(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand an appellate ruling that revived nearly 6,000 lawsuits over 3M’s Bair Hugger surgical warming device, clearing the way for trials to resume this fall.
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3M Co. is battling lawsuits from more than 50 orthopedic surgery patients who say the company’s popular “Bair Hugger” warming blankets, used to keep people warm before surgery, circulated contaminants and caused debilitating deep-joint infections.
3M Co. faces nearly 6,000 reinstated lawsuits by patients alleging they developed severe infections from the Bair Hugger warming system used during joint replacement surgeries, following an Eighth Circuit ruling.