Orthopedic equipment company DePuy, which i owned by Johnson & Johnson, has recalled two hip replacement systems. The recall involves the articular surface replacement (ASR) hip systems sold over the past eight years. According to DePuy, data from the United Kingdom indicates that 12 percent of resurfacing patients — and a slightly higher percentage of…
In his latest post to our firm’s Norfolk Injuryboard blog, my colleague Rick Shapiro notes that people who suffered injuries, lost friends and family members, and had homes destroyed in the tornadoes that tore through states from Oklahoma (OK) to Alabama (AL), as well as North Carolina (NC) and Virginia (VA), during April 2011 are…
A man, age 51, was instantly killed when his pickup truck collided with an Amtrak train in New Kent County, Virginia (VA), according to WVEC and The Associated Press. The man, a resident of Wakefield, VA, died at the scene when he attempted to cross the tracks. The train, carrying 125 passengers, hit his pickup….
A sailor who is accused of killing two passengers in a drunken-driving car crash in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), two years ago, now faces up to 40 years behind bars, if he’s convicted. This month a grand jury indicted the navy sailor on “two charges of aggravated involuntary manslaughter, which could bring a prison sentence between…
Health care providers and chemical companies have reached a meeting of the minds over the need for tougher regulations for and closer oversight of toxic and potentially dangerous substances used in products such as baby bottles and children’s toys. The American Academy of Pediatrics took a lead role in this effort on April 25, 2011,…