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Another lawsuit filed against pain pump manufacturers

judge gavelMichael Johnson says neither he nor his doctor would have agreed to have a pain pump devices implanted into his joint during two arthroscopic surgeries if he knew that by doing so it would result in a full joint replacement. Johnson contends that the manufacturers of the medical device knew that the pain pumps were unreasonably and dangerously defective, and yet they did nothing to warn him or his surgeon about the risks associated with using it. Furthermore, he claims, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) specifically prohibited the marketing of pain pump devices with anesthetics to be placed in the joint cavity.

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