Zimmer Biomet has issued a Class I recall for its Comprehensive Reverse Shoulder as the devices have exhibited higher rates of fracturing than previously stated. In December 2016, Zimmer Biomet issued an Urgent Medical Device Recall Notice to customers who may have undergone surgery in which a Comprehensive Reverse Shoulder was implanted. This recall has […]
Last month, a Texas jury awarded more than $1 billion in damages to plaintiffs who claimed they suffered injuries after receiving DePuy Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implants. Metal-on-metal hip implants, such as the DePuy Pinnacle implants, are surgical devices used during hip replacement surgery that have been claimed to be more durable and provide a greater […]
Over the past two years, Takata has remained at the center of the largest automobile vehicle recall ever recorded in the United States. This is because the airbags that the manufacturer produces, which are standard in over 45 different models of cars made between 2000 and 2008, were found to be defective and potentially dangerous […]
In November, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced that the first of the Xarelto® bellwether trials, stemming from the Xarelto® multidistrict litigation, would begin in February, 2017. Since that announcement, there have been many updates in the ongoing legal battle against Xarelto® manufacturer Bayer AG and distributer Janssen Pharmaceuticals. […]
On October 27, 2016, a jury awarded a California woman more than $70 million in a lawsuit filed against talcum powder manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. This decision brings the total awards for three ovarian cancer victims in talcum powder lawsuits in 2016 to nearly $200 million. Nearly 2,000 additional suits have been filed claiming primarily […]
Over the past year, two different juries have awarded compensatory as well as punitive damages to plaintiffs who filed talcum powder lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson. More than 1,000 additional lawsuits have been filed against Johnson & Johnson claiming that the manufacturer knew of the link between the product’s use and the development of ovarian […]
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $55 million in compensatory and punitive damages to a woman who claimed that the use of the company’s talcum powder products around her genital areas contributed to her developing ovarian cancer. The ruling comes just months after another jury in Missouri awarded a plaintiff’s family $72 million […]
Essure is a hysteroscopic implant method of sterilization that provided a less invasive alternative to other hysteroscopic procedures used. The device is intended to provide women with a permanent form of birth control. However, over the past ten years, thousands of women have filed adverse effect reports with the FDA, detailing complications after receiving the […]
Duodenoscopes are used in more than 500,000 gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures each year. These devices are used during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures to diagnose and treat conditions within the bile duct and main pancreatic duct, such as gallstones and cancer. The duodenoscope can help to drain fluid from bilary and pancreatic ducts that are blocked […]
In March, 2015, 60 Minutes aired a special report detailing claims that Lumber Liquidators was selling laminate flooring containing illegal and potentially dangerous levels of the chemical Formaldehyde. Commonly known as methanol, formaldehyde is an organic compound used in construction and manufacturing materials. The substance can be found in walls, flooring, synthetic fabric, paneling, plywood […]