Numerous lawsuits have been filed over the past month against Ethicon and Johnson & Johnson over their Physiomesh hernia mesh patches. These lawsuits allege that the product was defectively designed and failed to contain adequate warnings of the harms it can cause, including infection, perforation, migration, and the need for
An appeals court in Atlanta upheld a $2.1 million verdict awarded to the victim of a defective Wright Medical Group hip implant. The case had been the first bellwether trial in nationwide litigation involving these dangerous devices, but had been on appeal since the verdict was rendered in 2015. Wright
Last month, the Brazilian government removed Essure from the market. On February 17, 2017, ANVISA, the Brazilian equivalent of the USA’s FDA, issued Resolution 457/17, suspending the importation, distribution, marketing or use of Essure in Brazil. The Brazilian safety agency took this action in response to the FDA’s actions in
Additional settlements in the Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II defective hip implant cases were announced today. This latest agreement follows the first round of settlements, which took place in November of 2014. Thousands of patients who were implanted with these metal-on-metal hip replacements suffered failures of the devices, leading to
A jury in Dallas, Texas rendered a decision today holding Johnson & Johnson liable to six people for injuries caused by defective Pinnacle artificial hips, in a verdict totaling over $1 billion dollars. The patients suffered serious complications caused by the metal-on-metal hip implants made by DePuy, a division of
Several class actions have been filed against the manufacturers and sellers of Hylands Teething Tablets. Parents whose children were hurt or died want to know—what effect does this have on their case? To answer this question, first we need to understand what a class action is. A class action is
Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against a Nevada county for keeping early voting open past closing time. Early voting in Clark County was set to close at 7 p.m. last Friday, but voters were reportedly casting ballots as late as 10:00 p.m. According to local officials, as long as voters
A chemical manufacturing plant in Atchison, Kansas released a cloud of toxic gas today, injuring dozens. The toxic cloud released by the facility, operated by MGP Ingredients, Inc., consisted of sulfuric acid and sodium hypochlorite. Witnesses reported that the cloud was so thick that they could not see more than
Chromium-6, first brought to the public’s attention by Erin Brokovich, has once again entered the news. New testing done by Environmental Working Group, an independent advocacy group, concludes that the tap water of 218 million Americans contains the poisonous chemical, with St. Louis having the second-highest level found in a
The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), in a widely publicized move, has officially recalled the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, due to its unfortunate tendency to explode. Less well-publicized are numerous reports that other Samsung products, including its flagship Galaxy S7 Edge, are also explosion-prone. On May 30th, Daniel Ramirez