In June of 2011, just two days after Actos was pulled off the shelves in France and Germany, the FDA warned doctors and patients in the U.S. about the increased risk of bladder cancer while taking the medicine for over a year. Takeda, the largest pharmaceutical company based in Japan,…
In 2006, large commercial trucks were involved in nearly 17,000 accidents in Texas. Due to the tremendous weight and force of big rig trucks, the fatality rate in those accidents far exceeded the fatality rate in accidents involving only passenger vehicles. Trucking companies across Texas are abiding to new regulations…
Is DePuy Orthopaedics facing yet another possible recall due to a defective medical device? August of 2010, the DePuy ASR XL Acetabular was recalled due to unusually high rates of hip implant failure within only a few years of surgery. DePuy estimated the failure rate to be about 12-13 percent…
Picking a nursing home for your loved ones can be a very challenging process. Sometimes you may think, “I need a nursing home lawyer.” Our firm, Borchardt Law Firm, offers these suggestions in the hopes of avoiding nursing home abuse or neglect. Sadly, we have seen and dealt with many…
On July 1, 2011,the Supreme Court of Texas modified long existing common law known as the collateral source rule in such a manner as to inhibit the victims of car wrecks, truck wrecks, defective products and bad drugs from getting a fair recovery from a jury in Texas. In the…