The Cartiva toe implant product label claims the failure rate is 13.5%, but this number is significantly lower than the actual reported rate of failure, with some studies indicating failure rates in excess of 50%.
Continue reading ›A Delaware Superior Court Judge has allowed roughly 75,000 plaintiffs to be heard in Delaware courts regarding whether the drug Zantac caused cancer. This is a massive turn of events, as nearly 50,000 similar lawsuits were dismissed in federal courts just two years ago. In 2022, the federal judge in the multidistrict litigation in Florida…
Continue reading ›New CERCLA designation requires operators of any facility manufacturing or using PFAS to provide notice of the release of hazardous chemicals to potential injured parties via publication in local news sources.
Continue reading ›Kratom has yet to be approved by the FDA for any personal or medical use. The agency warns against using the substance until further scientific studies can be conducted.
Continue reading ›Philips announced the $1.1 billion settlement on April 29, 2024, with the vast majority of those funds intended to pay for personal injuries.
Continue reading ›Today I will discuss the Camp Lejeune toxic water litigation, and if there is one fact that I can leave you with in this post, it is this: the deadline for bringing an administrative claim is August 10, 2024. The Camp Lejeune legislation that was passed about two years ago is rather extraordinary, and what…
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I am Clay Hodges, an attorney based in Raleigh, North Carolina. For the past 20 years, I have been representing individuals injured by defective products, problematic medications, and toxic exposures. Today, I am following up on the Camp Lejeune toxic water litigation. If you, one of your family members, or someone you know suffered extended…
Continue reading ›Artificial hips offer many patients the opportunity to live active and full lives, but sometimes they don’t always work as intended. Thankfully, these are relatively rare situations. Unfortunately, if it’s your artificial hip that fails, there’s not much comfort in knowing the artificial hips in most other patients work as designed. Because an artificial hip…
Continue reading ›The Camp Lejeune “Elective Option” has been open for a while now and allows eligible individuals affected by contaminated water from Camp Lejeune to seek monetary compensation for their injuries. The goal of this administrative process is to make it faster and easier to receive monetary compensation and avoid going to court. A potential problem…
Continue reading ›For a while now, Stryker has had issues with some of its hip replacement artificial implants. One troublesome type in particular has been the LFIT V40 series. Specifically, in some of these Stryker hips corrosion forms where the femoral head connects with the femoral stem. This would often lead to taper lock failure, or a…
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