Plaintiffs who had open-heart procedures, and then fell victim to deadly infections are filing complaints in federal courts for their injuries. Several of these cases have been filed in recent months, with plaintiffs claiming that Stockert 3T heating-cooling systems, which are often used in operatin
A Minnesota couple has filed a new hip replacement lawsuit against the makers of the Stryker Accolade TMZF hip stem and LFIT Anatomic V40 femoral head. They filed their case on November 14, 2016, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The…
This Sunday I will be speaking on CBS Pittsburgh’s The Sunday Business Page at 6:30am (Eastern Time) about the prosecution of Takata for its recalled airbags, as well as the pending lawsuits against the company. Last week Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced a $1 billion…
A group of plaintiffs who filed lawsuits because of injuries caused by proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have filed a motion seeking consolidation of all of these lawsuits into one federal court. PPIs are a class of medications that can block the production of stomach acid.…
Hip implants are more complicated today than they were a decade ago. Used to be that there were minimal components—most systems were comprised of an acetabular cup (the “ball” that fits into the hip socket), the liner (that goes over the cup), and the stem…
An Iowa woman has filed a new Stockert 3T heater-cooler device lawsuit in the Southern District of Iowa. The case was filed on August 22, 2016, and names manufacturer LivaNova PLC, formerly Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH, as defendant, along with the Sorin Group. The plaintiff…
The FDA has released a new warning about testosterone replacement drugs. It was back in January 2014 that they announced they were investigating the risk of stroke, heart attack, and death in men taking testosterone products like AndroGel, Testim, and Fortesta. They reiterated at the…
A new study suggests that IVC filters may not help people who are at risk of dangerous blood clots to improve their chances of survival. These devices have a number of potentially dangerous side effects, including perforation of the vena cava (the vein that flows…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently cited general contractor Seneca Steel for failing to protect their employees from fall hazards. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), falls, slips, and trips increased 10 percent to 793 in 2014, compared to 724…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a press release on October 20, 2016, confirming the eleventh U.S. death tied to an exploding Takata airbag. Nearly 70 million Takata air bags have been recalled worldwide because of an allegedly defective design that presents a…
The Takata air bag recall started as a limited set of focused recalls and regional field actions a few years ago, and has now expanded to become the largest recall campaign in U.S. history, affecting millions of vehicles. What caused this issue to get so…
According to the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault, nearly one in five women and one in 71 men have been raped in their lifetime. Almost 30 percent of men who reported it said it happened when they were 10 years old or younger, and…