FDA Reports Five Deaths Linked with Gastric Balloon Obesity Treatment
On August 10, 2017, the FDA released an update alerting health care providers to concerning developments with gastric balloons, which are used to help treat…
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Arkansas Woman Claims Other Mesh is Safer and More Effective than Physiomesh
An Ethicon Physiomesh lawsuit is pending in New Jersey state court. An Arkansas woman filed the case on August 3, 2017, in Middlesex County, claiming…
Arkansas Man Blames Cancer on 20 Years of Roundup Exposure
An Arkansas man has filed a new Roundup cancer lawsuit against defendant, manufacturer, Monsanto in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.…
Rover Pipeline Spills Bring Construction Under Scrutiny
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent two Notices of Violation to Rover Pipeline, an Energy Transfer Company, on April 17, 2017. According to the…
Patients at Risk for Zimmer Biomet Reverse Shoulder Dislocation
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…
LivaNova Objects to Consolidation of Heater-Cooler Lawsuits
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…
Illinois Roofing Company Cited 19 Times for Fall Hazard Violations
Barringer Brothers Roofing, headquartered in Belleville, Illinois, was recently cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for failing to provide fall protection for…
Pennsylvania Jury Awards Two Families $4.24 Million in Fracking Lawsuit
A Pennsylvania jury has awarded two families $4.24 million in a fracking lawsuit that has been ongoing for nearly seven years. The Hubert and Ely…