Pain Pumps were developed and marketed as a way to speed up recovery following surgery. Pain Pumps deliver anesthetic directly into a patient’s joint following orthopedic surgery. Pain Pumps may also deliver a dangerous side effect: degeneration of cartilage, a condition known as chondrolysis. Chondrolysis is irreversible, disabling and painful. The most common adverse effect from [...]

David J. Manogue, a shareholder with SSEM, was graduated from the University of Wisconsin and from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third and Ninth Circuits, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the Courts of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Manogue is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.
Since admission to the bar, he has practiced in the fields of general and commercial litigation, including securities and antitrust law, and complex products liability litigation. He has been active in SSEM’s class action practice since his association with the firm. Some of the most significant cases on which Mr. Manogue has worked are:
- In re: Westinghouse Securities Litigation, Civil Action No. 91-0354 (W.D. Pa.)
- In re: Chambers Development Company Securities Litigation, Civil Action No. 92-0679 (W.D. Pa.)
- Hartings v. American Express Company, Civil Action No. 88-744 (W.D. Pa.)
- In re: Baxter Corporation Gammagard Product Liability Litigation, (MDL 1060) (C.D. Cal.)
- Piggly Wiggly Clarksville, Inc. v. Mrs. Baird's Bakeries, Inc. Et al., Civil Action No. 3:95-CV-48 (E.D.TX.)
- Marrs, et al. v. New York Life Insurance Company, Civil Action No. 94-2037 (Allegheny Co. Court of Common Pleas, PA)
- Deal, et al. v. New York Life Insurance Company, et al., Civil Action No. 94-8938 (Allegheny Co. Court of Common Pleas, PA)
- In re: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Sales Practices Litigation, (MDL 1091) (W.D. Pa.)
- Cope, et al. v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, et al., 95-CO-46 (Ct. Of Appeals 7th Appellate) (Columbiana Co. Ct. of Common Pleas, OH).



