By Jef Feeley(Feb 5, 2014 3:22 PM CT) Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) improperly destroyed files about some vaginal-mesh implants and may have to let juries weighing lawsuits over the devices hear evidence about the destruction, a court official said. J&J’s Ethicon unit, which made Gynecare Prolift and TVT Retropubic meshes, lost or destroyed thousands of […]Read More
Safety Announcement: FDA evaluating risk of stroke, heart attack and death with FDA-approved testosterone products [01-31-2014] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating the risk of stroke, heart attack, and death in men taking FDA-approved testosterone products. We have been monitoring this risk and decided to reassess this safety issue based on the […]Read More
The NCAA denies suppressing information about concussions to college athletes and says it isn’t responsible for injuries sustained by a former Samford women’s soccer player. Mary Shelton Wells, who played soccer at Samford from 2008 to 2010, sued the NCAA last September in Mobile County Circuit Court, alleging she would have quit soccer and not […]Read More
Posted on December 9, 2013 by Krysta Loera Plaintiffs’ attorneys for the transvaginal mesh multi-district (MDL) litigation in Charleston, West Virginia allege that Johnson and Johnson either destroyed or misplaced thousands of files that were ordered to be retained by the company. Ethicon, a unit of Johnson and Johnson that manufactures the Gynecare Prolift transvaginal […]Read More
The lawyers at Taylor Martino Rowan are reviewing potential product-liability lawsuits for individuals throughout the United States who have received a recalled Stryker hip replacement with an ABG II or Rejuvenate modular-neck stem have reported experiencing symptoms of pain and swelling at the joint site. As a result of design problems with Stryker modular hip […]Read More
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The FDA has recently issued a class 1 recall of Stryker’s OASYS Midline Occiput Plate due to reports of fracture of the pin that connects the implant’s tulip head to the plate body. The OASYS Midline Occiput Plate is used to stabilize the junction between the occipital bone and the vertebrae in the cervical spine. […]Read More
Two weeks after the NFL agreed to settle its concussion lawsuit for $765 Million, all eyes have turned to the NCAA and whether it will now settle Arrington v. National Collegiate Athletic Association – the most notable concussion litigation involving the college ranks. In many ways, the Arrington lawsuit (which is currently in mediation) will […]Read More
A large area of land in Eight Mile, Alabama, has been contaminated with the chemical Mercaptan, which escaped from the Mobile Gas Service Corporation’s natural gas facilities located in Eight Mile. Mercaptan is added to natural gas by natural gas processors to give the gas a detectable smell, because natural gas is odorless. According to […]Read More
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) must pay $7.76 million in punitive damages to a woman who previously won a $3.35 million compensatory award for injuries she blamed on the company’s vaginal-mesh device, a New Jersey jury ruled. Jurors in Atlantic City made the award today to punish J&J, the world’s largest seller of health-care products. The […]Read More
