Attorneys across the country have been kept busy for some time with personal injury lawsuits concerning damage to shoulder joints blamed on the use of post-surgical pain medication pumps. Similar complaints are now surfacing from patients using pain pumps after knee surgery.
The Accufuser Plus disposable post-operative pain control pump is designed to deliver a steady stream of prescription liquid anesthetic directly to the site of surgery, in order to relieve pain in the first few days after a surgical procedure.
Toyota has recalled an additional 437,000 vehicles worldwide due to potentially faulty anti-lock braking systems and power steering problems.
Attorneys in product liability/personal injury lawsuits against makers of shoulder pain pumps were frustrated in a second attempt to have their cases consolidated in federal court.
Identifying Chinese drywall in a house was a destructive and expensive job, until a Florida man put a dog to work sniffing it out.
A 13-year-old boy from Johnsonville, S.C., was killed Jan. 10 when his four-wheel all-terrain vehicle (ATV) rolled over on him in a field near his home.
Broward County, in southeast Florida, has asked Governor Charlie Crist to declare a state of emergency to help deal with problems blamed on defective Chinese drywall.
Toyota Motor Corp. is suspending sales and production of eight models pending resolution of issues related to the possibility that their gas pedals may jam.
Polaris Industries is recalling about 8,500 Sportsman® all-terrain vehicles (ATV) to check for possible problems with the steering mechanism.
Louisiana is suing 23 companies involved in making, distributing or installing Chinese drywall, accusing them of fraud, negligence, and violations of several state consumer protection laws.
The former sheriff of Bollinger County, Mo., was killed recently when his all-terrain vehicle (ATV) overturned.
Numerous personal injury lawsuits have been filed across the country against the makers of pain medication pumps, alleging the devices caused irreversible damage to shoulder cartilage.
Warning labels on the diabetes drug Avandia® (rosiglitazone maleate), marketed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), caution that the medication can cause or worsen heart disease and that those who have experienced heart failure cannot be started on the drug.
Five lawsuits have been filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court accusing makers of post-surgical pain pumps of promoting the devices for shoulder surgery patients without U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, resulting in irreversible cartilage damage.
News about personal injury lawsuits concerning Yamaha Rhino off-road vehicle (ORV) rollover accidents has people thinking about a number of related safety issues, including state laws that allow children to operate ORVs.
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