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Texas Vaginal Mesh Attorneys

As victims of the defective vaginal mesh and bladder sling products continue to come forward, vaginal mesh attorneys in Texas are working hard to accommodate the significant number of victims. The...

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J & J Sold Vaginal Mesh Implants Without FDA Approval

Johnson & Johnson continued to sell vaginal mesh implants for nine months after federal safety regulators told the company to stop marketing the device. According to a Bloomberg report, the U.S....

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FDA Panel Sees More Cons than Pros with Metal Hip Implants

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 18-member panel, which met recently to discuss the effectiveness of metal-on-metal hip implants, arrived at the conclusion that there are few reasons to continue...

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Another Mississippi Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit is Filed

Mississippi Transvaginal Mesh lawyers will have their hands full as yet another case of a victim claiming to be injured by this medical device has been filed. The new lawsuit alleges that the woman’s...

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New Yaz Lawsuit filed by California Woman

A new Yaz lawsuit has been filed by a California woman who is claiming that Yaz led to her developing kidney stones. This is the first of this type of lawsuit for the birth control product. Most of...

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Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits on the Rise: What to Know

An alarming trend has been on the rise as of late, and it’s the increase in dangerous, harmful consequences of transvaginal mesh surgical procedures. As a result, there has been an increase in the...

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Plaintiff in Vaginal Mesh Case Testifies that She Cannot Work, Enjoy Sex or...

As a personal injury law firm that is representing many women who have been severely injured as a result of defectively designed and manufactured transvaginal mesh implants, we completely understand...

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Federal Prosecutors Investigating Recalled Defective Hip Implants

Federal prosecutors are probing Johnson & Johnson’s practices when it came to marketing a line of hip replacements recalled in 2010 because of the high rate of revision surgeries. According to a...

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First Legal Trial Against Ethicon Sets Stage For Subsequent Legal Actions

Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Ethicon, are facing their first legal trial in a consolidated proceeding in Atlantic County in New Jersey. The proceeding is one of the 1,800 lawsuits that...

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Are Vaginal Mesh Implants the Cure or the Problem?

A recent article in the Houston Chronicle asks an important question: Do transvaginal mesh implants worsen the condition of women who suffer from pelvic organ prolapse instead of providing a cure? The...

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New Concerns about the Safety of Robotic Surgeries

A new study in The Journal for Healthcare Quality states that injuries and fatalities caused by the da Vinci robotic surgery system are being grossly underreported. According to an article in The New...

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Women Say Permanent Contraceptive Device is Causing Excruciating Pain

A Ventura County mom says a permanent contraceptive device called Essure has caused her and thousands of other women excruciating pain. According to a news report on CBS Los Angeles, Tanya Lovis says...

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FDA Issues Warning on Medtronic Devices

Federal health officials have issued a defective product recall for about 15,000 Medtronic guide wires used in heart procedures. According to a USA Today news report, the recall was issued after...

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FDA Warns about Defective Philips Defibrillators that May Fail in Emergency

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a fresh warning to consumers about some models of HeartStart automated external defibrillators (AED) may not work during a cardiac emergency....

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Generic Versions of Heart Drug Recalled for Serious Side Effects

Two large Indian manufacturers of generic heart drugs have announced recalls over the last two months totaling more than 100,000 bottles because of serious reported side effects. According to an...

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Incidence Of Hip & Knee Implant Failures Expected To Increase

With more and more Americans getting hip and knee implants each year, the likelihood of more these implants failing also increases. According to a Lawyers and Settlements report, with a continuing rise...

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Have You Been Injured By A Defective Hip Implant?

When your car is a lemon or is recalled for safety issues, you get it fixed at no cost at the dealership. But, what happens when your artificial hip is defective? Thousands of Americans have been faced...

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Bard to Pay $21 Million as Part of Major Vaginal Mesh Accord

C.R. Bard has agreed to pay more than $21 million to resolve more than 500 lawsuits alleging that its vaginal mesh implants seriously harmed women. According to a Bloomberg news report, this is the...

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UCLA Superbug Outbreak Linked To Contaminated Endoscopes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning about a particular type of endoscope saying the devices that are used to look inside patients’ bodies, are so poorly designed that it is...

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Patient Sues Medical Device Manufacturer Over Superbug Outbreak

An 18-year-old patient is suing a medical device manufacturer blaming the company for a superbug outbreak at the UCLA Medical Center, which infected at least seven patients and has been blamed for the...

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