In Brief: AcroMed pedicle screw settlement
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
AcroMed pedicle screw settlement: Firm's settlement of all product liability claims involving use of its variable screw placement bone screws in spinal fusion surgeries is approved by Judge Louis Bechtle in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Oct. 17. AcroMed announced the settlement in December ("The Gray Sheet" Dec. 16, 1996, I&W-10)...