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, […]

You are in an auto accident and the other party is at fault. Your injuries are permanent according to your physicians. As is all too often the case, you cannot receive reasonable settlement offers from the other party’s insurance company. You sue the other driver to collect compensation for your […]

A follow-up of patients who received hip replacement surgery by the National Joint Registry of England and Wales has researchers issuing an ominous warning – women are strongly urged to avoid the hip replacement procedure known as “resurfacing,” according to a published report in the British medical journal, The Lancet. […]

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 […]

The new Personal Injury Protection (PIP) legislation being trumpeted by Rick Scott and Kevin McCarty (insurance commissioner) is simply a series of methods to attack a problem by saddling honest consumers with more regulation and less benefit. The claim is that the PIP system is so filled with fraud that […]

There is no question that technological changes have revolutionized discovery in civil litigation, particularly in cases where the parties seek large volumes of documents from their opponents. Medical device and pharmaceutical litigation come to mind. How to manage so-called “e-discovery” is on the minds and lips of many lawyers. In […]

Before venturing into the world of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) some ground work needs to be explored to better understand the terms used in the industry. Knowledge is power and educating yourself on the various products, their origins, the relative safety of products and other vital information is an […]

Are They Timely Ortho-FDA Collaborative Warnings, Or Are They FDA Sanctioned Excuses for the Manufacturer The FDA has been in the news quite often, recently. Lately, consumers have seen news about caustic and blinding eye care solutions (Bausch & Lomb’ ReNu MoistureLoc and AMO’s Complete MoisturePlus), E. coli in spinach, […]