The first verdict in favor of plaintiffs has recently been awarded in Philadelphia. The verdict is the first of its kind with nearly $28 million in damages against Bayer and Johnson & Johnson being awarded. The verdict came about as a result of patients alleging that the drug manufacturers provided improper warnings about the high […]
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A doctor in addition to three nurse practitioners were recently arrested in Alabama after an opioid indictment officially accused them of managing a “pill mill” out of a medical office. Medically unnecessary opioids were allegedly given to many different patients. A doctor’s office in Montgomery was tied to the Opioid indictment. According to the indictment paperwork,
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An Illinois man alleges that Cook Medical designed and manufactures defective IVC filters and the one he was implanted with caused severe injuries. The plaintiff, David H., claims he was implanted with a Cook heart filter on July 23, 2007 in the Columbus Regional Hospital in Indiana. David says that Cook’s IVC filter presented an increased risk for
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Residents in one out of every three Kansas nursing homes face critical harm or risk of major jeopardy, according to state citations issued this year. Kansas has the fourth biggest percentage of fines being assessed against nursing homes in the country. Nursing home fines are often assessed after a facility is found to have endangered
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An October 2017 settlement in a talc asbestos lawsuit highlights the most recent case drawing a connection between deadly exposure and consumer products. The Cashmere Bouquet talc powder allegedly exposed consumers who used it to asbestos, according to the talc asbestos lawsuit. The plaintiff in the case was a Pennsylvania resident who alleged she developed mesothelioma after
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A New York resident has filed a legal claim for recovery of compensation associated with his medical expenses after a Swift Transportation injury accident. The plaintiff alleges that Swift Transportation was the owner of a 2017 freightliner involved in an accident with him. The defendant driver was employed by Swift Transportation and was allegedly the cause
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A Vermont man alleges in a lawsuit that the Proceed Surgical Mesh designed and manufactured by Ethicon and Johnson & Johnson is defective and resulted in severe injuries. Plaintiff Ronald O. says Proceed Surgical Mesh was used in his hernia surgery in August of 2012. However, due to mesh malfunction, the plaintiff had to undergo additional surgery
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A severe motor vehicle collision that occurred in an Avis Budget Car Rental parking lot has prompted a lawsuit seeking compensation for injuries sustained by a Texas driver. The accident occurred on Dec. 26, 2015 while plaintiff Tangila R. was sitting in her non-moving vehicle within the Avis parking lot in Harris County, Texas. The
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A North Carolina man has filed a lawsuit against the makers of alleging the drug caused severe bleeding. Plaintiff Nelson M. says was prescribed to him in June 2014. He claims he took the drug until December 2014, but was hospitalized on Dec. 11, 2014, for severe bleeding. The bleeding lawsuit alleges that the bleeding was a
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A grand jury indicted a Pennsylvania doctor and his receptionist for operating an opioid pill mill that provided easy access to the addictive prescription drugs. “Defendant Martin D. Weaver, with the assistance of defendant Erica LaBoy ran a prescription ‘pill mill’ from Weaver’s offices, at which so-called ‘patients’, actually customers, could for a cash fee
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The owners and operators of a nursing home in Memphis, Tenn. are facing $50,000 in fines after regulators uncovered multiple instances of neglect, including one case that led to the death of a resident. Ashton Place Health and Rehabilitation Center was hit with allegations of widespread nursing home neglect. In addition to the fines, the
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Medical device manufacturer C.R. Bard recently lost an opportunity to avoid IVC filter MDL lawsuits filed by patients and family members. The medical device company was looking to avoid multidistrict litigation from family members who alleged that their loved ones were killed or injured by the defective vascular filters. The IVC filter MDL was upheld
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A Virginia family who slammed Perdue with a wrongful death lawsuit after a fatal semi-truck accident agreed to settle for $1.6 million. According to the semi-truck accident settlement, the family will receive approximately $1 million after their loved one died of injuries sustained in an accident with a Perdue truck in September of 2014. Perdue and
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Texans, as well as drivers in most states, face additional risk on the road during the Christmas driving season. According to an insurance company’s report of claims in Texas, Dec. 18 and Dec. 24 ranked as the worst days for collisions in Texas. Freeway Insurance Services Inc. reports that a number of factors likely contributed to
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The Physiomesh device manufactured by Ethicon is the subject of a new Physiomesh injury lawsuit filed on behalf of patients who have suffered severe and life-changing injuries. Physiomesh was used for laparoscopic hernia repair among other medical conditions. It was frequently sold or implanted with a SecureStrap fixation device and led to critical injuries for
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