Dallas Fort Worth Injury Lawyer Blog

October 16, 2015

Texas Attorney Explains Bard and Cook IVC Filter Lawsuit Claims

Lawsuits filed against Cook Medical over their defective IVC filters are gaining traction and moving towards trial. U.S. District Judge Young is overseeing the federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) and has announced that a group of 10 Cook Medical inferior vena cava (IVC) filter lawsuits have been chosen for early trial dates that will begin late 2016.

Federal Cook MDL In Indiana

All Cook Celect and Cook Gunther Tulip IVC filter lawsuits have been consolidated in a MDL, in the Southern District of Indiana for fast track discovery and pretrial proceedings, since October 2014. According to the latest court house data, there are about 200 lawsuits filed against Cook Medical, that have been consolidated and centralized in Indiana.

What’s The Problem With Cook IVC Filters?

Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters, are small, implantable metal devices for patients at risk of a pulmonary embolism or a blood clot to the lung. These folks have contraindications to the standard therapy for blood clots, anticoagulants. The filters block blood clots from traveling to the heart or lungs, from the legs, known as a deep vein thrombosis.

October 14, 2015

Texas Actos Attorney Provides Bladder Cancer Settlement Update

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Takeda Pharmaceuticals has decided to wrap up the remaining Actos linked bladder cancer lawsuits. Takeda settled two more claims this week, after a two-month trial in Nevada state court.

Recently, Takeda ear-marked $2.4 billion for settlements to settle thousands of personal injury and defective product liability lawsuits brought by diabetic patients who were diagnosed with bladder cancer after using Actos.

Actos Settlement Band Wagon Keeps On Rolling

In September, Takeda said that 96% of Actos claimants signed up for its $2.3 billion settlement offer, settling most of the 8,000 plus cases pending in state and federal courts.

On other fronts, Takeda settled the 7 out of 9 cases that had been tried and were up on appeal. Takeda also agreed to toss in an extra $100 million if 97% of claims matched up with settlement criteria. Takeda is trying close down the Actos bladder litigation, by encouraging as many plaintiffs as possible to settle their injury claims and keep the settlement band wagon rolling on.

October 8, 2015

Ohio Xarelto Bleeding Injury Lawsuit Claim

by Dr. Shezad Malik

The number of Xarelto injury side effects and wrongful death claims continue to increase. According to some estimates, the total number of personal injury and defective product liability claims will be in the thousands. Recently, Molly Harr, from Ohio, has filed a injury lawsuit claiming that Xarelto side effects caused her to develop severe gastrointestinal bleeding, after using the popular oral blood thinner or anticoagulant for chronic atrial fibrillation.

Atrial fibrillation is a very common heart rhythm problem, which can cause strokes. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Plaintiff Allegations

Harr notes that she was prescribed Xarelto in September 2013, for treatment of atrial fibrillation. Within 2 months, she developed severe gastrointestinal bleeding.

Louisiana Federal Mulidistrict Litigation

Since December 2014, all federal product liability lawsuits filed against Bayer and Johnson & Johnson over the bleeding side effects of Xarelto have been centralized and consolidated before U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon in the Eastern District of Louisiana as part of an MDL, or multidistrict litigation.

October 5, 2015

Dallas Attorney Explains Xarelto Injury Claims

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Since December 2014, all federal product liability lawsuits filed against Bayer and Johnson & Johnson over the bleeding side effects of Xarelto have been centralized and consolidated before U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon in the Eastern District of Louisiana as part of an MDL, or multidistrict litigation.

Xarelto Bleeding Injury Claims

Did you or a loved one suffer serious internal bleeding or other complications after taking Xarelto®? Xarelto is a prescription blood thinner that has been linked to serious bleeding events that have caused catastrophic injuries and death.

If you or a loved one has suffered due to Xarelto side effects you may be entitled to compensation for your pain, suffering and medical costs. Call NOW, time may be limited. Our firm of experienced pharmaceutical lawyers will provide you with a no-cost, no-obligation review of your case. Act now by filling out the form or calling us at 214-390-3189 to discuss your legal options.

September 2, 2015

Bard IVC Recovery Filter Hammered by NBC Nightly News

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Every year, thousands of patients are implanted with a retrieval inferior vena cava filters (IVC) but they are not warned by doctors about the risk of injury from these temporary devices.

