Personal Injury & Torts
Oct. 5, 2016
Judge approves coordination of 22 endoscope cases
A number of cases alleging that a defectively designed endosccope caused hundreds of infections and dozens of deaths have become coordinated in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES — Twenty-two lawsuits aimed at a medical manufacturer who allegedly produced a defective brand of endoscopes have been coordinated following approval Monday by a superior court judge.
Judge Ann I. Jones approved consolidation of the cases against Pennsylvania-based Olympus America Inc., whose brand of duodenoscope has been linked to 250 sickened patie...
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