Product Liability

October 20, 2017

Birmingham Hip Implant Resurfacing Lawsuit News

Birmingham Hip Implant Resurfacing Lawsuit News. Over the past ten years, metal on metal (MOM) hip implants have been under fire over their increased risk of premature failure and serious complications of metal poisoning and localized hip soft tissue reactions causing pseudotumors.

Birmingham Hip Implant Resurfacing Lawsuit News. Smith & Nephew Birmingham Resurfacing implant premature hip failure is linked to an alleged design defect causing personal injury, metallosis, pain and need for risky revision surgery according to lawsuits.

Scope of the Hip Implant Problems

October 18, 2017

Taxotere Hair Loss lawsuits in settlement discussion

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Taxotere Hair Loss lawsuits in settlement discussion. According to sources, the Taxotere hair loss lawsuits may be in preliminary stages of settlement talks.

The judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation in the Taxotere chemotherapy drug products liability litigation has ordered plaintiff attorneys to file information about all pending and anticipated claims “so that “claimants may have the opportunity to participate in any eventual resolution process.”

U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt issued Pretrial Order No. 60A to the Plaintiff’s Settlement Committee on September 15, with uploading of the census data by October 31. Generally speaking, the compilation of data about the injured plaintiffs is usually the first step in a global mass tort settlement.

October 11, 2017

Ethicon Physiomesh blamed for injuries following Hernia Surgery

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Ethicon Physiomesh blamed for injuries following Hernia Surgery according to a lawsuit. Amy Flood from Texas recently filed a product liability and personal injury claim in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas over injuries caused by an Ethicon Physiomesh hernia mesh.

Ethicon Physiomesh blamed for injuries following Hernia Surgery. Ethicon Physiomesh and Proceed Hernia Mesh linked to infections, failure of the device, serious injuries including bowel perforation according to many lawsuits.

According to Flood, the Ethicon Physiomesh mesh is defective leading to increased risk of adhesions, bowel perforations, erosions, fistula formation, bowel strangulation and hernia incarceration.

October 4, 2017

Texas DePuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Trial

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Texas DePuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Trial. The latest round of Johnson and Johnson DePuy Pinnacle hip failure bellwether trials are underway in the Northern District of Texas federal court, based in Dallas, Texas.

Texas DePuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Trial. DePuy is under fire over its Pinnacle/Ultamet line of metal hip devices causing metal poisoning and premature failure according to lawsuits.

This trial involves six consolidated New York plaintiffs who claim serious side effects and injuries related to the premature failure of their Pinnacle device. (In re: DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. Pinnacle Hip Implant Product Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2244)

September 1, 2017

Smith & Nephew hip lawsuit settlement

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Smith & Nephew hip lawsuit settlement. Over the past ten years, metal on metal (MOM) hip implants have been criticized over their increased risk of premature failure and another serious complication known as metallosis.

Smith & Nephew hip lawsuit settlement. Smith & Nephew Birmingham hip failure linked to design defect causing personal injury, metallosis, pain and need for risky revision surgery according to lawsuits

Metal hip replacement devices are expected to last 10 years or more. Now it is discovered that some newer-generation hip replacement devices have a higher failure rate because of the metal-on-metal components.

August 30, 2017

Johnson and Johnson Pinnacle hip trials

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Johnson and Johnson Pinnacle hip trials. According to the latest court order issued on August 25, the latest round of Johnson and Johnson DePuy Pinnacle hip failure trials are set to start in early September.

Johnson and Johnson Pinnacle hip trials. DePuy is under fire over its Pinnacle/Ultamet line of metal hip devices causing metal poisoning and premature failure according to lawsuits.

Johnson and Johnson, the world’s largest pharmaceutical company and medical device maker, and its DePuy subsidiary are under fire over similar allegations involving its Pinnacle/Ultamet line of metal hip devices which are prone to metal poisoning and premature failure according to lawsuits.

August 30, 2017

Invokana Amputation Settlement Lawsuit

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Invokana Amputation Settlement Lawsuit. In order to qualify for an Invokana or Invokamet amputation lawsuit settlement, a patient must have taken Invokana or Invokamet and developed serious amputation side effects involving toes, feet or leg amputations.

Johnson & Johnson the world’s largest pharmaceutical and medical device maker and its Janssen subsidiary are under the hammer over serious allegations that the companies failed to warn about severe side effects from its blockbuster line of new diabetic medications.

The allegations at the heart of many similar product liability and personal injury lawsuits are that the companies failed to provide adequate warnings about the potential side effects of Invokana and Invokamet.

August 25, 2017

Ethicon Mesh caused bowel perforation according to a lawsuit

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Ethicon Mesh caused bowel perforation according to a lawsuit. Ruby Caveeck from Pennsylvania recently filed a product liability and personal injury claim in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania over injuries caused by an Ethicon Proceed hernia mesh.

Ethicon Mesh caused bowel perforation according to a lawsuit. Ethicon Physiomesh and Proceed Hernia Mesh linked to infections, failure of the device, serious injuries including bowel perforation according to many lawsuits

According to Caveeck, the Ethicon Proceed mesh is defective leading to increased risk of adhesions, bowel perforations, erosions, fistula formation, bowel strangulation and hernia incarceration.

August 24, 2017

Invokana Diabetes Amputee Lawsuits

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Invokana Diabetes Amputee Lawsuits. Michael Nickels recently filed a product liability and personal injury claim in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey over claims of amputation as a result of taking the diabetic medication.

According to Nickels, Johnson & Johnson, the world’s largest pharmaceutical company, and its Janssen Pharmaceuticals subsidiary knew or should have known about the potential amputee side effects of Invokana, but withheld and hid information from patients and doctors about the severity of the amputee risks.

Mickels used Invonaka for the treatment of his type 2 diabetes in 2014, but within two years Mickels had to get an amputation procedure, from the use of the drug.

August 16, 2017

Texas DePuy Pinnacle Metal Hip Trial

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Texas DePuy Pinnacle Metal Hip Trial. The DePuy Pinnacle hip failure trials are restarting in September with the fourth bellwether trial involving the allegedly defective DePuy Pinnacle metal on metal hip replacement system.

Texas DePuy Pinnacle Metal Hip Trial. The DePuy Pinnacle hip failure trials are restarting in September with the fourth bellwether trial involving the allegedly defective DePuy Pinnacle metal on metal hip replacement system. DePuy is under fire over its Pinnacle/Ultamet line of metal hip devices causing metal poisoning and premature failure according to lawsuits.

Texas DePuy Pinnacle Metal Hip Trial