As a Dallas Fort Worth Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice attorney, I providing this tragic case of wrongful death following a fairly common plastic surgery procedure. Lisa Martinez, 32, went in for a procedure with Dr. Robert Young, a San Antonio plastic surgeon. Lisa was getting a plastic surgery procedure…
As a Zimmer Durom Cup hip lawsuit attorney, I am provided this litigation update. The pending federal Zimmer Durom Cup hip lawsuits that were consolidated and stayed in the multidistrict litigation, or MDL, are now starting to move forward, as Zimmer has been ordered to answer the complaints in cases…
Abbott Laboratories is being sued by children who were born with birth defects, after their pregnant mothers took the epilepsy drug Depakote. The Depakote lawsuit was filed on May 3 in St. Clair County Circuit Court in Illinois by plaintiffs from across the country. The complaint alleges that Abbott Laboratories…
The Food and Drug Administration has ordered all producers of “metal-on-metal” artificial hips to undertake studies, which have been linked to high early failure rates and severe health effects. The producers of “metal-on-metal” hips will have to conduct studies of patients to determine whether the implants are shedding high levels…
As a Zimmer NexGen LPS Lawsuit Attorney, I am providing this update. Product liability lawsuits have been filed by individuals who experienced problems with Zimmer NexGen LPS knee replacements, alleging that they required revision surgery after the artificial replacement knee systems began to loosen or fail. The Zimmer NexGen LPS…
According to a large European study published this week, Bisphosphonates, a class of drugs used to prevent and treat osteoporosis is associated with an unusual type of thigh fracture. According to orthopedic surgeons, they were seeing an increase in cases where are severe fractures in which the thighbone snaps in…
Over the last few months our office has been inundated with phone calls from patients suffering from bone pains, hip dislocations, injuries and concerns over the DePuy ASR Hip Implant Recall that officially began in August of 2010. Texas hip replacement patients with the ASR implant devices in them have…
U.S. Medicare and Medicaid officials have found problems at Dallas County’s general hospital after a newspaper investigation into a woman’s botched 2008 knee replacement surgery. This hospital became famous world wide after the Kennedy assassination in the 1960’s. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services found that failures by…
As a Dallas Antidepressant SSRI Birth Defects & Cranial Malformation Attorney, I am writing about the current state of SSRI induced birth defect lawsuits. Selective seratonin reuptake inhibitor drugs are known as SSRI antidepressants. Serious side effects are linked to the following antidepressants when taken while pregnant: * Prozac®, *…
As a Dallas Zimmer NexGen CR-Flex Porous knee replacement system and lawsuit attorney, I am providing this Zimmer update. Some Zimmer NexGen knee replacement systems have been linked to reports of pain, loosening of the implant and failure of the replacement knee leading to revision surgery. These cases are being…