Here at Egerton Law we are continually learning of new devices and drugs that are causing harm to individuals on a large scale. We research and evaluate claims against medical implant and drug manufacturers to help injured victims obtain the compensation they deserve. The most…
Media attention has focused recently on problems with surgical mesh used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. A few years ago, the surgical mesh in the news was that used to repair hernias. Egerton Law continues to receive reports of individuals seriously…
DePuy Orthopaedics has recently announced it will begin accepting claims from ASR hip implant recipients who underwent revision surgery between August 31, 2013 and January 30, 2015. Even if you do not have a lawyer representing you at this time, you can file a claim…
Those DePuy ASR hip implant recipients who have not yet received a settlement are waiting for news from the federal court. The Ohio judge hearing the DePuy ASR cases postponed a January 30, 2015 conference due to weather conditions preventing travel from some states. The…
Recipients of the DePuy Pinnacle hip implant must wait a while longer before resolving their claims. The DePuy Pinnacle hip device was never recalled, but was taken off the market in 2012. Thousands of lawsuits from across the nation have been consolidated in front of…
Drug dependence. It’s a serious risk for anyone suffering with pain. In my practice I’ve seen it happen time and time again to people who never imagined they could ever fall into the…
Can U.S. citizens rely on the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to adequately oversee the safety of medical products used in this country? The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the…
Who are they? Bernie needs no introduction, as he pulled off the largest and longest running Ponzi scheme in history. Madoff “news” is still in the media daily. Carlos Irwin Estevez is…
Along with the pain, swelling, surgical complications and other problems facing DePuy hip implant patients, another serious health threat is cobalt poisoning, or cobaltism. Thousands of patients…
One of the complications that patients with a defective DePuy Orthopaedics hip implant may face is metallosis, a condition in which metal particles build up in the tissue around the implanted joint….
After hip replacement surgery in February 2008, Kim Horbas was mobile and pain-free. But by the summer, her hip began to make a clicking sound when she walked. “It got louder and louder, so…
On August 26, 2010, the DePuy Orthopaedics company, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, issued a voluntary recall of two hip replacement systems. About 93,000 of the devices have been implanted…