As a Stryker hip implant attorney, I have written previously about our experience with clients who had Stryker hip replacement problems. Most of these clients tell us about conversations with their doctors before surgery in which they were told the Rejuvenate hip was better for them due to their young […]
Category: Defective Medical Devices
The Searcy Denney Mass Tort Unit filed yet another individual lawsuit this week on behalf of a Florida DePuy ASR hip implant victim. This claim was filed on behalf of a Sebring resident who was implanted with bilateral recalled DePuy ASR implants in 2007 at Highlands Regional Medical Center. This plaintiff […]
It seems sort of nonsensical to blame the victim for his or her condition but that is what medical device maker Stryker appears to be doing in an April Field Safety Notice (FSN). In the United Kingdom, medical device manufacturers are required to report to the MHRA, their version of our […]
With all of the controversy, bad outcomes, and thousands of personal injury lawsuits concerning vaginal mesh, this medical doctor has a novel approach. Dr. John Wei of the University of Michigan suggests using a mid-urethral sling to prevent incontinence, even when the woman is not incontinent! Published June 20, 2012 […]
What do we know about any of the polypropylene meshes that are being removed from the market by Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon division. The four involved mesh products are: The TVT Secur; The Prosima Pelvic Floor Repair System; The Prolift Pelvic Floor Repair System; and The Prolift MTM Pelvic Floor […]
Late last night, June 4th comes news from Bloomberg, that medical device maker, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) plans to stop selling four transvaginal mesh implants in the face of hundreds of lawsuits and more to come. Ethicon, a unit of J&J, told a federal judge in West Virginia that it […]
The Honorable Judge Joseph R. Goodwin of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia held a status conference Thursday, May 24, 2012, in the U.S. Courthouse in Charleston, West Virginia to coordinate the discovery process for the hundreds of consolidated cases filed by women around the […]
Cal Warriner and Brenda Fulmer of the Searcy Denney Mass Tort Unit filed yet another case against DePuy earlier this month for a client with a defective ASR metal-on-metal hip implant. This latest individual lawsuit was filed on behalf of an Orlando woman who underwent hip implant surgery in late […]
When the Plumbers and Pipefitters local union of West Virginia invested in Zimmer Holdings, shareholders were looking to reap some big financial rewards from the medical device maker. Instead they found themselves initiating a class action lawsuit that was dismissed Monday, May 21, by a federal appeals court judge. The […]
Consumers Union has posted an ad in the online news source, Politico, Monday, May 21, asking “Should medical device makers be allowed to sell new devices based on manufacturer-recalled products – without ever having to prove that the safety flaws were fixed?” Sounds like the answer should be a resounding […]
