The Office of Inspector General recently reported that as many as 15,000 elderly Medicare patients die every month. Really? How can that be? The numbers translate to 13 percent of all Medicare…
The Founding Fathers understood that lawsuits are a necessary means for a nation of civilized citizens to resolve their disputes. Hence, the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution which preserves an…
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it would reverse the approval of a patch for injured knees that it granted in 2008 after being unduly pressured by four New Jersey congressmen and…
You won’t hear this from the Chamber of Commerce, the tort reform movement (i.e., insurance company funded lobbyists), or the talk radio zealots who find it convenient to target lawyers, but,…
After hip replacement surgery in February 2008, Kim Horbas was mobile and pain-free. But by the summer, her hip began to make a clicking sound when she walked. “It got louder and louder, so…
On August 26, 2010, the DePuy Orthopaedics company, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, issued a voluntary recall of two hip replacement systems. About 93,000 of the devices have been implanted…
Sadly, another promising therapy for brain trauma has been debunked by scientists. Paramedics have been administering highly concentrated saline solution given intravenously to victims of traumatic…
Have you had a Johnson & Johnson/DePuy hip replacement implant in the past few years? These devices have a 1 in 8 chance of failing, which would require you to have additional surgery, called…
The Johnson & Johnson/DePuy hip replacement recall is a mind-boggling fiasco, with the devices having been implanted in 93,000 patients. Many will likely need painful and expensive…
J&J CEO William Weldon was summoned to testify before the US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Thursday. In his testimony, he admitted the pharmaceutical company made mistakes…
DePuy Orthopaedics, a division of Johnson & Johnson, has a big problem on its hands. The National Hip Registry data shows that within five years of receving either a DePuy ASR™ Hip…
Have you or someone you know had hip replacement surgery using a hip implant device made by the DePuy Orthopaedics company? You may be receiving a letter from your doctor asking you to come in for…
