By Joe Messa
An eleventh child died late last week as the result of an adenovirus outbreak at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Haskell, New Jersey. The Wanaque Center is a professional nursing home, rehabilitation center, and pediatrics center offering short and long term care. Patients in the pediatrics center are severely disabled children, often […]
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On September 24th, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a “Safety Communication” regarding Aims Diagnostic Imaging, located in Manahawkin, NJ. Patients who had mammograms at Aims Diagnostic anytime on or after June 15, 2017 are being made aware of possible problems with the quality of their mammograms. According to the FDA’s announcment, “This […]
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We don’t prepare cases to settle them; there are plenty of lawyers who do that. We prepare cases for trial. When we take a case, we want to know that we can win it at trial and we prepare that case as if we’re going to trial. We are prepared to try every case. A […]
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As far as pharmaceutical giants are concerned, AbbVie might not be a household name, but the company’s blockbuster drug, Humira, certainly is. Humira is an immunosuppresive approved to treat arthritis, plaque psoriasis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis. Recently, the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) slammed the Chicago-based pharmaceutical company for not […]
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Messa & Associates often covers defective medical devices in the Messalaw Blog, and as a firm, we’ve litigated hundreds of defective medical device cases on behalf of patients and families who have undergone extreme suffering as a result of these defective treatments. An op-ed piece published in the New York Times this month, authored by […]
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In an opinion piece for Philly.com, Pennsylvania Treasurer, Joe Torsella, calls on the pharmaceutical industry to be held accountable for its role in the opioid crisis currently sweeping Pennsylvania. Big pharma profits while people die In his piece, Torsella explained that thirteen people die every day in cities across the commonwealth as a result of […]
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Most people do not prepare for the day when professional or medical negligence leaves them catastrophically injured. More often than not, something unfortunate happens when it’s least expected and victims are left to learn for the first time how to pursue justice in a world that feels like it’s crumbling to pieces. This article seeks to help […]
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Last Monday Messa & Associates wrote about the third Philadelphia jury to find Johnson & Johnson liable for damages regarding defective mesh implants. Last Thursday, a St. Louis jury handed up a $110 million verdict to a woman from Virginia who claims that her ovarian cancer was caused by the company’s talcum products. Lois Slemp, […]
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An article in the March edition of the Journal of Patient Safety discussed medical error related deaths in the US, citing the leading causes to be highly preventable occurences including pressure ulcers (bedsores), hospital-acquired infections, blood clots (embolism), surgical errors, and misdiagnosis. One of the article’s contributors, Dr. Kevin T. Kavanagh, commented, “Our utmost concern […]
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