Exactech has added another 40,000 hip implants to its growing list of defective medical implants. On August 11, 2022 the company announced it was recalling another group of implants over failure of polyethylene liners in the devices. The latest recalled Exactech implants are; – Acumatch…
On August 2, 2022, the White House issued a press release from President Joe Biden that he will sign into law the Camp Lejeune Justice Act providing veterans and their families an opportunity to seek justice after having suffered from the contaminated water at Camp…
In June 2021, Exactech issued a recall of its Connexion GXL acetabular polyethylene hip implant liners. In February 2022, a recall was issued for Exactech knee and ankle implants that contained the same polyethylene used in the hip implants. The knee implant systems are the…
The number of product liability lawsuits focusing on paraquat’s alleged tie to Parkinson’s, a degenerative brain disease that leads to loss of muscle coordination, continues to grow. In June, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) ordered all paraquat lawsuits to be consolidated into the U.S.…
Millions of Americans currently suffer from heart failure, and ventricular assist devices are a popular tool to assist people with advanced heart failure to return to normalcy. The HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) has been implanted into more than 19,000 patients. HeartWare, later acquired by…
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was defrocked by Pope Francis after an abuse inquiry in 2019, is now facing indecent assault and battery charges in Massachusetts. McCarrick has been criminally charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting a teenage boy at a 1974 wedding reception. With these charges…
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Johnson & Johnson seeking to undo a damages award against it over allegations that asbestos in its talc powder products caused women to develop cancer. The company must now pay $2.1 billion in damages to 20 women…
A DUI suspect was arrested after a tragic car crash in western Fresno County early Monday morning. The California Highway Patrol responded to the scene along Highway 33 on October 3, 2022. ABC30-TV reported the accident occurred shortly before 3 a.m. just north of the…
By Guest Author Rasa Fumagalli, J.D., MSCC, CMSP-F – Director of MSP Compliance Services Personal injury settlements rarely make an injury victim whole. In light of this, cost management decisions factor into the strategy of the case. For example, while both life care plans and…
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently released a policy statement urging pediatricians to take a bigger role in preventing sexual abuse or exploitation of children. “Sexual abuse or exploitation of children is never acceptable,” it reads in part. “Pediatricians and health care professionals should…
