Silzone Heart Valves EU

Cohen Milstein and other firms  currently represent approximately 17,000 persons from 16 European nations implanted with silver-coated mechanical heart valves (known as Silzone® valves) manufactured by St. Jude Medical, Inc. in a class action medical monitoring suit filed in Minnesota.  In January 2000, St. Jude removed the Silzone® valve from the market for safety reasons after it was implicated in reports of serious and sometimes life-threatening adverse events, including paravalvular leaks, thromboembolic events, and explants.  Cohen Milstein’s European claimants are seeking damages under the European Union Product Liability Directive in addition to Minnesota law. 

• Minnesota Court Rules that EU Class Action Against Hazardous Heart Valve Implant May Continue in America - May 5, 2005

• Class Action Complaint [PDF]
• Order Denying Defendants Motion to Dismiss - April 28, 2005 [PDF]

• Daniel W. Sigelman
• Richard S. Lewis