FDA Holds Meeting to Discuss Failing Hip Implants
A two-day meeting is being held by the Food and Drug Administration in order to critically analyze metal-on-metal implants for those failing hips. The replacement hips were implanted in nearly half a million Americans, and were found to fail earlier than they should. The metal implants were suggested to not wear as quickly and be …
Pradaxa Issues Explained
In October 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a prescription medication manufactured by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals under the brand name Pradaxa. (The chemical name for the medication is dabigatran etexilate mesylate.) Pradaxa is a blood thinner used specifically in patients who suffer from non-valvular atrial fibrillation, a condition in which the organ’s two …
Our Super Lawyers and Rising Star for 2012
We are very excited to announce that Roger E. Greenberg, Andrew E. Bederman and John J. Sellinger were rated as Super Lawyers for 2012, and Jason Fernandez was given the title of Rising Star. How are lawyers rated as Super Lawyers? Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a rigorous, multiphase rating process. It is a combination …
Family Hopes to Toughen Penalties on Restaurants Serving Drunk Patrons
Maryland Family Sues Bar Over Drunk Driving Death: MyFoxDC.com The family of a girl killed in an auto accident wants the bar who served the drunk driver held liable. They filed a $3.2 million lawsuit against the Dogfish Head Alehouse. Unfortunately for the family, dram shop liability does not apply in Maryland as of now, …
Judge Makes Gutsy Decision in Dram Shop Liability Case
The decision to send a lawsuit to trial which holds a restaurant partially liable in a fatal car accident is being drafted by Judge Eric M. Johnson. The case involves a 10-year-old girl who was killed in an auto accident in December when a drunk patron of the Dogfish Head collided with the car she …
Judge Breaks Precedent in Case of Drunk Bar Patron Crash
A bar in Gaithersburg allegedly served a drunk patron, who then crashed his car, resulting in the death of 10-year-old girl. The trial judge is now breaking precedent by declaring that bars should be held liable for the death of those harmed by intoxicated customers served alcohol in their establishment. The girl’s grandfather is suing …
Lawsuits Filed Against Yaz
According to a recent ABC news story a popular birth control pill may result in death for young, healthy patients. One particular woman claims she took Yaz birth control pills and almost died. Her legs began hurting at work, then she had trouble breathing. Her heart stopped for four minutes, resulting from massive blood clots …
Metal-on-Metal Implants Pose Unique Dangers for Patients
Debris from plastic components shed from hip implants into the bloodstream, causing bone loss and loosening the device. Metal-on-metal devices pose a different series of unique problems because metal debris is finer and greater in volume. This may cause a more response in hip replacement patients. This is due to how our bodies process the …
FDA Forces Hip Implant Manufacturers to Research Failures
Many metal-on-metal hip implant patients have experienced the frustrations associated with aggravating symptoms caused by the design of the hip replacement. One in particular went to see a specialist in Boston because nobody else could figure out why he was having problems. Many doctors would simply give shots for pain or tell patients not to …
FDA Receives Over 5,000 Reports of Hip Implant Problems
The unique threat of metal-on-metal implants is being discovered by researchers. All implants will release debris, but all-metal implants pose a particularly special problem because scavenger cells inside the body will convert the debris into biologically active metallic ions. This results in a reaction that may annihilate muscle and tissue. Doctors are attempting to pin-down …
