WASHINGTON AP – A judge who dismissed thousands of lawsuits against Medtronic said Monday he will not remove himself from the case, despite criticism for not revealing that his son works for a law firm tied to the company.
Lawyers for patients implanted with Medtronic’s defective Sprint Fidelis defibrillator wires have called on Judge Richard Kyle to recuse himself from the case. They argued that Kyle failed to disclose an important conflict of interest that could have swayed his judgment: his son is a lawyer and shareholder at the Minneapolis-based law firm Fredrikson & Byron, whose clients include Medtronic.
