2011 - Page 142 of 319 - Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp

Recall of Depuy Hip Implant in Virginia and North Carolina

Our law firm is representing many clients who were hurt by defective medical appliances like Depuy Orthopaedics’ hip replacement devices, whose early failure rate has been far above expectations. Depuy’s ASR metal-on-metal hip implants were recalled when health officials noticed that large number of failures and physicians determined that cobalt and chromium debris worn off…

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North Carolina Caps Noneconomic Damage Awards in Some Medical Malpractice Cases

In his latest post to our law firm’s Northeast North Carolina Injuryboard blog site, my medical malpractice attorney colleague Jim Lewis upbraids lawmakers in the Tar Heel State for enacting legislation that caps pain and suffering awards for patients injured or killed by mistakes or errors in hospital emergency rooms. Jim notes – again –…

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