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 for help in the repair of hernias in hernia mesh surgeries. By the year 2000, […]
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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 of cardiology and a professor of medicine at Louisiana State University School of Medicine, told
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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 are named in the Cook Medical litigation: the Gunther Tulip and Cook Celect IVC blood
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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 or help the family members of those who may have been killed on Texas roadways.
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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 mesh lawsuit against Atrium Medical Corporation on July 21, 2017, in New Hampshire federal court.
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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 21, 2013 through September 2013. Robert says he coughed up blood on Aug. 22, 2013
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Many patients who are not candidates for blood thinning medications opt to have a temporary inferior vena cava (IVC) filter implanted to aid with blood clots. IVC filters are meant to be removed when the risk for blood clots is over, but some embedded IVC filters are almost impossible to remove. This can be very
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Thousands of passengers and drivers are injured or even killed on America’s highways each year. Many times, these accidents include big rigs. If someone has been injured in an accident involving a semi truck, they may be eligible for a big truck crash settlement. Just recently, one such fatal accident occurred. During the second week
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A former television reporter for Houston-based KTRK, Wayne Dolcefino, recently filed a lawsuit against the driver and the company that employed the driver, AT&T, after a Texas car crash, Chron reports. According to the Chron article, Dolcefino was hit head-on by the driver who worked for AT&T. As a result of the Texas car crash,
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A Texas woman who allegedly suffered a hernia mesh infection has filed a lawsuit against Ethicon Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, claiming the medical device was defective. Plaintiff Lydia E. alleges she was implanted with two Physiomesh hernia mesh devices on Jan. 7, 2013 to repair a hernia. On Feb. 10, 2014, she underwent surgery
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A Louisiana man who says he suffered “a life-threatening, irreversible bleed” caused by the blood thinner has filed a products liability lawsuit against pharmaceutical giants, Janssen and Bayer. Wilburn D. of Vernon Parrish, Louisiana, who was prescribed (rivaroxaban) in February 2015 to treat atrial fibrillation, joins some 16,000 other plaintiffs in a federal multi-district litigation,
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A new study finds that IVC filters may pose increased health risks the longer the devices remain in the body. According to a study by the American Heart Association, a period of seven months or more is the threshold for a greater risk of failure during a retrieval procedure. The IVC filter study was published
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Semi-truck crashes kill some 4,000 people and injure more than 100,000 on U.S. roadways every year, stunning figures that have been surging since 2009, according to a 2014 CNBC report that cited statistics from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The combination of some two million 18-wheelers on American roadways and the mounting pressure on U.S.
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A man was seriously hurt in a 2012 automobile accident when the car he was a passenger in was struck from behind by a woman who swerved to avoid rear-ending another car. In June 2017, Alvaro R. settled a lawsuit he filed in connection with the crash for $1.4 million, with the majority of the
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A 19 year-old was severely injured when she became the victim of an 18 wheeler accident caused by a driver who fell asleep at the wheel. Texas-based news outlet KVUE reported that a lawsuit has been filed by the young woman against the driver and trucking company alleging that negligence led to the accident. The
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