DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, recalled two of its most popular hip replacement systems — the ASR XL Acetabular and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System — in August 2010 after evidence showing that roughly 1 in 8 patients needed new hip implants within 5 years. The metal-on-metal DePuy device wore down and…
In a new post to our firm’s Virginia Brain/Head Injury Lawyers blog, attorneys with Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp& Duffan report on a collision between a car and a bicycle that sent a 16-year-old bicyclist to the hospital with life-threatening head and body injuries. To read more, click over to “Virginia Beach Car Crash Leaves Teen…
A 77-year-old woman lost her life after being hit head-on near the intersection of Central Road and NC 150 in Clemmons, North Carolina (NC). The fatal accident occurred at about 5:30 pm on June 8, 2012, and police said the man who slammed into the deceased victim’s vehicle was not to blame for the crash….
A woman is facing DUI charges and may be charged with other criminal offenses after being arrested for hitting and killing a pedestrian on U.S. 17/George Washington Memorial Parkway in Gloucester, Virginia (VA). The fatal accident occurred shortly before 6 am on June 7, 2012, near the junction with VA Route 614/Hickory Ford Road. …
The Norfolk, Virginia (VA), intersection where a girl was hit and injured by a truck on June 5, 2012, has been the site of more than three dozen accidents since the beginning of 2007. According to WAVY-TV 10, the confluence of 38th Street and Killam Avenue, about seven blocks from Old Dominion University, has already…