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At this point, it appears Arizant and 3M will vigorously defend themselves against the lawsuits filed over the Bair Hugger blanket. This hard line may soften, however, if more reports of serious infection occur, and if the medical research community determines an increased risk for infection after careful scientific study. If you suffered a serious infection after artificial hip or knee surgery which utilized the Bair Hugger blanket, you should probably have your case reviewed by a competent products liability attorney.

The latest Depuy Pinnacle Hip bellwether trial is underway in Dallas, Texas. All bellwether trials are important, but this one is more important than most. After all, this trial follows an astonishing result in the second bellwether trial, where a jury awarded five plaintiffs more than $500,000,000.00 in damages for injuries caused by the Depuy…

I also believe that judges need to be mindful of the unfair fight injured people face. No person injured by transvaginal mesh, or a failed artificial hip or knee, or an untested drug, can compete with the power and resources of a major corporation. I would like all plaintiffs’ lawyers to handle their cases competently, but I also would like to see judges give an injured person the benefit of the doubt in the face of this uphill struggle.

In March 2016 five people injured by the Depuy Pinnacle metal-on-metal artificial hip scored a huge courtroom victory. In that case a Texas jury awarded five plaintiffs $502,043,908.00 for injuries suffered by the failure of the Depuy Pinnacle hip. That figure was divided in different ways to the five injured people. Of that amount, $360,000,000.00…

A “bellwether” is someone or something that leads others or shows what will happen in the future or is an indicator of trends. In the legal world a bellwether case is very important because it leads the way in how a large number of lawsuits may be litigated or settled. Too Many Cases, Not Enough…

The Zimmer NexGen artificial knee has been causing patients much pain and suffering over the past decade. Zimmer first instituted a recall of one group of NexGen components in 2010, and there have been other recalls in the years following. Many patients with the NexGen knees have suffered pain and an inability to maintain normal…

A request by Depuy Orthopaedics Inc. to delay more trials concerning its Depuy Pinnacle hip implants is pending in the federal court in charge of thousands of cases against the company. The request came from Depuy on May 24. Depuy asks the Court to hold off on further trials until an appeal of one large…

I would chalk up this court decision as a victory for any injured person dealing with the C.R. Bard IVC filter. I would also chalk up the decision as yet another example of the complexities of handling statutes of limitations in defective product cases. As always, let’s take a step back. I have written about…