At Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Richard B. North, based in Atlanta, handles cases involving alleged over-infusion of infants using infusion pumps, including claims of severe anoxic brain injuries. North also serves as national coordinating counsel in IVC filter MDLs and atherectomy device claims, including wrongful death allegations. Terri Reiskin, in Washington DC, serves as co-lead counsel in the Birmingham hip resurfacing MDL, defending metal-on-metal implants allegedly misrepresented to doctors and patients, causing metallosis, pain, and revision surgeries. In Columbia, David Dukes manages MDL failure-to-warn claims for pharmaceutical providers. Kate Helm addresses alleged manufacturing defects in retractable needles and syringes, serves as national counsel for defective PET scan machines, and co-leads cases involving implantable cardiac devices allegedly failing to prevent medical events.
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Key clients
- Becton, Dickinson & Company
- C. R. Bard, Inc., and its subsidiary Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Retractable Technologies Inc
- Siemens Medical
- Boston Scientific
Practice head
Mark Jones
Other key lawyers
David Dukes; Kate Helm; Richard B. North; Terri Reiskin
