By Joe Messa
A heater-cooler device used to control the temperature of patient’s blood during cardiopulmonary bypass procedures at WellSpan York Hospital might be to blame in the death of four patients and the infection of at least four others. The device in question is manufactured by Sorin Group, (now LivaNova) a medical devices manufacturer based in Italy. […]
Continue readingIt 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 from Messa & Associates, P.C. alert readers of the recent recall of portable bed handles by Bed Handles, Inc. The voluntary recall issued by the Missouri company is regarding 113,000 adult portable bed handles. When the handles are attached to an adult’s bed without the use of safety retention straps, the […]
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Philadelphia personal injury attorneys report that approximately 174,000 defective The My Sweet Love/My Sweet Baby Cuddle Care baby dolls have been recalled because the circuit board in the chest of the doll can overheat. When the doll overheats, the surface of the doll gets hot and can cause burn injuries to children. The dolls were […]
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Philadelphia personal injury lawyers announce that 600,000 baby monitors have been recalled by Angelcare Monitors Inc. following the deaths of two babies. The Angelcare Movement and Sound Monitors with Sensor Pads have a cord that attaches the sensor to the pad. The pad is meant to be placed under the crib mattress to monitor the […]
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Philadelphia personal injury attorneys report the injury of a 2-year-old Florida girl whose feet were severed after her father backed over her with a lawn mower. The child ran into her yard as her father was mowing the lawn. He did not see her, and thought his wife was signaling that something was in front […]
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Philadelphia personal injury attorneys report that a young boy was killed after a sign at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport fell onto him and his family as they walked through the airport on Friday. The boy’s mother and two of his brothers were also injured by the 300-pound arrival-departure panel. The Bresette family was making their return […]
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