Shezad Malik is an Internal Medicine and Cardiology specialist, a Texas Medical Doctor (retired) and Defective Medical Device and Dangerous Drug Attorney.
The second federal bellwether trial is set to begin on August 22, involving a Johnson and Johnson Ethicon vaginal mesh lawsuit claiming serious side effects, in Huskey v. Ethicon. Huskey received Ethicon Gynecare TVT-O mesh in February 2011, for stress urinary incontinence. After the surgery,…
The family of Alvin Harris, from Virginia have recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Androderm patch manufacturers. The plaintiffs claim that warnings about the risk of heart attacks, strokes and blood clots side effects with the testosterone replacement therapy were insufficient. The comp
Pfizer, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, is facing a surge lawsuits by women who allege that the drug manufacturer knew about serious diabetes side effects of its anti-cholesterol medication Lipitor but failed to warn the patients and doctors. Recently the number of federal…
A Texas woman is the latest to sue pharmaceutical giants Bayer and Johnson & Johnson companies, claiming that the anticoagulant Xarelto has inadequate warnings about the bleeding risk associated with the drug. Jeanne Jeffcoat filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern…
Recently many IVC filter lawsuits have been filed against Cook Medical, and the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) is reviewing the federal cases for coordinated pretrial proceedings. If approved, then the lawsuits will be centralized before one judge as part of an MDL,…
Thousands of hip replacements injured patients who received a defective DePuy ASR hip implant, will begin receiving payments in the next few months. Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary agreed to pay out at least $2.4 billion to settle claims. According to a report, 98.3%…
According to sources, C.R. Bard has agreed to settle more than 500 vaginal mesh lawsuits. Bard is exposed to thousands of mesh injury claims nationwide. There are currently about 12,500 Bard Avaulta mesh cases filed, with the majority of the lawsuits consolidated as part of…
Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon division, the manufacturer of laparoscopic power morcellators, announced that it is recalling all of the devices they have manufactured. According to news reports, J&J is getting out of the power morcellator business. Doctors and hospitals have expressed concerns about th
Recently in July, Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Janssen was sued by a 21 year old man who claims that he developed gynecomastia as a result of Risperdal side effects. The man developed female breasts requiring removal surgery. Shaquil Byrd filed his complaint in…
An Illinois woman has filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson over their talcum powder products. Lynne Cebulske alleges that she developed ovarian cancer after using Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower to Shower body powder for feminine hygiene purposes. Cebulske filed the complaint in St.…
David Lyon from Texas recently filed a product liability personal injury lawsuit against the makers of Androgel. Lyon alleges that testosterone gel side effects caused a myocardial infarction or heart attack and that the manufacturer mislead consumers that the drug was safe. Testosterone Androgel La
Boston Scientific is exposed to more than 10,000 federal product liability lawsuits filed by women who experienced injuries from transvaginal mesh products implanted for repair of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) or female stress urinary incontinence (SUI). U.S. federal Judge Joseph R. Goodwin, is presid
