He’s turned into a crusader after his MLB umpiring career and his quality of life took a hit from a defective medical device approved by the FDA.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, March 31st 2009, former Major League umpire Mark Hirschbeck joined others harmed by dangerous medical devices and their families in Washington, D.C. to meet with members of Congress about the Medical Device Safety Act, legislation that would restore to thousands of Americans the right to seek justice through the civil justice system. Thousands of unfortunate Americans have suffered or even died because of defective medical devices like heart defibrillators, artificial valves, and defective knees and hips.<\/p>\n
It’s an uphill battle. In 2008, the Bush Conservative-stacked U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the infamous Riegel v. Medtronic decision that manufacturers of Class III medical devices that have been approved by the FDA’s equally controversial pre-market approval process, are essentially immune from liability. Not taken into account (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" He’s turned into a crusader after his MLB umpiring career and his quality of life took a hit from a defective medical device approved by the FDA. On Tuesday, March 31st 2009, former Major League umpire Mark Hirschbeck joined others…<\/span><\/p>\n