Weitz & Luxenberg is currently accepting cases from people who became seriously ill or who had relatives die after they developed bloodstream infections due to Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia) from certain contaminated intravenous (IV) syringes. The devices in question were Saline Flush IV Syringes manufactured by Nurse Assist, Inc., a company based in Haltom City,…

Smith & Nephew Removes Neck Component from Market On November 15, 2016, the company announced a “voluntary market removal” of the modular neck component commonly used in its Modular SMF and Modular REDAPT Revision models due to what the company called “a higher than anticipated complaint and adverse event trend.” Monolithic versions of the SMF…

Weitz & Luxenberg is currently taking cases of people who are experiencing complications or have had or need revision surgery because of Ethicon’s Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh or Atrium’s C-QUR surgical meshes. Both C-QUR (pronounced “secure”) meshes and Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh are approved for hernia surgeries as well as other soft-tissue repairs. For C-QUR…

Stryker Orthopedics in conjunction with Weitz & Luxenberg and other law firms on a Settlement Oversight Committee have announced the extension of a settlement program to compensate victims of recalled Stryker hip replacements. The program will now be open to individuals who underwent surgeries to remove the recalled implants since the last settlement date of…

Teresa  A. Curtin joined Weitz & Luxenberg in 2006 after 16 years as a plaintiffs’ attorney in complex civil litigations (including medical malpractice, catastrophic injuries and criminal cases) at the trial and appellate levels. She currently serves as an associate attorney in our Drugs & Medical Devices Litigation group where she has participated in all phases (from initial investigations to…

Practicing for three dozen years representing people injured by dangerous products — including medications, medical devices, and toxic chemicals — I have observed a terrible unifying theme. Manufacturing corporations fail to do the right thing: whether it be inadequately testing the product before releasing it on the market (and in our clients’ bodies); failing to…

In order to win your pharmaceutical or medical device lawsuit against a wrongdoer corporation, a number of things must first occur. One is the development and presentation of the most compelling medical and scientific evidence possible in order to successfully persuade the judge and jury of the merits of your case. Our Melinda Davis Nokes…

Wright manufactured the Conserve Acetabular Hip and Wright Medical Conserve Hip Resurfacing System, both metal-on-metal hip replacement devices. Other hip replacement devices made by Wright include the Medical Lineage and Dynasty devices.  Wright’s metal-on-metal devices are associated with similar complications as other manufacturers’ metal-on-metal devices, such as loosening, fracture and corrosion. Many patients may also…

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A Louisiana jury has awarded $9 billion to a New York man who developed bladder cancer after taking Actos. The verdict, issued Monday night, orders Takeda Pharmaceuticals to pay $6 billion in punitive damages, and Eli Lilly to pay $3 billion. Plaintiff Terrence Allen, a New York resident, was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2011…