A California mother recently received a $4.6 million settlement for the injury caused to her son when he was circumcised at one week old. Melanie Hall settled with Miltex Inc, a Mogen circumcision clamp manufacturer, and parent company Integra Life Sciences Holding Corp for defective manufacturing that resulted in 85% of the tip of her son's penis being amputated, according to the lawsuit.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 56 percent of U.S.-born males are circumcised in hospitals. The Mogen clamp, Gomco clamp, and Plastibell are the devices used in the majority of circumcisions performed in the U.S.
In August 2000, the FDA alerted the public with a public health notification regarding the Mogen and Gomco clamps following 105 injury reports between July 1996 and January 2000. Penile injuries included cuts, hemorrhaging, amputation and urethral damage.
The FDA has received 139 additional reports since their 2000 public health notice for issues related to circumcision clamps, 51 of which were injury reports. 21 of those reports involved Mogen clamps. Although Miltex ceased distribution of Mogen clamps in 1994, some of its devices continue to be used.
The Coral Springs product liability attorneys at Law Offices Cytryn & Velazquez handle product liability cases involving catastrophic injury or wrongful death from the use of a defective product. We pursue claims against drug manufacturers, vehicle manufacturers, toy manufacturers, and other types of manufacturers whose products caused harm to their consumers.
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Ryan Hutson, Esq. is a Coral Springs accident attorney at Law Offices Cytryn and Velazquez, P.A. Our South Florida trial lawyers pursue personal injury claims against negligent manufacturers throughout Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade. We represent clients in cities including Pompano Beach, Parkland, Pembroke Pines, Davie, Lauderhill, Plantation, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami.
Our firm's founder, Dan Irving Cytryn, is a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer handling personal injury cases in Coral Springs for 30 years. He has received a 10.0 rating on Avvo, a lawyer rating service, which is the highest rating given for a lawyer. He is also rated the highest ability and ethics rating, "AV", by Martindale Hubbell, a company rating lawyers for more than 100 years.
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