MobiHealthNews reports that “Zoll Medical Corporation, which received FDA clearance a few years ago for both home and hospital versions of its wearable defibrillator LifeVest, is now dealing with a range of lawsuits and FDA actions over problems with the device.” At least two individuals “have died because their vests failed to activate due to an electrical problem, the FDA reports, while local media in Pittsburgh reports that other patients are having the opposite problem, with burns and rashes caused by the device activating erroneously.”

From the news release of the American Association for Justice.