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Victims of transvaginal mesh have additional time to file a product liability action. Rulings in multidistrict litigation (MDL) have extended the discovery time deadlines in the pre-trial process and pushed back a deadline for the lawsuits to begin. The Honorable Judge Joseph R. Goodwin, in the Southern District of West […]

This is a tough one to believe. A Minneapolis doctor issued a press release going on the attack against plaintiffs’ lawyers who are representing women seriously injured by synthetic mesh used to treat prolapse and incontinence Dr. Jon Nielsen doesn’t let the facts get in the way. Nielsen, a doctor […]

Cal Warriner of the Mass Torts Unit of Searcy Denney will be speaking this week at the Plaintiff Forum on Pharmaceutical Litigation: Transvaginal Mesh, Actos and Orthopedic Devices. The conference will be held on Friday of this week (October 5, 2012) at Le Méridien in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Cal will be […]

When I first received the news blurb I thought it was a joke; but this is no laughing matter! Apparently, in addition to trying to avoid sunburn, at least one brand of spray-on sunscreen can cause you second and third degree burns. The maker of Banana Boat UltraMist Sunscreen has […]

On Wednesday, October 10, 2012, Toyota recalled over 7 million vehicles worldwide to fix faulty window switches that can cause fires.  This is not the first major recall involving Toyota. It seems the more Toyota tries to improve its image after several safety issues involving their product, the more problems […]

The good news is there will be no “hanging chads” this year in Palm Beach County. The bad news is we now know that the absentee ballots will be not only lengthy, but based on what is known so far, it is going to be confusing. The Supervisor of Elections […]

Justices Barbara Pariente, Fred Lewis, and Peggy Quince were all appointed to the Florida Supreme Court in the late 1990s.  According to timeframes established in the Florida Constitution, each of them has stood for merit retention in 2000 and 2006, and each of them will do so again in 2012. […]

According to the Associated Press (7) people have died from tainted steroids produced by The New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts. So far 60 cases have been discovered in 9 states; including right here in Florida. There are (8) facilities in Florida confirmed to have received the tainted lots: Lot […]

In Palm Beach County, FL, in order to be able to vote in the November 6, 2012 election, you must be registered with the Supervisor of Elections by no later than October 9, 2012. That is five days from now. Where can you register to vote? You can register at […]

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 […]