A recall announced in February 2017 could affect hundreds of patients who went through total shoulder replacement surgery. Shoulder replacements manufacturer Zimmer recalled a total of 3,662 Zimmer Biomet Comprehensive Reverse Shoulder Humeral components because of higher than expected fracturing rates. These fractures could result…
At the end of January 2017, plaintiffs involved in heater-cooler lawsuits filed a petition with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to consolidate all federally filed cases into one court for pre-trial proceedings. They argued that all the current lawsuits share common questions…
Johnson & Johnson is stopping the sale of power morcellators after the FDA news release that discouraged doctors from using the device for uterine surgery due to the risk of spreading cancer. According to The Wall Street Journal, J&J started selling the devices in 1998…
Surgery to remove uterine fibroids is considered fairly routine. Usually the fibroids are benign, and modern-day procedures employ small incisions and a laparoscopic tube to remove the tissues, resulting in a speedy recovery with minimal scarring. For Philadelphia resident Donna Burkhart, however, it didn’t go…
While federal DePuy hip lawyers were looking ahead to the first federal bellwether trial scheduled to begin in Ohio in September 9, 2013 (now postponed), New Jersey is also preparing for the first trial to take place in the state’s centralized litigation. With at least…
On February 13, 2013, the FDA notified healthcare professionals of another product recall issued by St. Jude Medical, manufacturer of the previously recalled Eon Mini implantable pulse generator...
On January 17, 2013, the FDA released an updated safety communication on metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implants. Prosthetics that place a metal ball inside a metal cup, or that have other all-metal...
The first of more than 10,000 DePuy ASR hip lawsuits went to trial in February 2013 and recently ended with an $8.34 million verdict for the plaintiff. Montana resident Loren Kransky filed his...
The first DePuy ASR hip lawsuit to go to trial began January 25, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Plaintiff Loren Klansky—one of about 10,000 with claims against DePuy Orthopaedics and...
