of a medical device then a medical product liability solicitor can help you to claim compensation.

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Negligence

In the past it was necessary for a medical product liability solicitor to prove negligence against a manufacturer in order to succeed in a compensation claim for a medical device related injury. Nowadays you need only show that a personal injury was caused when using the medical device in question, in a normal way. The Consumer Protection Act 1987 creates strict liability for personal injury caused by defective pharmaceutical products, bio-mechanical devices and general medical equipment throughout the United Kingdom which means that it is not necessary to prove negligence in order to claim compensation. If you were using a medical device in a normal way, or in the way that device is supposed to be used and you suffered injury then our medical product liability solicitors can help you to claim compensation.

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Defective Product?

A medical device can be defective in four different ways relating to :-

• Defective Design

  Refers to an inherent danger existing in the design of the product that was effectively built in at an early stage before manufacture

• Defective Warnings

  Refers to inadequate warnings of danger or inadequate contra-indications supplied at the point of sale or useage

• Negligent Surveillance

  Refers to a failure to notify those in danger once a defect has been recognized after supply has already taken place

• Defective Manufacture

  Refers to an unacceptable and dangerous defect in the actual manufacturing process whereby the product does not match the intended design

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Multi Party Action

When there are multiple people affected by the same defective product it may be possible for medical product liability solicitors to take group legal action or multi party action whereby a group of people can pool evidence and financial resources and can claim together in one representative legal action.

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Personal Injury Solicitors

A medical product liability claim is in a niche area of law that requires more than just general claims experience. Whilst our lawyers are all members of the Solicitors Regulation Authority panel of personal injury experts and are also members of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, they are also qualified to deal with a medical product liability claim by virtue of the experience they bring with them, having handled complex, high value and high profile cases including multi-party actions against some of the worlds largest multinational corporations. If you would like free advice from a medical product liability solicitor just complete the contact form or use the helpline and a solicitor will speak to you with no further obligation.