Guidant Settles Device Suit

Article in today’s New York Times — Guidant Settles Device Suit, by Bloomberg News:

    The Guidant Corporation, the maker of implanted heart devices, settled a fraud suit
    over its recalled defibrillator for an undisclosed amount, a plaintiffs’ lawyer said
    yesterday.

    The trial in the civil suit brought by two plaintiffs, Beatrice O. Hinojosa and Louis E.
    Motal, was scheduled to begin Monday in Corpus Christi, Tex. The plaintiffs claimed
    the company failed to warn them that their implanted heart devices might fail.