Safety Concerns over Transvaginal Mesh Sees Decline in Sales by Boston...
Boston Scientific saw a decline of 7% in their Women’s Health Business in the 4th quarter of 2012; this decline is partially due to safety concerns surrounding transvaginal mesh. It is one of several...
View ArticleBed Rails Causing Elderly Injuries & Deaths Prompts Official Inquiry
A federal investigation has been launched into the thousands of injuries and hundreds of deaths resulting from bed rails used to keep older or disabled adults from falling. Perhaps even more troubling...
View ArticleTransvaginal Mesh Trials Begin in Lawsuits Against Johnson & Johnson
This first transvaginal mesh lawsuit focuses on the Gynecare Prolift System, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon division. The plaintiff hopes to prove that the mesh is defective and that...
View Article1st J&J DePuy Hip Replacement Lawsuit Goes to Trial in California
In a major hip replacement lawsuit, a plaintiff (one of 10,000) accuses top-level officials in J&J's DePuy Orthopaedics unit of hiding the defects from doctors and patients. The substance of this...
View ArticleTransvaginal Mesh Bellwether Trials Likely to Impact 1,000′s of Lawsuits
Women who’ve been injured by a defective transvaginal mesh surgical device may soon see some legal justice. There is currently one trial underway involving a victim of the Gynecare Prolift System, a...
View ArticleTreating Physician’s Opinion, Discounted for Advocacy
In a demonstration that judicial criticism of expert witness ‘advocacy’ is not reserved for so-called “ independent ” experts, reasons for judgement were released this week addressing the evidence of...
View ArticleRisks of DePuy ASR Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant Were Not Properly Assessed...
DePuy Orthopaedics and parent company Johnson & Johnson did not adequately assess the risk of the DePuy ASR hip implant before it was sold and implanted in thousands of people, according to an...
View Article$5M Suit Against Nestle Claims Cancer Can be Caused by Frozen Pizza
A California woman is suing Nestle, claiming the company's frozen pizzas are a danger to public health.The post $5M Suit Against Nestle Claims Cancer Can be Caused by Frozen Pizza appeared first on...
View Article38 Actos Plaintiffs Allege Diabetes Drug Caused Bladder Cancer in Illinois...
Another lawsuit is being added to the thousands alleging that Takeda Pharmaceutical’s diabetes drug Actos caused bladder cancer. Earlier this month, 38 people filed a lawsuit in St. Clair County...
View ArticleLos Angeles Cardinal Mahony Relieved of Duties Over Clergy Abuse
Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez announced on Thursday that he had relieved his predecessor, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, of all public duties over his mishandling of clergy sex abuse of children.The...
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