And as time passes, patients tend to forget that they had this device implanted and the first inkling that they had the device, is when they suffer serious injury from a complication.

Starting tonight, on NBC Nightly News, there is a 2 part news segment about the dangers of the IVC devices and in particular the Bard IVC Recovery Filter device, its failure rate and the propensity to cause personal injury damage to patients. Shockingly many doctors who implant these devices are unaware of the risk and the dangers associated with these devices.

According to some experts, there is a very high failure rate with these devices, which only increases with the duration of the filter in the body, eventually all of the devices will fail. So 100% failure of the device becomes not a question of “if” but “when.”

What is an IVC Filter?

The filter devices are used when there is a blood clot in the leg known as a deep vein thrombosis and there is a contraindication to using blood thinners, which is the standard therapy for leg blood clots.

These devices are supposed to trap blood clots from traveling from the leg to the lungs and causing a pulmonary embolism, which can be fatal.

August 29, 2015

The Great IVC Filter Personal Injury Fiasco

by Dr. Shezad Malik

As a Dallas personal injury attorney and Texas medical doctor, I am highlighting the risks associated with retrieval inferior vena cava filters. Every year, thousands of patients are implanted with a retrieval inferior vena cava filters (IVC) but they are not warned by doctors about the risk of injury from these temporary devices.

And as time passes, patients tend to forget that they had this device implanted and the first inkling that they had the device, is when they suffer serious injury from a complication.

According to some experts, there is a very high failure rate with these devices, which only increases with the duration of the filter in the body, eventually all of the devices will fail. So 100% failure of the device becomes not a question of “if” but “when.”

August 28, 2015

Shocking Number of Metal on Metal Hip Implant Failures

by Dr. Shezad Malik

The epidemic of premature metal on metal hip implant failure continues surge at an alarming rate. DePuy ASR, DePuy Pinnacle, Biomet Magnum & M2a, Smith and Nephew, Wright Conserve, Zimmer Durom cup and Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II, are among hip replacements that continue to fail prematurely and require painful and risky revision surgery.

Total Number of DePuy ASR Settlements Exceeds 9,400 Cases

Johnson and Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, has agreed to add another 1,400 hip injury claims to a settlement agreement reached in 2013. This new agreement extends the deal to include recalled ASR implants that were revised as of January 31, 2015.

August 27, 2015

Xarelto and Pradaxa No Safer than Warfarin

by Dr. Shezad Malik

According to recent research, the new blood thinners Xarelto and Pradaxa are no safer than warfarin when it comes to bleeding and complications like heart attacks and strokes.

Researchers found no difference in the risk of bleeding events or arterial thromboembolism events between any of the three groups for the first 90 days of use.

Medical experts are concerned about the new-generation anticoagulants, as they do not have a reversal agent, in the event of a serious or catastrophic bleeding, which can result in deadly results.

August 26, 2015

Hip and Knee Implant Infection Epidemic

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Many hip and knee surgery patients can develop bacterial infections of their implants, leading to painful re-do surgeries, long term antibiotic use and in severe cases amputation because of overwhelming infection.

There are many causes for this, including patient and surgical factors and according to some experts the bacterial infections it may be related to the bacteria in the operative room and hospital, since it is impossible to make the surgical room and hospital completely free of bacteria.

3M and their Arizant Healthcare subsidiary are exposed to personal injury and product liability lawsuits over hip and knee replacement infections may be caused by their Bair Hugger warming blankets.

August 25, 2015

Bard IVC Filter Lawsuits Consolidated in Arizona

by Dr. Shezad Malik

According to a recent ruling by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML), all filed Bard Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter injury, perforation and migration lawsuits, are to be consolidated and centralized before one federal judge in Phoenix, Arizona for coordinated pretrial proceedings.

Existing cases pending throughout the federal court system will be transferred to U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell, who will oversee the multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceedings. Bard Peripheral Vascular is the manufacturer of these Bard IVC filters and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

This consolidation and centralization of Bard IVC filter cases only applies to cases filed in the federal court system. There are less than 50 filed Bard Recovery filter and Bard G2 filter lawsuits currently pending in U.S. District Courts nationwide.