Searcy Denney recently became aware of safety concerns with the seats used in Bass Pro’s bass boats. According to the Coast Guard’s safety alert, the casting seats break at the connection between the seatback and base, which...more
It has been described as the deadliest weedkiller on the planet. It also has been described as the most prevalent weedkiller on the planet. And now it is being described as the hot topic of a series of lawsuits filed against...more
5/20/2021
/ Agribusiness ,
Agricultural Sector ,
American Medical Association ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Farm Workers ,
Farmers ,
Herbicides ,
Multi-Jurisdictional Litigation ,
Occupational Exposure ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Exposure
The subject of six lawsuits filed in three states, paraquat is widely used in the agricultural industry and, sadly, often causes illnesses to those least able to care for themselves: workers.
Workers on farms and ranches...more
5/12/2021
/ Crops ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Farm Workers ,
Farms ,
Herbicides ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Manufacturers ,
Mass Tort Litigation ,
Multi-Party Litigation ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Occupational Exposure ,
Pesticides ,
Product Packaging ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Risk Assessment ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Exposure ,
Warning Labels
In what has become an alarming trend in drug and medical device manufacturing, Smith and Nephew felt compelled to copycat other hip implant manufacturers and market a pair of dual modular hip stems. This trend is alarming...more
Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning causes more than 20,000 emergency room visits and 400 deaths each year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas,...more
On August 29, 2016, Stryker issued a voluntary recall of certain lots of Stryker LFit Anatomic Cobalt Chromium V40 femoral heads, a prosthetic hip replacement device, manufactured before March 2011. This recall included over...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a Class 1 recall for a handheld instrument used during hip-replacement surgery. The device failed sterility tests....more
A company beneath the umbrella of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has initiated a clawback of its recalled EpiPen Auto-Injector and EpiPen Jr Auto-Injector for failing to activate in time of need....more
For over four years I have been investigating problems associated with Stryker Accolade TMZF Titanium hip stems. Of course the Rejuvenate and ABG II failures and subsequent recall are well-known and much written about. But,...more
Stryker Accolade V40 LFIT Hip Implant Dissociation -
Over the past few years, various orthopedic surgeons around the country and their patients have faced a catastrophic failure of Stryker’s Accolade and V40 LFIT hip...more
After a decade of receiving several black eyes over failed metal on metal implants, the orthopedic device industry is bracing itself for a second wave of metal failure related embarrassment.
The metal on metal debacle...more
Stryker V40 Femoral Heads (CoCr) Associated With Spontaneous and Catastrophic Head-Neck Dissociation -
Stryker may face yet another crisis associated with their total hip replacement medical devices – and this time it...more
Prescription drugs exist to boost the health of patients by decreasing their pain, increasing their stamina, staving off infections and treating their symptoms. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has the responsibility to...more
The National Park Service is celebrating its centennial – an historic occasion that will culminate Aug. 25. On that date in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law an act creating a new bureau within the Department of...more
The road to U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of pharmaceutical manufacturers’ medications is a long and winding one. A dynamic process tinged with favorable – and unfavorable – factors can take a drug from lab to...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received another blow to its ability to regulate pharmaceutical product marketing that was dealt via a court order stating it is not in the agency’s purview to control promotional...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s requirement that pharmaceutical companies report dangerous side effects cause by medicines they manufacture is being flouted by a few bad actors. Such violations of the federal law are...more
4/19/2016
/ Adverse Events ,
Drug Safety ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Gilead Sciences ,
GlaxoSmithKline ,
Manufacturers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Side Effects ,
Warning Labels
Television spots touting prescription medications have flooded the airwaves for nearly 20 years. During that time, pharmaceutical companies marketing their products have become surprisingly savvy at delivering the message....more
Ethicon Women’s Health & Urology, maker of the Gynecare Prolift Pelvic Floor Repair System, is appealing an $11 million verdict awarded to a South Dakota women injured by the defective mesh implant....more
One of the foremost father figures in the history of medicine famously said, “There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.”
Hippocrates, the ancient Greek...more
If the bellwether trial of a plaintiff who suffered complications from a metal-on-metal hip implant is any indication of future verdicts, Wright Medical Technology should be worried.
A jury awarded $11 million to a woman...more
Grocery store shelves are filled with foods that contain artificial coloring. Breakfast cereal. Cake frosting. Candy bars. Drink mixes. Up and down the aisles, Blue 2, Red 40, Yellow 5 and other chemical combinations lurk on...more
In February 2015, sixteen plaintiffs sued Pfizer, the maker of Viagra, alleging that their ingestion of Viagra between 1998 and 2013 caused them to develop melanoma. Plaintiffs asserted the following cause of actions: breach...more
Is the controversial new drug touted as female Viagra cause for celebration or concern? Does the little pink pill represent “girl” power, or is it a shortsighted remedy for sexual dysfunction in women? Do its benefits...more
An inferior vena cava (IVC) filter is used to prevent life threatening pulmonary emboli. Once installed, the filter’s arms and legs open and anchors it to the walls of the IVC. The filter then catches blood clots that would...more
10/19/2015
/ Compensatory Damages ,
Design Defects ,
Failure To Warn ,
Loss of Consortium ,
Manufacturing Defects ,
Medical Devices ,
Negligence ,
Negligent Misrepresentation ,
Physicians ,
Punitive Damages ,
Summary Judgment