by Spencer Aronfeld | Sep 3, 2013 | Defective Products
Leslie Caccia and his wife Allison are the lead plaintiffs in a multi-district lawsuit currently pending in the Federal Court in the Northern District of Indiana as part of a massive lawsuit against artificial hip implant maker, Biomet. The couple claims that Mr. Caccia’s Biomet M2A-Magnum artificial hip implant is defective because it failed prematurely, [Read More]
by Spencer Aronfeld | Aug 14, 2013 | Defective Products, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury News and Safety Resources
Leer este artículo en Español. The future is now for patients undergoing surgeries performed by robots. Robotic surgery has been around since 1998--when a German patient at the Leipzig Heart Center underwent minimally invasive surgery performed by a robot. http://youtu.be/kdXb2mfK5wU In robotic surgery, the robot’s movements are controlled remotely by a human surgeon who sits [Read More]
by Spencer Aronfeld | Aug 13, 2013 | Defective Products, Medical Malpractice
The country’s first trial against a manufacturer of a vaginal mesh ended during the second day of testimony when Federal Judge Joseph Goodwin declared a mistrial. The trial being heard in Charleston, West Virginia came to a grinding halt when the plaintiff’s expert, Lennox Hoyte, M.D., testified about that the defendant, CR Bard, Inc., had [Read More]
by Spencer Aronfeld | Aug 9, 2013 | Defective Products, Personal Injury News and Safety Resources
By 2030 the projected number of hip and knee replacements in our country is expected to exceed 4 million a year. Knee replacements alone are expected to increase seven-fold, which means that tiny Warsaw, Indiana’s population of 14,000 can expect to continue to grow into one of the most affluent towns in America, where one [Read More]
by Spencer Aronfeld | Aug 7, 2013 | Defective Products, Medical Malpractice
The demand for hip replacements is skyrocketing. And in the coming years, more and more people will be undergoing artificial hip replacement surgeries--not just to replace their failing hips, but to replace defective metal-on-metal hip implants that have failed because of design defects, especially in young people. Leer este artículo en español. Metal-on-metal hip implants [Read More]
by Spencer Aronfeld | Jul 31, 2013 | Defective Products, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury News and Safety Resources
It has been just over a year since Stryker announced the voluntary recall of its Rejuvenate hip implant. Our hip implant injury law firm in Miami was one of the first law firms in the country to file a case against Stryker, on behalf of a South Florida woman who developed extreme pain, swelling, and outrageously high blood [Read More]
