As investors continue to pursue individual arbitration claims and lawsuits to recover money lost in Regions Morgan Keegan bond funds, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and state financial regulators from several states have accused Morgan Keegan of committing… Read More
A petition has been filed in New Jersey to centralize all state court tardive dyskinesia lawsuits over Reglan and generic metoclopramide. While a similar request to centralize all federal Reglan lawsuits was denied last year, the cases may benefit from coordinated proceedings, where pretrial litigation for… Read More
At a recent conference of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, several prominent knee surgeons presented data suggesting that the rate of failure for certain Zimmer NexGen replacement knee systems is "unacceptably high," with many knee replacement patients experiencing loosening with the Zimmer NexGen CR-Flex Porous… Read More
Despite concerns about the risk of health problems from Yaz and Yasmin, as well as mounting Yaz pill lawsuits and Yasmin pill lawsuits, Bayer has continued to reap the rewards of strong sales for their popular birth control pills last year. Unfortunately, the drug maker's decision… Read More
Earlier this month, Minnesota state health investigators indicated that an 82-year-old woman's death was caused by a nursing home medication error and at least two others were injured by a facility that confused the drugs it gave to residents on several occasions. Unfortunately, this story is… Read More
Following a month-long trial, the first Seroquel case to reach a jury ended in a defense verdict last week. While the Seroquel lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk were closely watching this case and hoping that the New Jersey state court jury would hit AstraZeneca with a… Read More
UPDATE 8/30/2010: A DePuy ASR hip recall was officially announced on August 26, 2010 involving about 93,000 of the metal hip implants sold. DePuy Orthopedics, a division of Johnson & Johnson, has removed the DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip implant from the market. While the manufacturer initially… Read More
[alert type="general" accent_color="" background_color="" border_size="1px" icon="fa-asterisk" box_shadow="yes" animation_type="0" animation_direction="down" animation_speed="0.1" class="" id=""]UPDATE: Saiontz & Kirk is no longer accepting new Plavix cases. This archived post is for informational purposes.[/alert] The FDA has announced a “black box” Plavix warning, indicating that the anti-clotting medication may be ineffective… Read More
St. Joseph Medical Center has confirmed that it sent 169 more letters last month to patients who may have undergone unnecessary coronary stent implant surgery. While we have seen an increase in calls from individuals who recently received a St. Joseph stent letter, a report in… Read More
The lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk represent individuals throughout the United States who have suffered a femur fracture from Fosamax. Recent media reports have drawn substantial attention to this potential Fosamax side effect, which Merck & Co. has failed to adequately warn users about. >>INFORMATION: Fosamax… Read More
