On July 22, 2008, Zimmer announced that they were suspending sales of their Durom Cup hip implant due to an unusually high number of reported failures and hip revisions. While our product liability lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk are reviewing individual Zimmer lawsuits on behalf of… Read More
Late Friday, the FDA posted a warning to Baltimore residents who filled prescriptions at two Medicine Shoppe pharmacies. Expired drugs and potentially counterfeit medications could have been distributed by the Baltimore pharmacy. The lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk, who are based in Baltimore, Maryland, are evaluating… Read More
New research from Australia highlights the high societal costs that can be caused by cerebral palsy, including costs of treatments, lost well-being and premature deaths. In some cases cerebral palsy is caused by a medical mistake at the time of birth, which could have been prevented… Read More
A new study reveals that there is no significant difference between Chantix and NicoDerm in long-term quit rates for smokers. As concerns continue to mount about the safety of Chantix and suicide related side effects, the study raises more questions about whether the risks outweigh the… Read More
On Monday, Actavis Totowa, LLC, the maker of Digitek, recalled over 65 different generic drugs made at their New Jersey manufacturing plant. Following an FDA inspection earlier this year, a number of violations of good manufacturing practices were identified. In April 2008, Actavis issued a Digitek… Read More
Although Eli Lilly has already paid more than $1.2 billion to settle over 30,000 Zyprexa lawsuits filed by users who claimed that the drug maker failed to provide adequate warnings about the risk of weight gain and diabetes, the FDA still believes that the warning label… Read More
New government estimates from the Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) indicate that avoidable surgery mistakes cost employers nearly $1.5 billion each year. According to the data, about 10% of all deaths that occur within 90 days of surgery… Read More
A West Virginia nursing home trial began last week as a result of the death of a resident at the Heartland of Charleston, which is owned by Manor Care, one of the largest operators of nursing homes in the United States. >>INFORMATION: Nursing Home Wrongful Death… Read More
Arguments will be heard today before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation about whether to consolidate all shoulder pump lawsuits into a "class action" like system where they will be overseen by one judge for pretrial litigation. The federal procedure, known as Multidistrict Litigation or an… Read More
An article in today's edition of the New York Times highlights the lack of tracking system in place in the United States, which may have alerted doctors sooner to the Zimmer Durom Cup problems which eventually led the manufacturer to suspend sales last week. The decision… Read More
