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Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (“Stryker Orthopaedics”), a subsidiary of Stryker Corporation, and Court-appointed committees of attorneys representing Rejuvenate Modular-Neck and ABG II Modular-Neck plaintiffs in New Jersey Multicounty and Federal Multidistrict litigations announced a Settlement Agreement. The lawsuits stem from two hip implants that Stryker recalled due to corrosion and other […]

We’ve filed another 65 cases this week in the rapidly growing Stryker Rejuvenate litigation centered in New Jersey state court. Our clients have suffered terrible injuries caused by Stryker’s negligence in how they designed their Rejuvenate and ABG II hip implants. All of them have been forced to undergo painful revision […]

American Medical Systems, Inc. (“AMS”) is a Minnesota based manufacturer of transvaginal mesh medical devices, which are support systems that are designed to correct stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. Transvaginal meshes have been under a cloud of safety concerns for several years due to an extreme rate of […]

The Mass Tort Unit of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley has filed additional individual lawsuits against Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Eli Lilly, and other drug companies involved in the development and marketing of Actos (which is also known as pioglitazone). This latest filing includes four Florida plaintiffs, all of whom […]

Public Broadcasting should be commended for trying to explain a very important issue that most Americans do not understand – until it happens to them.  A “Need to Know” broadcast, explores the mysterious world of medical devices. Most Americans imagine their Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is protecting them from […]

The Mass Tort Unit of Searcy Denney has filed two more individual lawsuits this week against DePuy, a division of Johnson & Johnson, over the medical device manufacturer’s recalled DePuy ASR hip implants. The firm represents several dozen plaintiffs from Florida as well as other parts of the country who […]

Hospitals and nursing homes are selfishly seeking protection from civil and criminal lawsuits as the coronavirus spreads across the country. Sadly, they are succeeding. And, these facilities are not small hospitals or nursing homes, they represent some of the largest conglomerates, highly profitable, in the nation. Governors in six states […]

The Takata airbag recall has expanded beyond the commonplace vehicles manufactured by  Honda, Chrysler and Nissan. In July, luxury car maker Ferrari recalled 2,600 car models ranging in price from the hundreds of thousands to upwards of a million dollars due to an improperly installed driver’s side airbag. Ferrari reports […]

On March 10, 2010, the Stryker Orthopaedics Division announced the release of a new hip replacement, the ADM X3 Mobile Bearing Acetabular System.  Calling it the “next-generation of technology” in hip replacements, the company announced that Hall of Famer, Johnny Bench, would become the first patient in the world to […]

“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 […]