Category: Products Liability

While many people, former cigarette smokers in particular, may switch over to “e-cigarettes” (or “e-cigs”) or “vapes” because they believe them to be less harmful, the reality is quite different. Multiple people have suffered serious burns and bodily injuries from e-cigarettes that they have purchased and used. Furthermore, the potential medical consequences and health hazards[…]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration had released statements about the use of power morcellators in uterine surgery, and although there may not be many suits that have been filed against the manufacturers of power morcellators, it seems as though the damages inflicted on patients have the potential to be quite large. The people who[…]

The Unique Device Identification (UDI) System serves to identify medical devices in the United States. The use of UDIs is mandated by the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007. The Act requires devices to bear a unique identifier that can label devices through distribution and use, including the lot or serial number. Although[…]

  After lawmakers called for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban the use of Essure, the FDA has stated that it will require a new “black box warning” label for the medical device. Essure is a permanent contraceptive device that is implanted in a woman’s fallopian tubes. When used as directed, scar[…]

A Missouri state jury handed down a verdict on Monday, February 22, 2016 ordering Johnson & Johnson to pay $72 million in compensatory and punitive damages to the family of a woman who lost her life to ovarian cancer. The cancer was linked to the long-term use of talcum powder in Johnson & Johnson’s Baby[…]