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Recently, a devastated Ohio family filed a wrongful death product liability claim against Fresenius Medical Care. The plaintiffs’ family claimed in their lawsuit that the company’s dialysis product Granuflo led to the patient’s cardiac arrest during dialysis treatment.

Deborah Swigert, now widowed filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on November 13. Her deceased husband was 56 years old when he suffered a cardiac arrest while receiving dialysis treatment at a Fresenius center in Ohio.

The lawsuit alleges that the death was caused by Fresenius’ failure to provide adequate warnings about the potential side effects of dialysis treatment with Granuflo. Granuflo has been found to increase the risk of cardiac arrest if bicarbonate levels are not carefully monitored during treatment.

As a Dallas Fort Worth, Texas medical doctor and Transvaginal Mesh recall and Bard Avaulta mesh injury attorney I am providing this timely update for women who have been injured by defective transvaginal mesh implants.

What is Trans Vaginal Mesh?

Trans Vaginal Mesh is a synthetic fabric which is used to repair, reinforce and strengthen weakened tissues and is used as slings for stress urinary incontinence (SUI), and in the transvaginal repair of a condition called pelvic organ prolapse (POP).

As a Nuvaring Pulmonary Embolism, Wrongful Death and Deep Vein Thrombosis attorney, I have written extensively about the inherent risks associated with oral contraceptive pills containing Drospirenone, like Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella and contraceptive ring like NuvaRing. According to a Danish report, some women using hormonal contraceptives other than single hormone birth control pills have an increased risk for serious blood clots.

These alternate hormone-releasing birth control methods include skin patches, implants and vaginal rings. According to the researchers, to reduce the risk, women who use these should consider switching to safer birth control pills.

Nuvaring Blood Clot Risks

As a Texas medical doctor and Dallas Mirena IUD injury and wrongful death attorney, I am providing this timely update for folks who have been injured by the use of Mirena IUD. Mirena IUD Lawsuits now being evaluated investigated on behalf of young women who suffered device migration, uterine perforation, and other serious Mirena side effects.

What is Mirena IUD?

Mirena is an intrauterine device inserted directly into the uterus to prevent pregnancy, where it may remain in place for up to five years. Read the product information packet here. A number of Mirena IUD lawsuits have already been filed in Superior Court in New Jersey, prompting Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the manufacturer of the device, to seek designation of the cases as a “Mass Tort” for centralized management in Middlesex County.

As a Texas Personal Injury attorney and medical doctor, we are providing this timely update regarding table saw injuries.

Table saws are one of the most dangerous tools to work with. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, there are nearly 60,000 blade injuries every year. Nearly 4000 of these injuries involved amputation.

Common Injuries include:

As a Texas medical doctor and Novartis Zometa Osteonecrosis/Jaw Death personal injury and product liability attorney I am providing this Zometa litigation update.

A New York federal jury found Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. liable for personal injury jawbone damage to Barbara Davids who took the drug Zometa.

The verdict, is the second-largest among similar cases over Zometa. It is the fourth win for plaintiffs out of eight Zometa-related jawbone cases that have gone to trial. According to the plaintiff’s attorney, the jury in the Davids case awarded $450,000 in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages.

As a Texas medical doctor and Dallas Pradaxa drug injury and Pradaxa wrongful death attorney, I am providing this timely update for folks who have been injured by the use of Pradaxa. Many wrongful death victims are seeking compensation for their injuries from German drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim, the maker of Pradaxa. The new anticoagulant blood thinner Pradaxa has been associated with an increased risk of serious and potentially deadly bleeding episodes.

Pradaxa History

The F.D.A. approved Pradaxa in October 2010 and Pradaxa was touted as the first in a new category of replacements for warfarin. Warfarin is a 60-year-old drug used to prevent strokes in people with a heart-rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation.

As a Texas medical doctor and Medtronic BMP Infuse bone personal injury and product liability attorney I am providing this Infuse litigation update. According to a report by Senate investigators, Medtronic Inc., the world largest medical device maker, wrote and edited medical journal articles attributed to outside physicians, which minimized the risks of the company’s Infuse BMP-2 bone graft.

The Senate Finance Committee said that Medtronic did not disclose its role in shaping 13 key studies of InFuse. Infuse bone grafts are a $800-million a year product. The medical studies, paid for by Medtronic, failed to mention serious risks of InFuse including male sterility, infection and increased back and leg pain.

Senate investigators reported that Medtronic paid the study authors $210 million in consulting fees for unrelated work over 15 years.

Bayer is currently settling Yasmin and Yaz lawsuits and new Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella claims are being filed. Bayer is only settling cases that involve allegations that the birth control pills caused a venous clot injury, such as a deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism.

U.S. health regulators in April added warnings to the labels on the popular class of birth control pills that includes Bayer’s Yaz and Yasmin, to show they may raise the risk of blood clots. Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism are two side effects from Yaz and Yasmin.

YAZ DVT and Pulmonary Embolism Side Effects

As a Texas medical doctor and Stryker Rejuvenate Hips metallosis and injury replacement attorney I am providing this Stryker litigation update.

All New Jersey state court lawsuits over the recalled Stryker Rejuvenate modular hip system, maybe be centralized before one judge for coordinated handling. A Multicounty Litigation application has been made to designate all Stryker hip replacement lawsuits involving the Rejuvenate and ABG II modular hip stems. The Multicounty Litigation designation, would consolidate all of the cases before one judge.

Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Lawsuits