On March 13, The Lancet, a top-notch British medical journal, published Failure rates of stemmed metal-on-metal hip replacements: analysis of data from the National Joint Registry of England and Wales. The article is nothing less than a wholesale condemnation of metal-on-metal hip implants manufactured by orthopedic (orthopaedic, if you’re British)…
The number of vaginal mesh lawsuits (also called transvaginal sling lawsuits) has skyrocketed. This is in part due to the fact that there are at least six companies involved, including Johnson & Johnson. Mostly though, this is because these products are just horrible, were not properly tested, and cause unspeakable…
Smith & Nephew knee replacements are failing at an unacceptable rate Our lawyers are investigating knee replacement lawsuits against Smith & Nephew. These knee replacements have been on the market for some time. The reason for the lawsuits is simply: the Smith & Nephew knee replacements are simply failing at…
We recently reported on a study that revealed that the metal-on-metal hip replacements failed three times more often than other artificial hips. In fact, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered twenty-one (21) artificial hip manufacturers to conduct studies of the Metal-on-metal (MoM) hip replacement devices, and how they…
There have been a significant number of Avandia settlements and many clients are now starting to receive settlement checks. Incredibly, there are still a lot of potential cases that would be ripe for an Avandia settlement that is still sitting out there. These cases fall into two fundamental categories: (1)…
There have been a lot of lawsuits involving hip replacements: Zimmer, Stryker, and DePuy have all been in the scopes of plaintiffs’ lawyers. But a bigger problem might be looming: metal on metal hip implants. In the last few years, metal on metal hip implants have been used in approximately…
Depakote birth defect lawsuits are gaining the increased interest of lawyers around the country. Like Topamax, Depakote is an anticonvulsant used to prevent epileptic seizures. In 1978, the FDA approved Abbott Laboratories’ New Drug Application (NDA) for Depakene. In 1982, the FDA approved Abbott’s NDA for Depakote, which was also…
Our lawyers are investigating potential Topamax lawsuits. The plaintiffs’ Topamax lawsuits allege that Ortho-McNeil failed to identify the risks associated with Topamax causing injuries to unborn children. Topamax Topamax, also known by its generic name topiramate, is an antiepileptic medication developed by Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.…
There are problems being reported with the Wright Profemur hip replacement. The Wright Profemur Total Hip System includes the Conserve Plus Cup, the Conserve Total Femoral Head, the Wright Modular Femoral Neck and the Profemur E Cementless Stem. Specifically, Australian data shows that the Profemur Z hip implant, manufactured by…
DePuy lawyers sought yesterday to consolidate DePuy Orthopedics hip replacement lawsuits into a pseudo-class action lawsuit (for discovery and bellwether trial purposes) at a hearing at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The two big issues are: (1) Should the DePuy Orthopedics Lawsuits Be Consolidated? Plaintiff lawyers claim that all…