John Hopkins

Mouse Traps, Hip Implants and E-mails — the truth will out

Building the “better mouse trap” sometimes means producing a product that simply does not work the way it is designed to work. It is a process, sometimes, of trial and error. If someone (other than the mouse) is seriously injured …

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February 22, 2012 : Leave a comment
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Cal Warriner

Nuvaring and Increased Risk of Blood Clots

Women who are trying to make decisions about a safe and effective form of birth control are having a hard time these days. On the heels of reports that Yaz, Bayer’s number one selling oral birth control pill was linked …

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February 15, 2012 : Leave a comment
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Cal Warriner

Safety Concerns: Are Treatments for Osteoporosis Sometimes Worse Than the Disease?

Bisphosphonates are widely prescribed medications for the treatment and/or prevention of osteoporosis.  The first bisphosphonate (Fosamax, also known as alendronate) for the prevention and/or treatment of osteoporosis was approved for the U.S. market in 1995.  Since that time, four bisphosphonate …

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February 14, 2012 : Leave a comment
Posted by Cal Warriner , on Articles, Common Questions, Mass Tort News

Brenda Fulmer

Stress Tests — Do You Need One?

Stress imaging tests cost approximately $1,000 each, and are used to measure blood flow to the heart and help determine how well the heart is working at rest and during exercise.  The American College of Cardiology recommends that patients have …

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February 13, 2012 : Leave a comment
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Brenda Fulmer

Developments in Transvaginal Mesh Litigation and Its Multi-District Litigation

Over the past year, lawyers who represent thousands of women injured by defective transvaginal mesh have faced difficult choices with regard to the proper venue for filing individual lawsuits. These medical devices have been widely used (and perhaps overused) to …

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February 8, 2012 : Leave a comment
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Brenda Fulmer

NuvaRing and Deep Vein Thrombosis Lawsuit

Attorney Brenda Fulmer of the Mass Tort Unit at Searcy Denney filed a products liability lawsuit today against the manufacturers of NuvaRing. NuvaRing is a novel medical device that is used for contraceptive.  It has become a popular product used …

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January 31, 2012 : Leave a comment
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Brenda Fulmer

Bisphosphonate Drugs and Atypical Bone Fractures

Searcy Denney has filed another individual lawsuit against Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. and Teva Pharmaceuticals in state court in New Jersey through local counsel. This latest case was filed on behalf of a St. Augustine woman who ingested bisphosphonate …

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January 31, 2012 : Leave a comment
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Brenda Fulmer

Lawsuit Alleges Bisphosphonate Drugs Cause Fractures

A case alleging failure to warn, strict liability, breach of warranty, and negligence was filed today by Cal Warriner and Brenda Fulmer of Searcy Denney in the state court proceedings before Judge Higbee in New Jersey against Merck, Watson Laboratories, …

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January 31, 2012 : Leave a comment
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Brenda Fulmer

Contaminated Heparin Distributed to Florida Patients

Two lawsuits have been filed by the Mass Tort Unit at Searcy Denney on behalf of patients who were injected with contamination Heparin products. In early 2008, a number of pre-filled Heparin and saline syringes were recalled, after it was …

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January 31, 2012 : Leave a comment
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Brenda Fulmer

Actos, Avandia and Bladder Cancer

One of the first cases involving a plaintiff who developed bladder cancer as a result of taking the diabetes drug, Actos was filed by Mass Tort Attorneys of Searcy Denney in the Southern District of Florida, Miami Division. This case …

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January 31, 2012 : Leave a comment
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