Vaccine injuries and adverse reactions are rare but serious. Percentages are little consolation when your family has been affected by anaphylaxis, Guillain-Barre, miscarriage, or death. If you believe there is a connection between a medical condition and a vaccine, you may be eligible to receive a settlement through the Federal Government’s Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.…
If you are injured in a car-truck accident in Arizona, you can pursue legal action against any party whose negligence contributed to the accident, including the driver of the truck, the trucking company that employed the driver, the manufacturer of the truck, or other motorists. The circumstances of each crash are unique, so consult with…
Arizona motorists are all-too-aware of the unfortunate truth that reckless driving can be common on our state’s roads and highways. Reckless driving is a misdemeanor criminal offense under Arizona Law. Drivers whose recklessness leads to serious injuries may also liable in civil lawsuits for the damages that result from their negligence. Showard Law Firm helps…
Truvada maker Gilead Sciences, Inc. has recently become the target of over 1,000 lawsuits alleging bone loss and related injuries. However, the company is facing a new lawsuit of a different sort – and from an unlikely party. On November 6, 2019, the United States, on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services,…
Electronic cigarettes were first developed in the early 1960s, but more than 40 years passed before manufacturers combined a battery, an ultrasonic atomizer, and plastic cartridges with nicotine and flavorants to create the current variants of e-cigarettes. Those components generate moist smokeless air that contains nicotine, flavors, and other substances, supposedly with reduced tar and…
The medical industry is still absorbing the shock from the Food and Drug Administration’s 2019 announcement that more than 56,000 reports of surgical stapler defects from 2011 through 2018 had been kept from public disclosure in a hidden FDA database. Many of those reports included references to excess bleeding and other surgical complications that resulted…
Across the U.S., over 1 million people undergo surgery to repair hernias annually. The majority of hernia repairs are done by reinforcing the affected areas with a man-made synthetic mesh. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 33% of patients report adverse events with hernia mesh. These complications, which often manifest as severe…