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America’s Most Dangerous Jobs

Across America, the risk of serious occupational injury or death continues to fall due to increased attention to safety training and procedures. Nevertheless, some fields continue to see comparatively high rates. Know the risks and be careful out there!

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 9 Mar 2018

The Complications of Severe Hypophosphatemia and the Drug that Causes it: Injectafer

In recent years, intravenous iron medication has skyrocketed in popularity in the United States as a means of treatment for those 4.5 million Americans who suffer from Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA). IDA is caused by a shortage of iron and red blood cells in the…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 7 Mar 2018

Lax Medical Device Regulations Pose Threat to Public Health

Thousands of Americans have filed lawsuits against manufacturers of hip implants for failing to warn doctors and patients about their dangers. According to The New York Times, the medical device industry is ripe with loopholes that allow hip implants and other medical devices to be rushed to market,

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 6 Mar 2018

Complications Associated with Bard’s Recovery IVC Filter May be Introduced in Upcoming Trial Concerning Bard’s G2 IVC Filter

On March 1, 2018, the Court ruled that evidence of the Bard Recovery IVC filter problems may be introduced during the first bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation 2641 (MDL 2641). The Court stated that it would be difficult to try the Booker case without evidence of the Recovery filter and the

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 5 Mar 2018

Schumer Renews Call on Congress to Pass the “Stop Underrides Act”

On February 20, 2018, Senate Minority Leader Charles (Chuck) Schumer (D-NY) again called on Congress to pass the Stop Underrides Act of 2017 at a press event where he was joined by the family of Edward Torres—one of those who died following a 75-car pileup…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 2 Mar 2018

Surgical Warming Blanket Infection Lawsuits Move Forward

In December 2017 thousands of plaintiffs pursuing Bair Hugger lawsuits for hip and knee replacement infections allegedly caused by the surgical warming system learned that the federal judge overseeing their cases refused to bar their preferred expert witnesses from testifying. This was in response t

By Joseph H. Saunders

/ 1 Mar 2018

Surgical Warming Blanket Infection Lawsuits Move Forward

Workers Comp is based on disability

An injured worker is entitled to only three types of payments from workers’ comp: (1) payment for medical treatment, (2) payment for lost wages, and (3) payment for any permanent injuries.

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 1 Mar 2018

Cordis Surgical Blood Filter Device Lawsuits Grow

Litigation continues to grow against Cordis Corportion, manufacturer of the Trap OptEase and TrapEase IVC filters, nickel titanium alloy devices indicated for use in patients at risk for pulmonary embolism. Three IVC filter lawsuits are currently pending in Florida’s Palm Beach County Circuit Court.

By Joseph H. Saunders

/ 1 Mar 2018

How the Public Duty Doctrine Plays a Role in Tragedies Like the Parkland Shooting

As the weeks have started to pass on the horrific shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, we have seen a massive grass roots effort by the students themselves to strengthen school safety that is sweeping the nation, we have heard Presidential promises of…

By Matthew Nace

/ 28 Feb 2018

DePuy Attune Knee Implant Failures Continue

Patients who have received a DePuy Synthes Attune knee replacement have experienced an unusually high rate of early failure of the tibial component. Many experts say that estimate is far to low since it fails to consider unreported events. A close at look the FDA’s…

By Joseph H. Saunders

/ 28 Feb 2018

The District Court Says a School District Must Pay for the Private Schooling of a Special Needs Child in Colorado After US Supreme Court Ruling.

In Endrew f. v. Douglas County School District, No. 12-cv-2620, (Dist. Ct. Colo. 2018) the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to hear the case. On March 22, 2017, the Supreme Court ruled that the legal standard used by the Tenth Circuit to assess whether…

By T. Thomas Metier

/ 28 Feb 2018

Invokana Side Effects – Amputation

An FDA mandated trial has shown that Invokana use doubles the risk of lower limb amputation. The FDA promptly (July 2017) ordered a black box warning, the most serious warning available. The drug had already been linked to other dangerous side effects – ketoacidosis, bone…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 28 Feb 2018