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Over the past few years the Medtronic INFUSE Bone Graft has raised many issues and resulted in large amounts of lawsuits. The Medtronic INFUSE Bone Graft is a device that is implanted after lower back surgery to stimulate bone growth in an area of implantation. The INFUSE Bone Graft is an alternative to traditional bone…

ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. A recent investigation by ProPublica has found that Medicare has failed to monitor drugs that patients are receiving. This has led to doctors and health professionals prescribing large quantities of drugs to patients that have severe risks associated with them. These…

The nursing home abuse trial for former Corpus Christi nursing home owner began last week. According to NBC News, this 69 year old woman, Najmeh Griffin, has been charged with abusing the elderly patients at her assisted living facility. She has been accused of putting urine and feces-filled bags around the necks of two of…

The medical device manufacturer Intuitive Surgical, Inc. continues to run into legal trouble over their Da Vinci Surgical Robot. An increasing number of injuries connected to this device and questions over Intuitive’s training and credentialing processes have made this product the source of numerous lawsuits. Intuitive’s surgical robot was cleared by the FDA in 2000…

According to the Associated Press, government investigators with the Office of the Inspector General recently found that billions of taxpayer dollars to Medicare have ended up in the hands of sub-standard nursing home facilities. Although it is legally required for a nursing home to submit to the government detailed treatment plans for every patient, many…

The FDA has recently announced that they will be investigating the safety of several diabetes medications due to some troubling scientific evidence. A group of academic researchers took pancreatic tissue samples from patients who had been taking these diabetes medications found that some of the patients had inflammation and cellular changes that often precede cancer,…

DePuy and Stryker are far from the only medical device manufacturers under fire for producing and promoting defective metal-on-metal hip replacement products. Biomet’s M2A-Magnum hip replacement is now the target of increasing litigation claiming the same disastrous consequences that have occurred under DePuy and Stryker systems. According to the Jere Beasley Report, Biomet marketed this…

According to the New York Times, a jury in New Jersey has recently awarded a plaintiff over 3 million dollars in compensation for her pain and suffering after being implanted with Johnson & Johnson’s Gynecare Prolift transvaginal mesh device. Shortly after surgery, the plaintiff became plagued with constant pain, trouble sitting, and painful intercourse resulting…

Merck, the manufacturer of the bone-loss medication Fosamax, has recently been ordered to pay $285,000 to a woman who suffered osteonecrosis (dead jaw) as a result of taking this drug. Reuters reports that the plaintiff suffered from bone disease and delayed healing after a routine tooth extraction. The jury decided in favor of the plaintiff,…

The American Trucking Association has recently been lobbying Congress to expand current weight limits for semi trucks. The Jere Beasley Report states that, since 1991, the weight limit for such trucks has been 80,000 pounds. The industry is now hoping to increase that weight limit to nearly 100,000 pounds. Many trucking manufacturers firmly assert that…