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January 26, 2017

Why are Stryker Metal Hips failing?

Stryker Orthopedics and its parent company Howmedica Osteonics, is in the cross hairs over another round of product liability litigation over their allegedly defective metal hip implants, involving their Stryker LFit V40 femoral component.

Stryker metal femoral head V40 implants linked to early failure and urgent revision surgery according to lawsuits

This Stryker metal femoral head component was removed from the market last year because of an increased risk of premature failure, metal corrosion and cobalt, chromium metal blood poisoning, known as metallosis.

January 24, 2017

Atrium C-Qur Hernia Mesh lawsuit headed to New Hampshire

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Atrium C-Qur hernia mesh lawsuit update. As Atrium Medical, the company that manufactures the Atrium C-Qur hernia mesh comes under fire over its products, comes news that these product liability lawsuits are consolidated in New Hampshire for pre-trial proceedings.

Atrium C-Qur Hernia Mesh Injury Lawsuits

Atrium C-Qur hernia mesh lawsuit blames mesh repair devices to abdominal injuries, infections and allergic reactions

New Hampshire Multidistrict Litigation

January 19, 2017

Stryker Metal Hip Failure, Recall and Lawsuits

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Metal on metal hip implants have been around for the past two decades but they have been plagued with early failure, metal poisoning, tissue destruction and finally the need for painful replacement surgery.

Metal on metal hip implants have a high failure rate including those manufactured by Biomet, DePuy, Encore, Smith & Nephew, Stryker, Wright and Zimmer.

Now Howmedica Osteonics and its subsidiary Stryker have the dubious honor of being the latest metal on metal hip manufacturer to join the metal hip failure rogues gallery.

January 17, 2017

IVC Filter Injury and Death lawsuits pass 3,000

by Dr. Shezad Malik

The number of Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter injury and death lawsuits continue to climb and now are past the 3,000 mark over design defects leading to fractures, migration, tilting and perforation.

Recent medical studies have linked IVC filters to serious and catastrophic injuries.

What are IVC Filters?

January 13, 2017

DePuy Pinnacle Metal on Metal Hip Texas Trial

by Dr. Shezad Malik

DePuy Pinnacle metal on metal hip Texas trial update. A federal jury in Dallas recently ordered Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary unit to pay more than $1 billion to six plaintiffs who claimed that they were injured by their line of Pinnacle metal on metal hip implants.

The jurors found that the Pinnacle hip implants were defectively designed and that the companies failed to warn patients about the risks of serious complications including metallosis (metal poisoning) and the early failure of these devices.

DePuy Pinnacle Metal on Metal Hip 9,000 Federal Lawsuits and counting

January 12, 2017

Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer 2017 Update

by Dr. Shezad Malik

I am providing this timely update for women who have succumbed to talcum powder linked ovarian cancer .

Talcum Powder linked to Ovarian Cancer link

Talcum powder ovarian cancer. Medical research and jurors have found talcum powder ovarian cancer link.

Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer link

December 9, 2016

Atrium C-Qur Hernia Mesh Lawsuit claim repair patch Injuries

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Atrium C-Qur Mesh hernia mesh lawsuits claim repair patch injuries, according to allegations in many personal injury and product liability lawsuits. There are several Atrium C-Qur hernia mesh lawsuits filed in federal courts nationwide.

Atrium C-Qur hernia mesh lawsuits claim repair devices are linked to abdominal injuries, infections and allergic reactions.

Kentucky Atrium C-Qur Hernia Mesh Lawsuit

In a recently filed lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Kent Simmons alleges that he developed severe abdominal pain and mesh exposure after an Atrium C-Qur patch was implanted for hernia repair.

According to Simmons, the hernia mesh product was defectively designed and unreasonably dangerous. Simmons underwent hernia surgery in October 2015, and then he needed further surgery to remove the Atrium C-Qur hernia mesh, after it damaged his abdominal wall.

What is Atrium C-Qur Hernia Mesh? Continue reading

October 29, 2016

Talcum Powder causes Ovarian Cancer?

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Talcum Powder causes Ovarian Cancer? Depends on who you ask. According to Johnson and Johnson the maker of their flagship baby powder product and their follow up product, Shower to Shower, the answer is a resounding NO!

Talcum Powder causes Ovarian Cancer link

Medical research and jurors have found talcum powder ovarian cancer link.

But the jury asked to sit and weigh through the evidence presented in the third bellwether trial to take place in St. Louis would disagree vehemently.

October 28, 2016

St. Louis $70M Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer Verdict

by Dr. Shezad Malik

A St. Louis jury yesterday announced a $70 million talcum powder ovarian cancer verdict, in the third talcum powder ovarian cancer case to go to trial.

Medical research and jurors have found talcum powder ovarian cancer link.

Deborah Giannecchini, 62, used Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) baby powder for feminine hygiene for more than four decades until her diagnosis with ovarian cancer three years ago.

Giannecchini has an 80 percent chance of dying in the next two years, and has undergone surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.

J&J and Imerys Hammered

A J&J unit was ordered to pay $65 million in punitive damages and 90 percent of about $2.5 million for medical costs and pain and suffering.

Co-defendant Imerys Talc America, the supplier of the talc, was hit with $2.5 million in punitive damages.

Juror: “J&J Didn’t Care”

As reported in Bloomberg News, the company should have provided a warning label on the product to let consumers decide whether to use talc, one juror Billie Ray, 76, of St. Louis, said after the trial. “It seemed like Johnson & Johnson didn’t pay attention,” she said. “It seemed like they didn’t care.”

October 28, 2016

$70 M J&J Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer Verdict

by Dr. Shezad Malik

A St. Louis jury yesterday awarded over $70M to a woman injured in Johnson & Johnson talcum powder ovarian cancer lawsuit.

Medical research and jurors found talcum powder Ovarian Cancer link.

Deborah Giannecchini of Modesto, California was awarded more than $70 million in her lawsuit alleging that years of using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder made with talc caused her ovarian cancer.