On behalf of The Finnell Firm | Jul 15, 2020 | Medical Product Liability
Surgery is often necessary to address significant health issues. In some cases, an operation involves removing tissue, such as a tumor. Other times, the point of surgery is to fix something in the body that doesn’t work as it should. In a minority of these kinds...
On behalf of The Finnell Firm | Jun 17, 2020 | Medical Product Liability
You may have heard about the internal bleeding and other issues people have reported with the drug Xarelto, which led to a string of lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson. From these reports, it seems clear that no one should take the dangerous medication, and yet...
On behalf of The Finnell Firm | Jun 5, 2020 | Medical Product Liability
Using robotic arms, doctors can manipulate the smallest of tools and perform surgery with precision in miniscule detail and with minimal invasiveness to the patient. The use of robotic equipment in the operating room has taken a page out of science fiction and...
On behalf of The Finnell Firm | Apr 2, 2020 | Medical Product Liability
When you’re dealing with a life-threatening emergency, you don’t want to find out that a medical product or device is defective. Unfortunately, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released news about potentially defective EpiPens, which could fail to inject...
On behalf of The Finnell Firm | Mar 16, 2020 | Medical Product Liability
When people think about the link between obesity and hip pain, they often look at it in only one direction: If a person weighs too much, they can develop hip pain since they are carrying that excess weight around with them everywhere. If they lose weight, these people...
On behalf of The Finnell Firm | Dec 19, 2019 | Medical Product Liability
Hernia repair is one of the most common surgeries performed in the United States, with more than one million patients undergoing the procedure every year. If you are one of this unlucky group, you know firsthand the pain, discomfort and inconvenience of a hernia....
| Oct 17, 2019 | Medical Product Liability
A previous post on this blog talked about the recent wave of lawsuits against Juul Labs. As that post explained, Juul Labs is the most famous manufacturer of electronic cigarettes, which are a form of vaping device. As the name implies, vaping was originally supposed...
| Oct 4, 2019 | Medical Product Liability
A teenager from another state has joined alleged victims from all over the country in a series of litigation against Juul Labs, the most famous maker of electronic cigarettes. As many residents of Georgia probably know, Juuling has become a popular forbidden pleasure...
| Aug 15, 2019 | Medical Product Liability
Previous posts here have discussed how the United States Food and Drug Administration regulates both medications and medical devices that are on the American market. While the FDA ideally weeds out dangerous products during its approval process, the process does not,...
| Jul 18, 2019 | Medical Product Liability
The United States Department of Justice is reportedly conducting a criminal investigation into Johnson & Johnson over the presence of asbestos in its famous baby powder. While the details of the investigation are being kept private for now, the federal authorities...
