It is unfortunately becoming all too commonplace to hear about the death of a young child as a result of a tip-over accident involving a piece of unsecured furniture in the home. Just recently, this issue was local news as a products liability lawsuit was filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas by the […]
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Personal Injury attorneys report on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) updated warnings about power morcellators and their effects on women. Recently, information has come to light suggesting that “the use of laparoscopic power morcellators may contribute to the spread and upstaging of unsuspected uterine cancer in women undergoing hysterectomy and myomectomy for fibroids.” The FDA […]
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Boston Scientific is facing its first federal trials in two courts over claims that their transvaginal mesh devices caused injury. One is in Charleston, WV and involves allegations from four women over the Obtryx vaginal mesh device, used to treat stress urinary incontinence. The other trial is in Miami and involves women implanted with the […]
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Philadelphia personal injury attorneys are in support of women who want the Justice Department to review claims that Johnson & Johnson intentionally destroyed documents related to its vaginal mesh implants. The defective devices, manufactured by Ethicon, were implanted in thousands of women who say they have suffered debilitating injuries as a result of the product. […]
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Personal Injury Attorneys: Johnson and Johnson Sold Vaginal Mesh Implant Before Getting FDA Approval Personal injury attorneys have filed more than 550 lawsuits on behalf of women claiming that Johnson & Johnson’s vaginal mesh implant, Gynecare Prolift, is responsible for their injuries. Gynecare Prolift, manufactured by Johnson and Johnson’s Ethicon, and other vaginal mesh devices, […]
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Personal Injury Attorneys: Automated External Defibrillators May Fail Patients The Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall of several types of Automated External Defibrillators (AED) because certain models contain a component that may fail unexpectedly due to a defect. If the defective component failed during a rescue attempt, the AED may not deliver defibrillation […]
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Personal Injury Lawyers Discuss Lack of Monitoring for Patient Safety An article in the New England Journal of Medicine called the Riata heart defibrillator another example of the lack of patient safety monitoring in the U.S. According to the article, the device’s defect was not recognized as quickly as it should have been because,“U.S. surveillance […]
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