Around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday evening, a Domino’s pizza delivery man was attacked as he was making a delivery to a Dallas apartment complex. The address where the delivery was made was a vacant apartment. When he arrived to his destination at the Sienna Palms Apartments in northeast Dallas, the…
A warning letter sent by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) puts Johnson & Johnson back in the headlines. On December 8, 2011 the FDA disclosed new information in a warning letter stating one of the company’s subsidiaries sold multiple types of orthopaedic devices with out the required approval…
Johnson & Johnson, the world’s eighth-largest pharmaceuticals company, has made the news again, unfortunately, not for positive reasons. After the company had to recall their DePuy ASR™ XL Acetabular Hip System and the ASR™ Hip Resurfacing System in 2010, they faced hundreds of lawsuits involving failed medical devices and have…
With the holiday’s right around the corner, traffic is quickly picking up and winter weather is slowly moving in. Borchardt Law Firm asks all drivers to be extra cautious on the road during these hectic times. Studies have found December to be one of the deadliest months for drivers across…
The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) continues to express concern about the potential side effects of Yaz birth control. Over the past few years health experts and the FDA have shown an increased apprehension over the once-a-day pill. Yaz, unlike older contraceptive pills, contains drospirenone, an ingredient that may be…
A falsely advertised Yaz commercial sparks possible health concerns for the birth control pill. Yaz, a product of Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, has received thousands of complaints from women across the U.S. about unsatisfying results after taking the pill for several months. In 2007 Yaz launched an advertisement that promoted the…
Drowsy driving could be the number one cause of car and truck accidents today. According to CBS News, a recent study done by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, found that 96% of drivers say drowsy driving is unacceptable, however, one-third of those drivers admit to driving while drowsy in…
Johnson & Johnson still taking a hard hit after thousands of the Depuy artificial hips were recalled in 2010. The well known company has faced hundreds of medical device lawsuits due to the failure of the product. August of 2010, the DePuy ASR XL Acetabular was recalled due to unusually…
Deciding when to move a loved one into a nursing home is a difficult decision. We all want the best for our family, and need to consider several things when it comes to picking the right home. Unfortunately, nursing home abuse and neglect is more common than we think. Every…
While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determine whether to place a stronger emphasis on their safety warning about transvaginal mesh, a number of medical device litigations continue to spark concern. After receiving more than 1,500 complaints in just two years, the FDA is currently looking more closely into the…