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Zimmer Continues to Hide Dangerous Kinectiv Hip Implant Defects

A new lawsuit indicates that Zimmer Biomet knew that its Kinectiv hip implant was defective by design but only considered profits rather than patient safety and continues to conceal substantial risk factors to the detriment of patients.Sheryl Stode and her husband, James, filed the claim June 25 in the Middle District of Florida. The...

Certain Birmingham Hip Systems Never Received Proper FDA Approval

According to a new product liability lawsuit, renditions of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) system never received proper approval for sale from federal regulators, resulting in a dangerously defective device prone to premature failure that can permanently disable recipients.Stephen D. Fleming filed the complaint against Smith & Nephew, Inc. on June 24 in the...

Pinnacle Hip Lawsuit Alleges Materials Could Cause Cancer

According to a new Pinnacle hip lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy subsidiary over mispresenting the safety of their metal hip to the detriment of thousands of patients, the cobalt and chromium implant has the propensity to shed dangerously excessive amounts of carcinogenic metallic debris into patients’ tissue and bone.Rocky Bartlett filed...

Zimmer Hid Versys Hip Early Failure Risks to Increase Sales

A new product liability lawsuit against Zimmer Biomet, Inc. alleges that the company hid substantial Versys hip design defects that make the device prone to failure within a few years of implantation, resulting in debilitating complications and necessitating additional risky surgeries.Dorothy Coen and her husband, William, filed the complaint in the Southern District of Georgia...

Smith & Nephew Seeks to Slash Hip MDL Over Time Limits

Smith & Nephew asked a Maryland federal court Wednesday to dismiss 55 suits in the ongoing multidistrict litigation (MDL) over the company intentionally misrepresenting the safety of its Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) metal hip implant, arguing the statutes of limitations on these patients’ claims have expired.The medical device manufacturer asserted that these patients are...

Taxotere Bellwether Trials Set to Begin May 2019

June 22, 2018 By
Articles, Taxotere®

The District Judge overseeing the entirety of the federal litigation over permanent hair loss from the controversial breast cancer drug has scheduled a series of five Taxotere bellwether trials to begin in May 2019. These early test trials will help each party evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses in the thousands of cases within...

Bard Denied IVC Filter Appeal Over $3.6M Verdict

Medical device manufacturer C.R. Bard won’t be able to shake the $3.6 million jury verdict from the first test trial in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) over the safety of its blood clot filters. An Arizona federal court flatly denied Bard’s IVC filter appeal as a matter of law Tuesday.In April, Bard argued that the...

Attune Knee Replacement Failure Lawsuits Continue to Mount

June 16, 2018 By
Articles, Blog

A growing number of individuals continue to come forward against Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Synthes unit over irreparable harm from Attune Knee Replacement System failure due to substantial defects in the implant’s design.Donald Sizemore filed one of the most recent Attune Knee Replacement complaints May 31 in the Southern District of Florida. Sizemore...

Testosterone Settlement Reached with Endo International

June 16, 2018 By
Articles, Testosterone

Endo International has finally made a move to resolve thousands of complaints regarding life-threatening injuries stemming from Testim and its other male replacement hormone therapy drugs, reaching a significant testosterone settlement this past week that will affect 1,300 cases.Flickr/anokarinaThe plaintiffs in these testosterone lawsuits allege that Endo and its Auxilium Pharmaceuticals subsidiary concealed...

DePuy Attune Knee Implant Failures May Be Higher Than Suspected

Did Your DePuy Attune Implant Fail? McGartland Law is currently investigating possible lawsuits on behalf of patients who have experienced health problems related to failure of the DePuy Attune Knee System. If you or someone you love required knee revision or reconstructive surgery due to a loosened or fractured DePuy Attune implant, you may be...