The NuvaRing New Jersey court has just announced today that a settlement agreement has been reached between Plaintiffs’ counsel and Merck for a sum of $100 million. NuvaRing is a popular contraceptive among women that increases the risk for fatal blood clots. The device is produced by Merck and its […]
Category: Defective Medical Devices
The start of 2014 has seen some very significant developments in the national Biomet metal-on-metal hip implant litigation. Perhaps the most significant development though is Biomet’s offering, and the court’s acceptance, of a settlement for claimants who have undergone revision surgeries. On February 3, 2014, Judge Miller entered an order […]
This blog is a continuation of our “Metal Testing: New FDA Guidelines” which you should read first if you want more information on how to test for metal artifacts in your hip. Metal Ions Metal ions are different from metal artifacts. They are microscopic, so you cannot see them with […]
A simple hernia repair surgery. Most doctors sell it as a walk in the park depending on the hernia and certainly the standard of care is to use surgical mesh. But a new study from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) finds the simple surgery for ventral hernia repair can […]
It’s hard to remember exactly how many times Carolyn Jones has had her transvaginal mesh trial put off before a jury in the federal courthouse in Charleston, WV. Now it has been postponed again. Jones will not have her defective product trial heard until May 19, 2014 according to an […]
A trio of studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) finds that just because a drug or medical device makes it to market does not necessarily mean it’s been tested and is safe and effective beyond all doubt. According to three published reviews, the same standards […]
This statement comes from the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) about the use of a midurethral sling to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI). SUI is a condition that up to one-third of women will experience sometime in their life. It is a condition where the woman will experience a leakage of […]
According to a 30-page document filed in federal court in West Virginia on December 2, officials at Johnson & Johnson (J&J) have either lost or intentionally destroyed thousands of pages of documents that are essential to the upcoming transvaginal mesh product liability trials. J&J is facing nearly 13,000 cases that […]
In December, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a recall of certain guidewires made by Medtronic, Inc. Patient complication reports were reported to the FDA and the company concerning the coating on the wire’s surface that had the potential to detach and delaminate. Medtronic began notifying hospitals and […]
Dr. Amy Reed is a 41-year-old anesthesiologist in Boston at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. After she underwent a procedure to remove uterine fibroids she was diagnosed with a rare uterine cancer and was told that a minimally invasive procedure called morecellation may have spread her stage IV cancer. A […]
