On March 23, the FDA issued a reminder to health care providers and patients about the risks of Exactech joint replacement devices from 2004 to 2021, which were recalled due to defective packaging. The warning also provided a series of recommendations for doctors and patients…
As the number of Paraquat and Gramoxone lawsuits continues to grow, Syngenta, the Swiss chemical giant that has manufactured and marketed a widely used weedkilling chemical, continues to attempt to deny that long-term exposure to the chemical may be a cause of the incurable brain…
In Florida, a state court judge has scheduled the first Exactech recall lawsuit. Over 60 Exactech lawsuits have been filed in Florida State Court and the have been consolidated in the Eighth Judicial Circuit for Alachua County, Florida. Florida Circuit Judge Donna M. Keim has…
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…
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…
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…
The recent unsuccessful attempt by Zimmer Biomet Inc. to undo a $3.55 million verdict regarding its defective M2a Magnum hip implant shows how the company continues to evade responsibility for the pain and suffering inflicted on patients by their flawed and dangerous implant. A federal…
According to recent studies the widely used bladder drug Elmiron may cause eye damage. Recent reports suggest that the drug — known as pentosan polysulfate sodium and used by hundreds of thousands of people for decades — may be toxic to the retina, the light-sensing…
