The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on July 12, 2012, announced the recall of nearly 500,000 Chicco Polly High Chairs sold in the United States and Canada since January 2005. Federal regulators have received more than 20 reports of young children suffering cuts and bruises when falling onto uncovered pegs designed to hold the feeding…
A voluntary recall by Stryker Corporation may affect many people throughout Virginia and the rest of the U.S. Stryker makes a variety of orthopedic products, including devices used in hip replacements. Metal-on metal devices have been under scrutiny by the FDA and other scientific research groups because it is believed the rubbing of metal pieces…
Johnson & Johnson, the company that owns DePuy, has obtained the service of Legal-Bay, a lawsuit settlement funding company. Reports indicate that the settlement amounts for victims of the defective DePuy ASR hip implant devices could top $1 million, with an average settlement range to be somewhere around $500,000, according to marketwatch.com. For more info on…
Despite all the recent news about the dangers of NuvaRing (ethinyl estradiol and etonogestrel), the once-a-month pill-free birth control, some women continue to use it. As a Virginia (VA) dangerous drug attorney who has seen the devastating consequences of dangerous birth controls like Yaz (drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol), I wonder why they still do. Maybe…
NuvaRing (ethinyl estradiol and etonogestrel) is making news again, this time after Danish scientists found women using the device have a 6.5 times greater risk of experiencing blood clots or strokes than do women using birth control pills. To learn more, visit “NuvaRing Risks Include Pulmonary Embolism, Deep-Vein Thrombosis.” CD