A report published in the Pittsburgh Business Times indicates that the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary responsible for manufacturing power morcellators was warned eight years ago that their device could increase the risk of spreading cancer. The news is based on a series of communications between the company and a Pennsylvania pathologist, Dr. Robert Lamparter, who requested that Johnson & Johnson reconsider the ...
Johnson & Johnson Alerted to Morcellator Cancer Risk in 2006
Posted July 10, 2014 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls
A former federal prosecutor recently issued a 315-page report providing details of General Motors’ knowledge of an ignition switch defect that caused numerous accidents, injuries, and deaths. The auto manufacturer issued a recall in February 2014 of 2.6 million vehicles, and is paying a $35 million fine to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for failing to recall the vehicle in a timely manner. Now, the report seems to confirm suspicions ...
continue reading...Laparoscopic Uterine Power Morcellation Linked to Increased Cancer Risk
Posted July 7, 2014 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls
A Pennsylvania man is suing the manufacturer of a device used to remove large masses of tissue during minimally invasive surgeries. The man is alleging that the device caused the spread of cancerous tissue during his wife’s hysterectomy, ultimately resulting in her death. The device at issue is known as a morcellator, which operates by breaking up tissue into smaller fragments, allowing a surgeon to remove the tissue through a smaller incision than would be required in standard laparoscopic surgery.
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General Motors (GM) has admitted to yet another mistake in its handling of potentially dangerous motor vehicle defects. This is just the latest installment in a series of alleged negligence in its handling of the defective ignition switches.
Power Steering Problems in the Saturn Ion
This time, the recall at hand involves 335,000 of GM’s Saturn Ions manufactured between 2004 and ...
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Bayer AG, a large German pharmaceutical company, is facing its first lawsuits in the United States over its anti-clotting drug Xarelto. A June 14 article reported that there are fewer than 10 Xarelto lawsuits currently filed.
In July 2011, the FDA approved Xarelto to prevent deep vein thrombosis in patients having knee or hip replacement surgery. In November 2012, the drug was approved to prevent pulmonary embolisms. In ...
continue reading...According to a recent report, there have been at least 74 deaths in car accidents involving General Motors’ cars where the airbag failed to deploy. According to Reuters’ analysis of the government’s fatal-crash data, there were 74 deaths from 2003 until 2012 with characteristics that indicate a faulty GM ignition switch or other defect was to blame.
Reuters examined the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), a database of crashes submitted by local law-enforcement agencies, looking for ...
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