National plaintiff law firm Lieff Cabraser has filed separate personal injury lawsuits against Zimmer Holdings, the nation’s largest producer of orthopedic devices, for multiple surgeries and debilitating injuries plaintiffs suffered due to the defective Durom Acetabular Component, an artificial hip socket known as the Durom Cup

Toyota claims it has developed a fix to the gas pedal of its vehicles that will stop sudden acceleration. Does a faulty gas pedal actually explain why Toyota cars are suddenly accelerating?

The New York Times reports a Missouri hospital has overradiated 76 patients, the vast majority with brain cancer, during a five-year period because its powerful new radiation equipment had been set up incorrectly — even with a representative of the manufacturer watching as it was done.

A promising 21 year-old graduate student who was pursuing her Master’s Degree in Education at the University of Pittsburgh, Tyrene Livingston was killed in a 2007 accident involving a Toyota Yaris that suddenly accelerated and crashed.

Confidential government reports disclosed to the New York Times recommend that the diabetes drug Avandia be removed from the market because of the significant risk of heart attacks and the availability of a safer alternative drug.

The driver of a 2005 Toyota Camry rendered a quadriplegic in a sudden acceleration accident has filed a personal injury lawsuit against Toyota.

In January 2010, Leah Mayfield was rushed to the hospital after passing out in the shower. Less than an hour later she was dead. The official cause of death was pulmonary embolism, a blood clot in the lungs. The emergency room physician informed Leah’s mother that that Yaz, a birth control pill prescribed to Leah, could have caused the blood clot.

On December 14, 2009, Jacquelyn Donoghue, a 67 year-old nurse, was driving home with her husband John in their 2006 Toyota Prius on Highway 75 in Nebraska. Both were wearing their seat belts. Mrs. Donoghue was an experienced driver with an excellent driving record.

On February 9, 2010, Toyota Motor Corp. released an updated list of Toyota recalls and the affected vehicles.