Type 2 Diabetes medications such as Invokana have been the subject of lawsuits for injuries including kidney failure or amputation for sometime now. These medications are in a class known as SGLT2 Inhibitors and are now linked to a different side effect that the makers of these drugs failed to warn about – Fournier’s Gangrene…. Read More
Improperly Sterilized Duodenoscopes & Deadly Superbug Infections
In February 2015, the FDA issued a Safety Communication to warn that ERCP endoscopes or duodenoscopes have a “complex design” that may be “extremely difficult” to sterilize effectively – allowing the transmission of dangerous, and often deadly, “superbug” infections. The FDA alert followed reports that associate multidrug-resistant bacterial infections in patients who have undergone ERCP with… Read More
Jury Awards $5.7 Million in Vaginal Mesh Sling Trial
After days of deliberation, a jury in California found that Johnson & Johnson’s TVT Abbrevo mesh sling was not only defectively designed but that J&J’s Ethicon unit failed to properly warn doctors and consumers about risks associated with the device – “negligently misrepresent[ing]” facts about the sling’s safety. The jury’s damage award was composed of… Read More
Unpaid Overtime Wages – Know Your Rights, It’s Your Job
Federal law requires that most employees be paid 1 ½ times their regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a single workweek. If your current or past employer has failed to pay overtime in accordance with the law, you may be entitled to recover double your unpaid wages for the past… Read More
