The manufacturers of defective medical devices have been the focus of a number of lawsuits filed by the Mass Tort Unit of Searcy Denney this week. An individual lawsuit was filed on behalf of a Bartow, Florida woman who was implanted with a defective hernia mesh patch manufactured by Bard, […]
Author: Brenda Fulmer
The death toll and illnesses caused by fungal meningitis linked to a compounding pharmacy continue to rise. The New England Compounding Center (NECC), a Westborough, Massachusetts-based company, is considered responsible for infecting more than 409 people with fungal meningitis and killing 30 people. Everyone received contaminated steroid injections for pain […]
There are about 70 notifying bodies scattered around Europe that are in charge of deciding whether or not a medical device can be sold in that respective country. It is their alternative to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is considered more rigorous in ensuring patient safety. Or […]
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 […]
The Florida Department of Health (DOH) has identified a third death associated with a nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis from a contaminated steroid. The 78-year-old man was from Marion County. He had received an injection of methylprednisolone acetate prepared by the New England Compounding Center (NECC) which is implicated in […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are coordinating a multi state investigation of the source of the fungal meningitis outbreak that has caused five deaths. These patients, along with thousands of others, had received an epidural steroid injection, preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate […]
Results of recent studies indicate that Mirapex, a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease and restless leg syndrome, may carry a risk of heart failure. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not positively identified the risk and is working with the drug’s manufacturer, Boehringer Ingelheim, to conduct a […]
That is the question both the state of Massachusetts and the Food and Drug Administration will be required to answer as the death toll rises to 14 with 170 sickened in 23 states from a contaminated steroid injection. As it turns out both state and federal agencies can regulate the […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now say more people may have received a contaminated steroid injection than previously thought. Up to 14,000 patients may be at risk in this unprecedented outbreak of fungal meningitis, which could have an incubation time of up to three months. The latest […]
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 […]
