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Imagine having a surgery that’s gone terribly wrong, only to discover – too late – that the doctors used a medical device its manufacturer knew could be dangerous, and worse, one that snuck right past the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Couldn’t happen in this country? Wrong. More than 1,000 […]

Physicians from American University in Lebanon published a case report regarding Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate) that was published in the July 28, 2012, edition of the Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis.  In this article, the authors wrote about an 85 year old patient who developed shortness of breath, anemia, and white […]

Virtually all Rejuvenate and ABG II patients have received notice from their doctor that the devices have been recalled. These patients are all now faced with the prospect of a painful and risky revision surgery. Rejuvenate and ABG II victims can basically be placed into three categories. I know. I’ve […]

Johnson & Johnson’s new CEO, Alyx Gorsky, will not be able to avoid having his deposition taken in preparation for the upcoming transvaginal mesh lawsuits pending before a New Jersey Superior Court. The ruling came down July 19, 2012, one day before a landmark ruling in another mesh case in […]

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] Thirteen individuals have sued the makers of Nexium and Prevacid in California state court alleging the drug maker failed to adequately warn doctors and consumers that the acid reflux drugs cause bone loss and osteoporosis. Nexium, manufactured by AstraZeneca, and Prevacid, made by Takeda, are associated with […]

A federal judge has scheduled proceedings for the first of two test trials in the Actos litigation. The bellwether trials, as they are known, are set for November 3, 2014, and January 12, 2015 in the multidistrict litigation consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. […]

I wrote last week about Republican voter suppression efforts, and the unfortunate decision of a judge in Pennsylvania not to block that state’s voter ID law, which could disenfranchise up to 750,000 mostly minority voters. A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia […]

“Now I’ve been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is why must we go on hating, why can’t we just live in bliss” -Cat Stevens ‘Peace Train’ While I certainly share in the singer/songwriters desire for peace and am moved when I hear this song, it is the […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (August 24, 2012) — 13 lawyers from Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. Chris Searcy, Jack (John) Scarola, Greg Barnhart, John Shipley, Cal Warriner, Brenda Fulmer, Karen Terry, Chris Speed, Sia Baker-Barnes, Jack Hill and Ed Ricci (West […]

Many states have their vacancies for judges filled through a typical election. Candidates file, they campaign (to the extent they are ethically allowed), and the candidate with the most votes assumes the office of judge. That is the way we in Florida handle all judicial positions except those judges in […]