By Joe Messa
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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A former Cooper University Health Care nurse has filed a lawsuit in Middlesex County against Cooper, alleging wrongful termination and medical malpractice. The nurse, Catherine Tanksley-Bowe, Ph.D, was employed by Cooper for only one month in 2016. During the time of her employment, there was an outbreak of drug resistant MRSA in the neonatal intensive […]
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We are all conditioned to believe that when we see a doctor, that doctor is there to help us, heal us, and has our best interests at heart. Doctors are supposed to follow the Hippocratic Oath which is, “first do no harm.” Yet, there are many doctors who do not uphold their Hippocratic Oath. There […]
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A recent study reported by the New England Journal of Medicine linked certain personality traits (or lack thereof) in physicians to increased medical malpractice claims. The Journal utilized data from the The National Practitioner’s Data Bank (NPDB) for medical malpractice claims paid against physicians between 2005 and 2014; 66,246 claims paid against 54,099 doctors. The […]
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Patient safety researchers have concluded that today, medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States, behind only heart disease and cancer. Martin Makary, a surgical professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, led a research team that determined that medical errors, including everything from bad doctors to systemic […]
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