Amid a growing number of hip surgery infection lawsuits and knee surgery infection lawsuits filed against 3M Corporation, which allege that the company's Bair Hugger forced air warming blanket caused contaminants to enter the surgical field, questions are being raised about how long the manufacturer knew… Read More
By Austin Kirk
August 18, 2015 | 1 Comment
For the past five years, the product liability lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. have been representing clients throughout the U.S. who are pursuing an IVC blood clot filter lawsuit after suffering serious side effects when one of these devices implanted to reduce the risk of… Read More
By Austin Kirk
August 13, 2015 | 26 Comments
The product liability lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. are now reviewing potential hip infection lawsuits and knee infection lawsuits for individuals who have required additional surgery following a joint replacement since 2009. (more…) Read More
By Austin Kirk
July 29, 2015 | 1 Comment
The product liability lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. are reviewing potential Roundup cancer lawsuits for individuals who have developed health problems following heavy exposure to the widely used grass and weedkiller, including: Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Skin Cancer Kidney Cancer Other Cancers Glyphosate, the active ingredient used… Read More
By Austin Kirk
July 24, 2015 | 8 Comments
Due to inadequate and misleading pregnancy warnings provided by GlaxoSmithKline, there is a false impression among consumers and the medical community that Zofran is safe for pregnant women. However, thousands of children through the U.S. may have developed heart defects, oral cleft defects and other congenital… Read More
By Austin Kirk
July 23, 2015 | No Comments
A motion has been filed in the federal court system to centralize all Zofran birth defect lawsuits before one judge as part of an MDL, or Multidistrict Litigation. While such coordinated pretrial proceedings are often confused with a Zofran class action, there are important differences and… Read More
By Austin Kirk
July 8, 2015 | No Comments
Following recent FDA warnings about the risk of skin problems from the Daytrana ADHD patch, the product liability lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. are reviewing whether users who have experienced skin discoloration, scaring or disfigurement may be entitled to financial compensation through a Daytrana patch… Read More
By Austin Kirk
July 2, 2015 | 6 Comments
[alert type="notice" accent_color="" background_color="" border_size="1px" icon="fa-caret-right" box_shadow="yes" animation_type="0" animation_direction="down" animation_speed="0.1" class="" id=""]UPDATE 10/15/2015: The U.S. JPML issued an order (PDF) establishing centralized pretrial proceedings for all morcellator lawsuits filed against Ethicon, which sold the majority of all devices used in recent years. However, the panel declined… Read More
By Austin Kirk
June 22, 2015 | No Comments
Our lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. are continuing to review the potential for Invokana lawsuits on behalf of former users of the new diabetes drug who have suffered ketoacidosis, renal failure, kidney damage or other injuries. Based on our research, it appears increasingly clear that… Read More
By Austin Kirk
June 19, 2015 | 1 Comment
Only two years after Invokana was introduced as the first member of a new class of diabetes drugs, serious concerns about the potential side effects associated with the medication have emerged. The lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. are now reviewing potential Invokana injury lawsuits for… Read More
By Austin Kirk
May 29, 2015 | 3 Comments