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Hip Implants
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Drug & Device Law
Some Positive News from the In re BHR MDL
If you are even a casual reader of this blog, you have probably come upon a post disparaging the rulings coming out of the In re BHR Hip Implant Products…
Searcy Law Blog
Exactech, Inc. Recalls Connexion GXL Hip Implant Liners Over Safety Concerns
Exactech, Inc. is the manufacturer of acetabular polyethylene hip liner components that are used in certain hip implant systems. On June 28, 2021, Exactech, Inc. issued “Urgent Medical Device Correction”…
Drug & Device Law
Tennessee Trial Court Holds Claims Preempted Notwithstanding Alleged Off-Label Use Of A Medical Device
Today we discuss Sherrod v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., 2021 Tenn. Cir. LEXIS 74 (Tenn. Cir. Ct. 2021), a recent Tennessee trial court decision granting the defendant device manufacturer summary…
Drug & Device Law
Failure to Read Means No “Warnings Causation” in Hip Implant Case: Summary Judgment on Warnings Claims
We begin with a cautionary tale (with a happy ending) about life with an aging dog. Our vet estimates that one of our treasured Drug and Device Law Little Rescue…
Drug & Device Law
Court Keeps Child Custody/Support Issues Out of Hip Implant Case
You have probably heard the old truism about how a person representing him or herself in a lawsuit has a fool for a client. You’d think that having a pro…
Drug & Device Law
Hip Hip Hurray for D.Utah Rulings in Hip Implant Case
Today’s post looks at a case where a defendant was in the wrong place. You might say the same thing about us. As you read this, we are on summer…
Drug & Device Law
Passive “Gatekeeping” in Biomet Hip Implant Rule 702 Decision
A couple of years ago, we were overjoyed to learn that our very favorite old-fashioned Broadway musical was being revived. The lead role – a famously brassy female character –…
Texas Personal Injury Law Blog
Johnson & Johnson Settle Hip Implant Cases
By Paul Cannon
July 5th, 2019 Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson promised tens of thousands of people that its cutting-edge Pinnacle artificial hips would give patients more active lives. However, for many, their…
DC Medical Malpractice & Patient Safety Blog
Wave of hip implant, opioid, talc suits tarnish a famed ‘family’ brand
If consumers ever considered Johnson and Johnson just to be a family friendly health brand, the conglomerate’s legal challenges on three fronts—with problematic medical devices and drugs—may disabuse them of…
Drug & Device Law
It’s “Hip” to Be Timely: Plaintiff’s Hip Implant Claims Barred by Texas’s Fifteen-Year Statute of Repose
We just saw a commercial with the tag line, “Life is messy. Clean it up.” It’s true – life is messy, sometimes gloriously so. Rules get broken, scripts get torn…