Dallas Fort Worth Injury Lawyer Blog

June 21, 2017

Ethicon Physiomesh is “not safe”according to lawsuit

Ethicon Physiomesh is “not safe”according to lawsuit. John Guerra, from Torrance California claims that the Ethicon Physiomesh patch used in his hernia repair causes severe health risks and complications. According to Guerra, he developed a chronic seroma and required many additional surgeries.

Ethicon Physiomesh is “not safe”according to lawsuit. Ethicon Hernia mesh linked to adhesions, perforation, infection and the need for removal surgery.

A seroma is a pocket of clear serous fluid that sometimes develops in the body after surgery. This fluid is composed of blood plasma that has seeped out of ruptured small blood vessels and inflammatory fluid produced by the injured and dying cells.

June 14, 2017

Cook IVC Filters Injury claims on the rise

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Cook IVC Filters Injury claims are on the rise, the personal injury and product liability lawsuits continue to pile up, with no end in sight. Injured folks allege that the Cook company’s blood-clot filters failed catastrophically puncturing vital organs and blood vessels, requiring emergency surgery to remove them.

Cook IVC Filters Injury. Cook Celect and Gunther Tulip IVC filters under fire over blood vessel perforation and vital organ damage requiring emergency surgery

Cook Celect, Gunther Tulip IVC Filters

May 12, 2017

Smith & Nephew Birmingham Resurfacing premature hip failure

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Smith & Nephew Birmingham Resurfacing premature hip failure. Many metal hip manufacturers have been under fire for the past decade over the premature failure of their metal on metal hip designs.

Smith & Nephew Birmingham Resurfacing premature hip failure. Smith & Nephew under fire over its BHR line of metal hip devices causing metal poisoning and pseudotumors.

Smith & Nephew Urgent Field Safety Recall Notice

May 5, 2017

J&J successfully blocks first Xarelto Bleeding Injury trial

by Dr. Shezad Malik

J&J successfully blocks first Xarelto Bleeding Injury trial. A Louisiana jury found for Johnson & Johnson and Bayer AG in the first Xarelto internal bleeding product liability lawsuit to go to trial.

Xarelto Bleeding Injury Trial

Xarelto linked to uncontrollable brain and gastrointestinal bleeding according to over 18,000 lawsuits.

May 2, 2017

Ethicon Hernia Mesh Adhesions Lawsuit

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Man claims that Ethicon hernia mesh adhesions injuries were due to the plastic product. Charles Racine from Delaware recently filed a product liability lawsuit because of injuries from the Ethicon Physiomesh that was used during his ventral hernia repair.

Ethicon Hernia mesh adhesions lawsuits. Ethicon Hernia mesh linked to adhesions, perforation, infection and the need for removal surgery.

Racine filed his claim against Johnson and Johnson and its unit, Ethicon in Maryland federal court. According to Racine, he developed small bowel adhesions and had to have the hernia mesh surgically removed from his body.

May 1, 2017

Ethicon Vaginal Mesh $20 Million Verdict

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Ethicon Vaginal mesh lawsuit ends in plaintiff’s verdict. The jury in a Philadelphia state court jury found for a plaintiff and awarded a $20 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon division, over complications with the Ethicon TVT-Secur transvaginal mesh.

Philadelphia Ethicon Vaginal Mesh Trial

Margaret Engleman, brought a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon division. According to Engleman, she received the mesh implant for treatment of stress urinary incontinence but later developed catastrophic side effects when the TVT-Secur mesh eroded through her organs.

May 1, 2017

Medtronic Synchromed Pain Pump Failure Lawsuits

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Medtronic Synchromed Pain Pump Failure Lawsuits. According to Medtronic’s news report in late 2016, their SynchroMed II implantable drug pump was linked to more than 100 adverse events including 2 previously unreported deaths.

Medtronic SynchroMed Pain Pump Lawsuits. The popular pain pump is beset with serious problems leading to over-dosage of pain medications including death.

In an October 2016 letter to doctors by the U.K.’s Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, Medtronic said the SynchroMed II pump can deliver too much medicine but that the exact cause of the over infusions isn’t clear.

April 29, 2017

Texas Onglyza Heart Failure Lawsuit

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Onglyza Heart Failure. Wrendell Chester, from Texas, recently filed a personal injury and product liability lawsuit, against Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca, the manufacturers of the drug.

Chester claims that the companies failed to adequately warn patients and doctors about the risk of heart failure from side effects of Onglyza and failed to conduct proper research and testing.

According to Chester’s lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, he suffered serious heart failure injuries after using Onglyza and Kombiglyze XR.

April 6, 2017

Smith Nephew Birmingham Hip Failure Lawsuits heading to Maryland

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Smith Nephew Birmingham Hip Failure Lawsuits. Injured patients blame Smith & Nephew Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) and R3 hip replacement implants for their injuries and premature device failure. These plaintiffs filed a petition in early February with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to consolidate all pending federal BHR and R3 cases in a single venue or courthouse.

Smith Nephew Birmingham Hip Failure Lawsuits. Smith & Nephew under fire over its BHR line of metal hip devices causing metal poisoning and pseudotumors.

Earlier this week the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation announced that all federally-filed Smith & Nephew Birmingham Hip Resurfacing lawsuits will be transferred to U.S. District Court in Maryland, for pre-trial consolidation and centralization.

April 4, 2017

Non Tuberculous Heart Infections Following Surgery

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Non Tuberculous heart infections following surgery, may be linked to a commonly used device known as the Stockert 3T Heater-Cooler System manufactured by Sorin Group Deutschland (now LivaNova).

Non Tuberculous Infections following Surgery

Non Tuberculous Heart Infections following Surgery. Stockert 3T Heart Surgery devices under fire for non-tuberculous bacterial infection according to recent lawsuits.

This device is under intense investigation for for possibly causing serious and deadly heart infections after use in heart by-pass and valve surgeries.