A North Carolina widow filed a lawsuit last month against Takeda, the manufacturer of Actos. Norma Faique, widow of the late John Faique, is suing the company for her husband’s death. Actos is a prescription drug created to treat Type II diabetes. As a Type II diabetes patient, Faique was…
For the past two years, claim after claim has been filed against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy for their questionable ASR metal-on-metal hip replacements. As the two year anniversary of the manufacturer’s voluntary product recall is upon us, the window of opportunity to file your claim may be closing. It’s…
A 77-year-old Domino’s Pizza delivery person was stabbed multiple times during a delivery in southeast Oklahoma City on Saturday night, October 20, 2012. Edward Thomas Hackett was stabbed by three men as he tried to leave after no one answered the door to the apartment. The attack took place at…
A recent survey shows that specialists have decreased their use of travsvaginal mesh (TVM) for the surgical treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (POP). In July 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning that TVM products put patients at a higher risk of developing adverse effects from the…
Three people have been killed and five others suffered serious injuries in a recent nursing home van accident. The van was returning from a trip to Choctaw Casino on the southbound Highway 69/75 when authorities say a semi truck that was entering from an on-ramp hit the van, causing the…
Last month, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) released their 2012 report on the most congested road segments in Texas. Topping the list is I-35W in Fort Worth. The DFW metroplex snagged 45 of the top 100 spots, including 5 in the top 10. Stretching from I-30 to SH 183,…
New data show that metal-on-metal hip implants are not linked to an increased risk of cancer within the seven years after the procedure. Although these typically harmful medical devices have caused a multitude of other health defects, the U.K. National Joint Registry (NJR) stated earlier this month in their annual…
The legal controversy surrounding transvaginal mesh procedures is nothing new. The complications with surgeries, warnings from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, abounding lawsuits, and unhappy patients seem to be ever-present in the media. However, something that may have been flying under consumers’ radars is that some drug manufacturers are…
Bayer could have to pay up to or more than $1.2 billion in order to settle personal injury lawsuits over the company’s Yaz and Yasmin oral contraceptives. For Bayer’s second quarter stockholder update, Bayer told its investors that it is currently facing nearly 13,000 Yaz and Yasmin lawsuits. In July…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first generic form of the diabetes drug, Actos, on August 17, 2012. Actos (pioglitazone) is used for patients with type 2 diabetes; it is designed to help bodies effectively use the insulin it makes and stops the liver from making unnecessary sugar.…