Medical Malpractice
SULZER HIP AND KNEE PROSTHESIS LITIGATION
Sulzer Orthopedics, Inc. (“Sulzer Orthopedics”) is a Texas-based designer, manufacturer, and distributor of orthopedic implants for hips, knees, shoulders, and elbows. One of the products manufactured by Sulzer Orthopedics is known as the “Inter-Op acetabular shell,” which is one component of a system used for complete hip replacements. In early December of 2000, Sulzer Orthopedics [...]
EMTALA AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL CONDITIONS
In 1986, Congress enacted the ”Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act,” commonly known as EMTALA. See 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd, et seq. The primary purpose behind EMTALA was to address a growing concern that some hospitals were avoiding treating patients who were unable to pay, or in essence, “dumping” patients on other hospitals or [...]
CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS AND MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
To help manage the molding that many newborns have as they go through the birth canal and then to deal with the brains rapid growth in the first years of life, the bones of an infant’s skull are separated by the cranial sutures (sagittal, right and left coronal and lambdoid and the metopic suture) and [...]
CELEBREX®, BEXTRA® AND COX-2 INHIBITORS
Celebrex® (Celecoxib) is an anti-arthritis drug manufactured by Phiser. In December of 2004, FDA released the results of a post-marketing study of the drug, by advising U.S. physicians to “consider alternative therapy” to the prescription of Celebrex to patients. FDA also recommended that physicians prescribe Celebrex “only at the lowest possible dose.” The FDA stopped [...]
TIMELINE OF BREAST IMPLANT ACTIVITIES
The following is a timeline of some important dates/events in the use of breast implant appliances and related device failures. John Zodrow reminds you that this discussion is not complete but sets forth some important deadlines of which you should be aware. This discussion was compiled from publicly available information avaiable online and from legal [...]