While U.S. hip implant lawsuits are dominating headlines, more patients are suffering around the world. Thousands of patients are coming forward in the United States to fight for their rights against DePuy, the medical device manufacturer behind metal-on-metal hip implants. There has already been an $8.26 million verdict against the manufacturer in California, and the…
DetailsExperience is an important element of Tucson personal injury lawyers. Each day, people in the Tucson area find a need for a personal injury attorney. In some cases, car accident victims need someone to help them get the compensation they deserve after a car accident that was no fault of their own. In other cases,…
DetailsA new study takes a look at the link between hip implants and soft tissue damage. Recent research has shown a linkage between the Stryker Orthopedics Rejuvenate Modular Hip System and soft tissue damage around the implant. Initially, patients who were victims of this side effect from hip implants were forgotten as most legal action…
DetailsTuesday marked the second day of testimony in a federal transvaginal mesh lawsuit. In the second day of testimony in the first federal trial to determine whether the manufacturer of transvaginal mesh is responsible for injuries in a patient, a jury heard testimony from the doctor who implanted the mesh. In a Charleston, WV courtroom…
DetailsA New Jersey judge has set an October start date for a bellwether hip implant lawsuit. An early trial date has been set in a New Jersey courtroom for a bellwether case involving DePuy hip implants. Superior Court of New Jersey Judge Brian R. Martinotti has set an October start for this important lawsuit against…
DetailsA jury has been seated in a bellwether federal lawsuit against a transvaginal mesh manufacturer. It took a West Virginia U.S. District Court judge just two hours to seat a jury in the first federal lawsuit against a manufacturer of transvaginal mesh. Judge Joseph Goodwin whittled 18 jurors down to eight for the trial, which…
DetailsAnother study has highlighted the risk of transvaginal mesh implant products. A new study in the respected Journal of the American Medical Association seems to confirm previous concerns over the safety of transvaginal mesh products. A total of 215 women were involved in the study, and 126 of them had undergone transvaginal mesh implant surgery…
DetailsJohnson & Johnson is facing a number of hip implant lawsuits. A California judge says that the plaintiff in a landmark hip implant lawsuit did provide sufficient evidence that Johnson & Johnson’s metal-on-metal hip implant was defective. The ruling comes after J & J attempted to appeal an $8.3 million verdict against the company back…
DetailsThe jury in first Actos lawsuit to reach trial has been informed that the Actos maker Takeda has allegedly been aware of a link between Actos and bladder cancer since 2004. In the first of thousands of Actos lawsuits to reach trial, the jury in the case (Cooper v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals America Inc., CGC-12-518535) has…
DetailsA woman who lost her husband to Actos bladder cancer has been awarded a total of $8 million in damages by a California jury. A woman who lost her husband to bladder cancer has been awarded a total of $8 million in damages by a California jury who, after eight days of deliberation, ruled that…
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