It was over two years ago now that the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all federally filed Xarelto lawsuits into one court in the Eastern District of Louisiana. Now, there are over 13,000 cases pending in that court, with plaintiffs claiming Xarelto…
A Minnesota couple has filed a new hip replacement lawsuit against the makers of the Stryker Accolade TMZF hip stem and LFIT Anatomic V40 femoral head. They filed their case on November 14, 2016, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The…
Hip implants are more complicated today than they were a decade ago. Used to be that there were minimal components—most systems were comprised of an acetabular cup (the “ball” that fits into the hip socket), the liner (that goes over the cup), and the stem…
The FDA has released a new warning about testosterone replacement drugs. It was back in January 2014 that they announced they were investigating the risk of stroke, heart attack, and death in men taking testosterone products like AndroGel, Testim, and Fortesta. They reiterated at the…
A new study suggests that IVC filters may not help people who are at risk of dangerous blood clots to improve their chances of survival. These devices have a number of potentially dangerous side effects, including perforation of the vena cava (the vein that flows…
According to the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault, nearly one in five women and one in 71 men have been raped in their lifetime. Almost 30 percent of men who reported it said it happened when they were 10 years old or younger, and…
Sometimes, a person just needs some help. Look up the term “safe haven” and you’ll find that it means a place of refuge or security. That’s just what people find at Bower Residents Committee (BRC) safe havens throughout New York City. Founded in 1971 by…
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was originally founded in 1920 to help ensure the promise of the Bill of Rights. In their first year, they fought the harassment and deportation of immigrant activists. They later won the right for unions to organize, and denounced…
The number of lawsuits filed against the makers of heartburn drugs like Nexium and Prilosec continues to increase. These drugs belong to a class of medications called “proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)”. They reduce the production of stomach acid and are used to treat acid-related conditions…
On August 26, 2016, an Illinois man filed a new Nexium lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He names Nexium manufacturer AstraZeneca as defendant, and claims that after he took the heartburn drug, he suffered from serious injuries.…
On August 30, 2016, a New York State committee held a daylong hearing on the water contamination that has plagued Hoosick Falls and nearby communities for years. Residents expressed their frustration with state officials’ slow response to the crisis, while lawmakers criticized the state’s health…
In 2010, the FDA warned that inferior vena cava (IVC) filters—small, cage-like devices implanted to capture blood clots and prevent them from reaching the lungs—had been associated with 921 adverse event reports. Over 300 of these involved device migration, where the filter actually moved from…
