An Illinois man recently filed a new lawsuit against LivaNova PLC (formerly Sorin Group Deutschland GMBH), concerning the use of its allegedly contaminated heater-cooler unit during his open-heart surgery. The case was filed on February 23, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the District…
An Alabama man has filed a Stryker LFIT V40 femoral head lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He claims that after being implanted with the Stryker LFIT component, he suffered serious injuries. He seeks both compensatory and punitive damages…
Back in 2010, a Massachusetts jury awarded a man $1.5 million in damages after he injured his hand on a Ryobi table saw that lacked flesh-sensing technology that would have prevented the injury. Such technology was introduced back in 2000, but most major table saw…
According to the FDA, if you have gone through a surgical procedure to remove your gallbladder, you shouldn’t be using Viberzi (eluxadoline), a prescription drug treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). In a recent drug safety communication, the FDA warned that Viberzi can increase the…
April is distracted driving month, according to the National Safety Council (NSC). Various organizations will spend the month reminding drivers to put their cell phones and other gadgets away when behind the wheel to help reduce the risk of motor vehicle accidents, injuries, and deaths.…
Testosterone replacement manufacturer AbbVie wants to dismiss testimony from plaintiffs’ experts in consolidated testosterone litigation. In a motion filed on February 20, 2017, the defendants requested that U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly, who is overseeing centralized proceedings in the No
In January of this year, Takata agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud and to pay $1 billion in criminal penalties for their conduct in the sales of defective air bag inflators. The fallout from this debacle is far from over, however. In February, shortly…
For the last few years, testosterone replacement drug manufacturers have been defending thousands of lawsuits filed by plaintiffs who took the drugs and then suffered from cardiovascular and venous thromboembolic events. Meanwhile, study results on the risks and benefits associated with testosterone
Joint replacement surgeries continue to gain popularity, but a recent study suggests that younger adults may want to approach them with more caution. A study published in the medical journal Lancet, found that people who went through either knee or hip replacement surgery at a…
According to a recent FDA safety update, as of February 1, 2017, the administration had received 359 medical device reports (“MDR”) of a rare type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma related to breast implants. Nine of those reports involved patient deaths. This is the same cancer that…
Back in January 2017, plaintiffs filed a motion with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) seeking consolidation of all Stryker LFIT V40 femoral head lawsuits, stating that consolidation would serve the convenience of all parties involved, and would help avoid duplicative and co
In a recent letter to the editor published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), three University of Melbourne researchers have raised concerns that thousands of patients in hospitals around the world could be exposed to medical devices contaminated with dangerous bacteria. They argue…