As a Notre Dame and New York Giants fan, I remember well the impressive career of safety Dave Duerson. Duerson played 11 years for the Bears and Giants and was on two Super Bowl winning teams. He…
A bill recently introduced before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee would would make a $250,000 cap on all pain and suffering damages in medical malpractice cases the law of the land for all 50…
Along with the pain, swelling, surgical complications and other problems facing DePuy hip implant patients, another serious health threat is cobalt poisoning, or cobaltism. Thousands of patients…
One of the complications that patients with a defective DePuy Orthopaedics hip implant may face is metallosis, a condition in which metal particles build up in the tissue around the implanted joint….
Traumatic brain injury can occur without a direct blow to the skull when the head either spins rapidly or accelerates quickly and then stops quickly. These rotational or acceleration/deceleration…
The defective hip implant that has been recalled by DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., is causing thousands of people to require a second hip operation, or revision, to correct the problems caused by the…
Bloomberg News reporters Peter Waldman and David Armstrong wrote an interesting expose’ on the spinal fusion industry in which they allege that spine surgeons are getting rich performing unnecessary…
The signature injury to our brave soldiers fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is traumatic brain injury, which is often the result of blast waves from roadside bombs. Studies suggest that as…
As reported here after a spill that occurred this past summer that started on June 11th, Chevron has problems with the pipeline it maintains through the foothills above Salt Lake City and they are…
The FDA recall of Darvocet and Darvon which are the trade names for propoxyphene was long overdue. These drugs have been on the market for over 50 years. The FDA memorandum dated November 19, 2010…
The Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation (JPMDL) convened on November 18th in Durham, NC. One of the matters on the docket was the Johnson & Johnson® DePuy hip implant litigation. The…
The first major hearing on the individual lawsuits and class action lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson for the recall of the DePuy ASR XL hip implants took place in Durham, North Carolina on…
