Products Liability
Depuy Buys-Off Surgeon to Experiment with Defective Hip Implant on Real Patients
Patient Fights Back John Muldoon of Contra Costa, California, was suffering from painful osteoarthritis in his hip. In 2007, John decided to move forward with his surgeon’s suggestion for a full hip replacement using a ceramic-on-metal hip replacement made by Depuy. According to sources, unknown to the patient, the DePuy hip was not approved by…
Read MoreThe Hidden Dangers of Vague Warning Labels: Did You Know a Few Spoonfuls of Children’s Motrin Cause Stevens-Johnson Syndrome?
In April of 2015, the highest court in Massachusetts ruled that a $63 million dollar judgment for breach of warranty, negligence, loss of consortium and pain and suffering will be awarded to Samantha Reckis and her family following an appeal against McNeil PPC and Johnson and Johnson, manufacturers of Children’s Motrin. Poor little Samantha Reckis’ story…
Read MoreRecall Notice Came Too Late and Another Life is Lost to the Deadly Takata Airbag Recall
Tragically, there has been a 7th reported death linked to the Takata recalls that we cautioned in our October 24 blog. Kylan Langlinais, a 22 year old Louisiana woman got an airbag recall notice in the mail for her 2005 Honda Civic two days after she suffered critical injuries from the flying airbag inflator shrapnel…
Read MoreComing to a Highway Near You: Self-Driving Trucks May Eliminate Truck Wreck Injury Cases
That’s right. You heard it correctly. No. You didn’t miss any sweeping legislative changes to the Tennessee Justice System just yet. But we can speculate that with the May 5, 2015 introduction by Freightliner of the Inspiration Truck, the first road legal big-rig that can drive itself that there will be some major changes in…
Read More4-Year Old Killed in Cherokee Fuel Tank Explosion After Rear End Collision
Tragically, without the warning of recall or knowledge of a recall, in the last decade so many drivers have lost their lives as a result of manufacturer defects and poor design of their vehicles. National media coverage has surged around the Takata Airbag recalls which we discussed in an earlier blog. The numbers are staggering with…
Read MoreA Win for the Injured in Tennessee
The Tennessee Civil Justice Act was made into a law in 2011 by Governor Haslam. It was a horrible law that served only to hurt the injured of Tennessee even more by placing damage caps on injury and medical malpractice lawsuits. The only people who benefited from the law were the people running the insurance…
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