Injured by Biomedical Tissue Services?

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In probably one of the most disturbing corporate scandals in the history of the United States, Biomedical Tissue Services was ordered by the Food & Drug Administration to cease its manufacturing operations and sales of its body parts used for transplants.

It is estimated that approximately 13,000 patients have been affected by the Biomedical Tissue Services recall.

Update: FDA Shuts Down Another Body Part Company, Donor Referral Services - Have you been injured by Donor Referral Services

If you or a loved one have been affected by the Biomedical Tissue Services or the Donor Referral Services recall, regardless of whether you have contracted a communicable disease, you should contact us immediately. You may be entitled to compensation and we can help.

What is the Problem?

Four employees of Biomedical Tissue Services, including the owner of the company, have been indicted on 122 counts in Brooklyn, New York for taking body parts from cadavers without legal consent and selling them without proper disease screening.

Recipients of these body parts may be at risk of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, AIDS, syphilis, cancer and other serious communicable diseases because the firm did not properly screen the donors for risk factors for communicable diseases before selling the bodies to transplant facilities.

Who is Responsible?

Biomedical Tissue Services is under criminal investigation for selling body parts to several large tissue transplant companies including: Regeneration Technologies, LifeCell Corporation, Tutogen Medical Inc., SpinalGraft Technologies, LLC, Lost Mountain Tissue Bank, and Blood and Tissue Center of Central Texas and Medtronic Incorporated. In addition, many of the funeral homes that provided the stolen tissue are also being investigated.

Currently, the exact number of patients who received tissue from Biomedical Tissue Services is unknown. A preliminary estimate made by the Food and Drug Administration states the number is close to 13,000. Medtronic Incorporated is probably the most affected, as they distributed approximately 8,000 units of the stolen body parts used for transplants.

Possible Side Effects

• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• HIV
• AIDS
• Syphilis
• Cancer
• Other Serious Communicable Diseases
  

Do I have an Biomedical Tissue Services Lawsuit?

The Medical Device and Product Liability Litigation Group at our law firm is an experienced team of trial lawyers that focus exclusively on the representation of plaintiffs in Biomedical Tissue Services lawsuits. We are handling individual litigation nationwide and currently accepting new Biomedical Tissue Services cases in all 50 states.

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Biomedical Tissue Services Lawsuit News (National)

Seeking a deal in corpses case - Philadelphia Inquirer A former oral surgeon who admits that he trafficked in stolen body parts is seeking a deal in Philadelphia that would run concurrent to his 18-to-54-year sentence in New York. But prosecutors here are balking at any 2-for-1 deal. They want Michael ... Co-defendant plays blame game in body-parts trial - Philadelphia Daily News Besides the gruesome details of bodies being chopped up for profit, the September body-parts trial of three Philadelphia funeral-home operators is expected to include finger-pointing by one of the co-defendants against the two others. Defense ... NEW JERSEY BUSINESS NEWS - Newark Star-Ledger Fred Hassan, chief executive of Schering-Plough, talks about his 35-year career in the pharmaceutical industry and the importance of innovation. Hassan He has a simple recipe for transforming the Kenilworth drugmaker, which he has run since 2003 ... Ringleader of Body Parts Scheme Pleads Guilty - 1010Wins NEW YORK (AP) -- The mastermind of a scheme to plunder corpses from funeral homes in the Northeast and sell them for millions of dollars pleaded guilty Tuesday in a deal that could send him to prison for the next five decades. Michael Mastromarino, a ... Leader of body parts scheme makes plea - Las Cruces Sun-News NEW YORK?The mastermind of a scheme to plunder corpses from funeral homes and sell them for millions of dollars pleaded guilty in a deal that could send him to prison for the next five decades. Michael Mastromarino, a 44-year-old former oral ... Ex-doctor confesses to stealing body parts - Boston Globe NEW YORK - The mastermind of a scheme to plunder corpses from funeral homes in the Northeast and sell them for millions of dollars pleaded guilty yesterday in a deal that could send him to prison for more than five decades. Michael Mastromarino, a 44 ... Ringleader of body parts scheme pleads guilty in NYC court - AZCentral.com NEW YORK - The mastermind of a scheme to plunder corpses from funeral homes and sell them for millions of dollars pleaded guilty Tuesday in a deal that could send him to prison for the next five decades. Michael Mastromarino, a 44-year-old former ... Nurse admits taking body parts from 244 corpses - Sioux City Journal PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A nurse admitted Wednesday he cut body parts from 244 corpses and helped forge paperwork so the parts, some of them diseased, could be used in unsuspecting patients. Authorities say nurse Lee Cruceta was the lead cutter in a ... Judge to Accept Plea Deal for Body Parts 'Mastermind' - 1010Wins NEW YORK (A) -- A man accused of plundering dead bodies and selling their parts to tissue companies for transplants will plead guilty after a judge rebuked prosecutors Wednesday and refused to let them renege on a deal they reached with him weeks ago ... Body parts boss can plead guilty in NYC - Bellingham Herald AP Photo This photo provided by the Brooklyn District Attorney shows Michael Mastomarino. Mastromarino who ran the company Biomedical Tissue Services. Mastromarino was in court Wednesday Feb. 27, 2008 to face charges of enterprise corruption, body ...