Medical experts have warned that women who regularly powder their genitals with talc have a one-third higher risk of being diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Those women who routinely apply talc to their genitals, sanitary napkins, tampons and underwear were found to have a 33 per cent higher risk of ovarian…
According to a recent Bloomberg news article, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has begun to settle thousands of personal injury and product liability lawsuits filed by women who blame the company’s vaginal-mesh inserts for causing severe injuries. First of Many Johnson and Johnson Ethicon Settlements The world’s largest medical-device maker has…
Oren Fells from Georgia recently filed a Xarelto uncontrollable intracranial or brain bleeding lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The lawsuit was filed against Bayer Healthcare, Johnson & Johnson, and its Janssen subsidiary, the manufacturers of Xarelto. Catastrophic Xarelto Brain Bleeding Allegations Fells began…
Michael G. Fitzpatrick, representative of the 8th district of Pennsylvania, has asked the FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations, to investigate whether three hospitals violated mandatory reporting policies in wrongful deaths related to the use of power morcellators during gynecological surgery. Brigham and Women’s Hospital (of Boston); Rochester General Hospital; and…
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the popular plastic transvaginal mesh device that has been used to repair pelvic organ prolapse (POP) transvaginally, or through the vagina, will have to undergo rigorous safety studies before being available to be used in patients. The FDA issued two final…
Timothy Wilkes from Ohio, filed a testosterone drug personal injury and product liability lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. According to Wilkes, the side effects of the popular testosterone replacement medication, AndroGel caused a deep vein thrombosis or a blood clot in his legs…
Recently, a Philadelphia jury found for the plaintiff Patricia Hammons, who suffered serious internal injuries from the Ethicon Prolift vaginal mesh. Johnson and Johnson, the manufacturer is exposed to at least fifty thousand similar claims, with hundreds of lawsuits fast tracked for early trial in 2016. $12.5M Verdict and Punitive…
The manufacturers of the Wright Conserve metal on metal hip implant were hammered in a recent personal injury and defective product liability trial. The Georgia federal jury awarded $11 million to Robyn Christiansen, in the first bellwether Wright Conserve hip replacement lawsuit to go to trial. $10 Million Punitive Damages…
In the United States, Hysterectomy is the second most frequently performed surgical procedure (after cesarean section). The majority of these hysterectomies are performed laparoscopically. What is Laparoscopic Hysterectomy? Minimally invasive or laparoscopic removal of the uterus, is know as hysterectomy and typically performed for the treatment of fibroids or benign…
A Kansas woman, Samantha Brosseau, filed a personal injury and product liability lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the manufacturer of the blockbuster drug Zofran. Brosseau took the drug to treat pregnancy-associated morning sickness. Allegations: Zofran Caused Hole in the Heart According to Brosseau, Zofran caused her daughter to be born with…