Largest law firm in the country handling pain pump claims - First to file a pain pump lawsuit in the United States

 

News and Updates

February 4, 2010: Watch the FDA's patient alert regarding the danger of pain pumps.

January 27, 2010: New York Times publishes special report on the severe damage caused by pain pumps, and the marketing of pain pumps for use in the shoulder despite the FDA's explicit disapproval. Read the article.

January 22, 2010: Oregon jury awards $4.5 million to shoulder pain pump victim. Learn about the verdict.

November 13, 2009: The FDA confirms it has never approved pain pumps for use in the shoulder joint, and is now requiring pain pump manufacturers to warn doctors about the potential for devastating joint damage (chondrolysis) that can result from the use of intra-articular pain pumps. Read the FDA alert.

 

Pain Pumps

Recent studies and an FDA alert have identified pain pumps as a likely cause of joint pain and severe cartilage damage, primarily in the shoulder but possibly in other joints as well. With shoulder pain pumps, this condition is known as postarthroscopic glenohumeral chrondrolysis (PAGCL). This is a devastating condition that causes severe pain and the need for constant medication. Among a significant number of our clients, harm done by pain pumps has required multiple surguries, including shoulder replacement surgery.

Parsons Behle & Latimer is the largest law firm in the country represented people injured by pain pumps, and the first to file a lawsuit related to injuries caused by pain pumps. Along with Dewsnup King & Olsen, a renowned firm specializing in plaintiff's litigation, the firm is representing hundreds of people across the country who appear to have suffered serious injury as a result of shoulder pain pumps and anesthetic pumps used in other joints. 

How pain pumps are involved

In the American Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers have identified high-flow intra-articular pain pumps as the likely cause of chondrolysis in the shoulder and other joints. The FDA now requires pain pump manufacturers to warn doctors and patients about the potential for severe joint damage as a result of using pain pumps. The FDA has also made clear that it has never approved anesthetic pain pumps for use in the shoulder. Other studies have been done and are currently underway to further analyze the already well-substantiated link between shoulder pain pumps and chondrolysis.

The law firms that will evaluate my case

Two nationally recognized law firms have joined forces to represent people throughout the United States who have constant shoulder pain as a result of injury by pain pumps. Parsons Behle & Latimer is one of the top 500 largest law firms in the United States. Dewsnup King & Olsen is a dedicated personal injury law firm that is also strategically located in the heart of the Intermountain West. 

Our two firms have been working together since the initial discovery of the role that a pain pump can play in the development of permanent cartilage damage. We have consulted directly with the primary medical and legal researchers of this tragic complication. We were also the first in the United States to file a lawsuit against one of the largest manufacturers of these pain pumps, Stryker Corporation. Our firms have also filed suits nationwide against other major pain pump manufacturers, including I-Flow, Sorenson, Breg and others.  

My next step

If you or a loved one have been injured by a pain pump, or if you, a family member, or friend have shoulder joint pain, severe shoulder pain, or other symptoms or a diagnosis of PAGCL, you may have important, valuable legal rights. Please contact us today by filling out the brief questionnaire on this page, or by calling our toll free number (1-888-241-0112) for a free, no-cost, no-obligation evaluation of your case.