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Lieff Cabraser attorneys Wendy Fleishman and Lexi Hazam have announced that George Evans of Remington, Virginia, and James Mechaley of Bakersfield, California have filed suit against DePuy Orthopaedics for injuries suffered from their faulty DePuy …
Read the full story »The Joint Commission, a Chicago-based group that accredits the nation’s hospitals, estimates, based on state data, that wrong-site surgery occurs 40 times a week in the U.S., as reported by the Washington Post in an extensive article on these medical errors.
Attorney Wendy Fleishman discusses alleged Fosamax side effects and litigation.
As part of its ongoing safety assessment of birth control pills, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on May 31, 2011, that is reviewing two newly published studies on the risk of blood clots in women who use birth control pills that contain drospirenone.
Researchers at Safety Research & Strategies, Inc. published a lengthy review of the findings of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the NASA Engineering and Safety Center on Toyota Unintended Acceleration Accidents
Last September, Michelle Pfleger was walking to her morning class at Elon University in North Carolina when she suddenly collapsed. Michelle was taken to a nearby hospital, but despite the efforts of the medical professionals, she died.
In a study published on May 4, 2011 in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found increased risk of atypical femur fractures.
Two new studies show that women who take birth control pills with the newer hormone drospirenone, including Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Yasmin and Yaz, have a three-fold higher risk of developing potentially serious blood clots than women who take oral contraceptives containing the older hormone levonorgestrel.
At National Resource Damage Assessment meetings along the Gulf Coast, residents and business owners are voicing their concerns over the continued devastation of the environment from the BP oil spill, reported Courthouse News on March 30, 2011.
In February 2011, the JAMA published a study finding that long-term osteoporosis treatment with bisphosphonates increases the risk of rare femur fractures
Researchers at the University of Miami have reviewed the literature on energy drinks — caffeinated beverages such as Red Bull, which sometimes also contain herbal supplements — and their effects on children.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration states more than 50% of patients do not take over-the-counter medication as directed. Research confirms that overdosing on over-the-counter painkillers may lead to organ failure, strokes, and even death.
Nearly 2 million Summer Infant video baby monitors were recalled Friday after being linked to the strangulation deaths of two infants.
Pediatricians call for government ban on naphthalene-filled mothballs as a chemical harmful to children.
The FDA is restricting the amount of acetaminophen in the nation’s most popular prescription painkillers based on the use of over-the-counter painkillers containing acetaminophen such as Tylenol, and the link between thousands of cases of liver damage.
Five young men likely died due to carbon monoxide from a car they left running in a garage under their South Florida motel room.
Attorney Lexi Hazam Provides a November 2011 Update on the DePuy Hip Implant Injury Lawsuits
Attorney Kent Klaudt Discusses Medtronic Infuse Bone Problem
Topamax and link to birth defects (clef lip/clef palate) explained.
You may still be eligible to receive compensation for heart damage due to diet drugs Redux and Pondimin.
Attorney Wendy Fleishman discusses Fosamax and other bone loss drugs. Yaz June 2011 Update: Attorney Wendy Fleishman provides an update on Yaz birth control litigation.
DePuy Lawsuit Update: Personal injury attorney Lexi Hazam, provides an update on the DePuy ASR Hip.
Attorney Lexi Hazam discusses the DePuy recall and recent medical evidence on the failure rate of the DePuy ASR hip implant.
Attorney Lexi Hazam outlines steps to protect patients' privacy and legal rights if contacted by the company Broadspire concerning the DePuy ASR artificial hip. Attorney Lexi Hazam provides practical legal advice for patients undergoing revision surgery to remove a faulty DePuy ASR hip implant..
Lieff Cabraser attorney Wendy Fleishman explains why DePuy is liable for its failing ASR Hip Implants and why those implants are failing. Lieff Cabraser attorney Wendy Fleishman provides a December 2010 update on Zimmer's Durom Cup hip implants.
When the Lin family Toyota flew off the road, Mr. Lin suffered grievous injuries rendering him quadriplegic. He now requires 24-hour care and will never work again.
Lieff Cabraser attorneys Robert J. Nelson and
Scott Nealey discuss a wrongful death lawsuit based on a transmission defect in millions of Chrysler vehicles.
Lieff Cabraser attorney Wendy Fleishman discusses the dangers and side effects of the birth control drugs Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella.
