Health & Patient Safety News

CDC Warns: Stop Using EzriCare Artificial Tears Immediately

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently warned that it is investigating a potential outbreak of bacterial infections that may be related to the use of EzriCare Artificial Tears. While this investigation is ongoing, the CDC has recommended that consumers immediately stop…

By Roopal Luhana

/ 2 Feb 2023

CDC Warns: Stop Using EzriCare Artificial Tears Immediately

Exactech Truliant Knee Replacement Fails in Just One Year

A Tennessee man recently filed a new Exactech knee lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. He claims that after being implanted with the Truliant Posterior Stabilized Knee System, he suffered from serious injuries. He seeks compensatory and punitive damages.…

By Eric T. Chaffin

/ 22 Jan 2023

Exactech Truliant Knee Replacement Fails in Just One Year

Missouri Woman Claims Long-Term Use of Hair Relaxers Led to Ovarian Cancer

A Missouri woman recently filed a new hair relaxer lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. She claims that after regularly using products made by L’Oréal, SoftSheen Carson, Strength of Nature, and Namaste, she suffered from serious injuries. She seeks…

By Roopal Luhana

/ 16 Jan 2023

Missouri Woman Claims Long-Term Use of Hair Relaxers Led to Ovarian Cancer

New York Woman Forced to Undergo Revision Surgery After Exactech Knee Implant Fails

A New York woman recently filed a new Exactech lawsuit in the Southern District of New York. She claims that after she was implanted with the Exactech Optetrak Comprehensive Total Knee System, she suffered from serious injuries. Plaintiff’s Exactech Knee Implant Fails Prematurely According to…

By Eric T. Chaffin

/ 2 Jan 2023

New York Woman Forced to Undergo Revision Surgery After Exactech Knee Implant Fails

Arizona Woman Undergoes Partial Hysterectomy for Uterine Fibroids—Blames Hair-Relaxing Products

An Arizona woman recently filed a new hair relaxer lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She claims that after she use certain products, including Dark & Lovely and Optimum, she suffered from serious injuries. She seeks compensatory and…

By Roopal Luhana

/ 24 Dec 2022

Arizona Woman Undergoes Partial Hysterectomy for Uterine Fibroids—Blames Hair-Relaxing Products

New York Plaintiff Says Exactech Hip Implant Failed in Less Than 4 Years

A New York couple recently filed a new Exactech hip replacement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. They are seeking compensatory and punitive damages for injuries one of them claims she received after being implanted with the Exactech…

By Eric T. Chaffin

/ 22 Dec 2022

New York Plaintiff Says Exactech Hip Implant Failed in Less Than 4 Years

Plaintiff Used Hair-Relaxing Products; Now Suffering from Uterine Fibroids/Cancer

A Tennessee woman recently filed a new hair relaxer lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She claims that after using certain hair-relaxing products, she was seriously injured. She seeks both compensatory and punitive damages. Plaintiff Claims Hair-Relaxing Produc

By Roopal Luhana

/ 16 Dec 2022

Plaintiff Used Hair-Relaxing Products; Now Suffering from Uterine Fibroids/Cancer

New Study Suggests Tepezza May Increase the Risk of Hyperglycemia in Some Patients

Amid a rising number of lawsuits filed against the makers of Tepezza for hearing loss, a new study reports that the thyroid eye disease (TED) drug may also increase the risk of hyperglycemia, or low blood sugar. Tepezza is the only FDA-approved treatment for TED.…

By Roopal Luhana

/ 12 Dec 2022

New Study Suggests Tepezza May Increase the Risk of Hyperglycemia in Some Patients

Will Hair Relaxer Lawsuits Be Centralized?

Amidst the growing number of hair relaxer lawsuits filed in courts around the country, a group of plaintiffs recently filed a motion to consolidate all federally filed cases in one court for coordinated pre-trial proceedings. Several manufacturers of these products oppose centralization and have fil

By Roopal Luhana

/ 6 Dec 2022

Will Hair Relaxer Lawsuits Be Centralized?

Exactech Knew About High Rate of Early Failures, Yet Failed to Take Action: Lawsuit

A Delaware couple recently filed a new Exactech Optetrak lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. They seek compensatory and punitive damages arising from injuries allegedly suffered from the Exactech Optetrak Total Knee System. On October 7, 2022, the U.S. Judicial…

By Roopal Luhana

/ 27 Nov 2022

Exactech Knew About High Rate of Early Failures, Yet Failed to Take Action: Lawsuit

New York Man Blames Exactech Insert for Failed Knee Implant

A New York man recently filed a new Exactech knee replacement system lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He claims that after he was implanted with the Exactech Optetrak Logic Total Knee System, he suffered from serious injuries.…

By Eric T. Chaffin

/ 11 Oct 2022

New York Man Blames Exactech Insert for Failed Knee Implant

Exactech Joint Lawsuits Centralized in the Eastern District of New York

On October 7, 2022, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) ordered that all federally filed Exactech joint lawsuits be centralized in the Eastern District of New York. U.S. District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis was appointed to oversee the pre-trial proceedings. Plaintiffs involved in t

By Eric T. Chaffin

/ 9 Oct 2022

Exactech Joint Lawsuits Centralized in the Eastern District of New York