The promise of robotic surgery is exciting. A recent study has raised additional questions about the need for robotic-assisted surgery in many cases. The research suggests that the da Vinci surgical robot should be reserved for much more complicated procedures that cannot be easily handled by laparoscopic surgery. At the…
Vaginal prolapse is incredibly common, with approximately 30-50% of women having some sort of prolapse during their lives. Our lawyers are investigating vaginal mesh lawsuits involving Cook Medical, in addition to other manufacturers of vaginal mesh systems. Cook Medical Transvaginal Mesh Cases Cook Medical held its products out as breakthrough…
Fresenius Granuflo and NaturaLyte lawsuits filed throughout the federal court system will now be consolidated before one Massachusetts’ judge for coordinated pretrial proceedings, as part of a multidistrict litigation (MDL). This affects all product liability lawsuits filed over heart attacks or sudden deaths allegedly caused by the use of GranuFlo…
We’ve known for some time that Pradaxa has problems—this drug, intended to replace the time-tested blood thinner Warfarin (Coumadin), has been shown to cause internal bleeding and hemorrhaging. Unlike Warfarin, the bleeding cannot be quickly countered, which can cause death in serious cases. There were at least 260 deaths of…
Statins are a group of drugs used to lower cholesterol by inhibiting the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase. HMG-CoA reductase plays a role in the synthesis of cholesterol in the liver. Increased blood levels of cholesterol are associated with cardiovascular diseases. Statins have shown benefit in treating people with hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol),…
This blog post is about defective Windows made by MI Windows and Doors. I am writing about this because I find it interesting. There are lawyers handling these cases all around the country. Our law firm is not handling these cases. So while you are always welcome to call us,…
Biomet Hip Defect Lawsuits Have Many Chapters Biomet is one of the manufacturers of the much-maligned metal-on-metal hip implants. It makes the M2A Magnum, an all-metal implant that plaintiffs and scientists believe causes serious medical problems, including failure and blood poisoning. In late June 2012, plaintiffs in several federal Biomet…
People on dialysis have enough problems without having to worry about heart attacks. But it seems that the nation’s leading supplier of dialysis products (mostly through its own dialysis centers) may be causing an untold number of dialysis patients to have heart attacks and other cardiac problems. Fresenius Medical Care…
There is a growing concern there there is a compound in Teflon® that may cause cancer. No one is filing any lawsuits about this, at least not yet. Science has to dig a lot deeper into all of this. The purpose of this post is just to give you an…
Beyaz is Bayer’s new and improved birth control. Its big selling point: it is not Yaz/Yasmin (If this does not leave you cynical, you are a better person than I am.). But, alas, just like YAZ and Yasmin, Beyaz’s active ingredients are drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol. These ingredients work to…