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Medical Devices Largely Unregulated, Recent Analysis Finds
By GWC Injury Lawyers
In Defective Medical Devices Blog
Posted January 30, 2018

Medical Devices Largely Unregulated, Recent Analysis Finds

Implanted medical devices are increasingly commonplace in the modern world. In fact, approximately one in ten Americans have at least one medical device implanted in them, including artificial [...]

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Jury Awards $110.5 Million to Woman Claiming Cancer from Talcum Powder Use
By GWC Injury Lawyers
In Defective Medical Devices Blog
Posted May 9, 2017

Jury Awards $110.5 Million to Woman Claiming Cancer from Talcum Powder Use

On May 4, 2017, a St. Louis jury awarded $110.5 million to Lois Slemp, 62, who claimed that she developed ovarian cancer in 2012 because she had used Johnson & Johnson talcum powder products [...]

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Power Morcellator Use Drops after FDA Warning
By GWC Injury Lawyers
In Defective Medical Devices Blog
Posted September 21, 2016

Power Morcellator Use Drops after FDA Warning

According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the use of power morcellators has decreased dramatically since 2014 when the Food and Drug Administration [...]

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Power Morcellator Cases Finally Being Settled
By GWC Injury Lawyers
In Defective Medical Devices Blog
Posted March 25, 2016

Power Morcellator Cases Finally Being Settled

Johnson & Johnson has begun settling claims filed against its power morcellator device that victims claim harmed them by spreading undetected cancer. So far, approximately 100 cases have been [...]

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Johnson & Johnson to Pay $500 Million in Pinnacle Hip Implant Lawsuit
By GWC Injury Lawyers
In Defective Medical Devices Blog
Posted March 22, 2016

Johnson & Johnson to Pay $500 Million in Pinnacle Hip Implant Lawsuit

A Texas federal jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $500 million to five plaintiffs who suffered injuries from its Pinnacle hip implants, produced by the company’s DePuy unit. The jury [...]

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FBI Investigates Power Morcellators
By GWC Injury Lawyers
In Defective Medical Devices Blog
Posted June 11, 2015

FBI Investigates Power Morcellators

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating Johnson & Johnson, the world’s largest maker of power morcellators. The company is under investigation to determine how much [...]

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Hip Implant Cases Head To Trial
By GWC Injury Lawyers
In Defective Medical Devices Blog
Posted May 7, 2015

Hip Implant Cases Head To Trial

Zimmer Holdings Inc. was once the top seller of hip implants worldwide, at one time, accounting for 70 percent of the market in 2008. Now the manufacturer is under intense scrutiny and heading to [...]

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Johnson & Johnson Settles Hip Implant Lawsuits Anew
By GWC Injury Lawyers
In Defective Medical Devices Blog
Posted February 23, 2015

Johnson & Johnson Settles Hip Implant Lawsuits Anew

Johnson & Johnson, an orthopedic subsidiary DePuy Orthopedics Inc., (DePuy), has agreed to settle additional claims regarding the hip implant product liability lawsuits that arose in 2010. [...]

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Johnson & Johnson Hip Replacement Recall
By GWC Injury Lawyers
In Defective Medical Devices Blog
Posted August 19, 2013

Johnson & Johnson Hip Replacement Recall

On August 26, 2010, DePuy Othopedics, Inc., a part of Johnson & Johnsons Medical Device & Diagnostic group, issued a global recall of both its ASR XL Acetabular System (total hip [...]

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