Report: Failing IVC Blood Clot Filters Kept on the Market
Confidential records from medical device company C.R. Bard obtained by NBC News show that the company continued to sell one of its blood clot filters despite reports of potential fatal flaws. According to the NBC News report, C.R. Bard tried...
Hernia Mesh Market Continues to Grow Despite Complications
Hundreds of patients have filed product liability lawsuits against the manufacturers of their hernia mesh devices used in hernia mesh surgeries. These plaintiffs claim that the use of hernia mesh has resulted in severe complications. However, despite these complications the...
Bard Knew About Blood Clot Filter Problems, Sold Device Anyway
It has been reported that C.R. Bard continued to sell IVC filters even after blood clot filter problems resulted in at least 27 deaths and a host of other complications. What is a Blood Clot Filter? Many times, when patients...
Bellwether Trial Moves Forward Despite Objections
Bayer HealthCare, the makers of blood thinning drug , was recently told a bellwether trial would move forward after Bayer requested a summary judgment. This bellwether trial, citing mainly Bayer’s failure to warn about severe bleeding injuries, is the third...
Side Guards on Semi Trucks Could Save Lives, Safety Group Reports
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), a nonprofit Virginia-based vehicle safety research group, says that side guards installed on tractor-trailers could save lives in accidents, according to an article by WUSA9. The Department of Transportation, however, has rejected proposals...
Texas Road Deaths Reach Staggering Highs
Texas is the second-largest state in both size — 261,797-square-miles — and population — more than 27 million people — but the sprawling Lone Star State commanded the No. 1 spot when it came to the number of road fatalities...
Despite FDA Warnings IVC Filter Use Remains ‘Unacceptably High’
U.S. doctors have decreased their use of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters since a 2010 safety communication from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but the devices — an alternative for blood-thinners to prevent a pulmonary embolism — continue to...
Top 20 Most Dangerous States to Drive
Best barbecue west of the Mississippi, most beautiful waterfalls, best weather… There are many things we may boast about when showing our state pride, but none of us want our state to be counted among the most dangerous states to...
Truck Driver Deaths Account for 25% of All Fatal Work Injuries
Some 745 U.S. truck drivers died on the job in 2015, more than any other occupation, according to the 2015 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Statistics. Truck driver deaths that year...
Side Effects from Hernia Mesh Surgeries
Many patients must undergo hernia mesh surgeries to repair hernias, however there are potentially serious side effects associated with hernia mesh. Hernia mesh products were developed as far back as the 1940s, but didn’t come into popularity until the 1980s...
Expert: Blood Thinner ‘the Worst’ Anticoagulant
The blood thinner (rivaroxaban) is not only inferior to the decades-old Coumadin (warfarin), is “the worst” of all the new generation oral anticoagulants on the market, an expert cardiologist testified during the second bellwether trial. Dr. Frank Smart, the chief...
Nearly 3,800 Blood Clot Filter Lawsuits Filed Against Product Manufacturers
A total of 3,769 blood clot filter lawsuits have been filed against Cook Medical, Inc. and C.R. Bard, Inc. alleging that the retrievable IVC filters manufactured by the companies have caused plaintiffs to suffer from severe complications. Two IVC filters...
Car Accident Settlements In Texas
Many thousands of U.S. motorists experience automobile accidents each year, and many are killed or injured. In Texas, nearly 270,000 people were injured in car crashes in 2016 alone. Car accident settlements in Texas may help those who were injured...
Lawsuit: Hernia Mesh Failure Led to Bowel Resection, Removal Surgery
A South Florida woman who claims she suffered severe complications caused by a hernia mesh is suing the manufacturer, accusing the company of a host of charges including liability, breach of warranty, negligence, and fraud. Deborah T. filed her hernia...
Bleeding Lawsuit: Blood Thinner Caused Uncontrollable Bleeding
A New York man has filed a lawsuit against Janssen Research & Development LLC, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals and related entities alleging he suffered uncontrolled bleeding. According to the bleeding lawsuit, plaintiff Robert S. used the oral anticoagulant from approximately June...