Shezad Malik is an Internal Medicine and Cardiology specialist, a Texas Medical Doctor (retired) and Defective Medical Device and Dangerous Drug Attorney.
On November 19, in open federal court in Toledo, Ohio, Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay at least $2.475 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits over its recalled hip implants. Johnson & Johnson Settlement Details The settlement will impact folks who have had a DePuy…
There has been many warnings issued to health departments world wide about potential problems with Smith & Nephew’s Birmingham metal-on-metal hip replacements. These hip model and others including the R3 model, have been linked to a high failure rate according to implant registry data in…
Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceuticals unit lost a jury trial in Philadelphia over its drug Topamax. The jury ordered the companies to pay $11 million in a product liability lawsuit which claimed that the anti-seizure drug Topamax caused birth defects. Jury: Failure to Warn…
For the folks who have been injured or severely maimed by the defective Depuy ASR metal on metal hip implant, relief is around the corner. According to unnamed sources, Bloomberg News and the New York Times, a mammoth settlement is pending release in open federal…
According to Bloomberg News, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) will pay more than $4 billion to resolve the product liability lawsuits over its recalled hip implants. This massive settlement is the largest of U.S. lawsuit claims over an allegedly defective medical device, and affects thousands of…
I am providing this timely update regarding the lawsuits involving DePuy ASR metal on metal hips. DePuy ASR lawsuits allege early failure of the metal hip implant and the development of a medical condition, called metallosis. There was a world wide recall in August 2010,…
Our law firm recently filed a product liability lawsuit against C.R. Bard, which claims that one of the company’s IVC (inferior vena cava, is a major vein that runs the length of the body from the heart down to the leg) filters failed. The Bard…
I am providing details of the latest Actos Bladder Cancer case that recently went to trial. According to a Maryland jury, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. failed to properly warn about the risks of its Actos diabetes drug and ordered the company to pay more than $1.7…
According to Bayer, the pharmaceutical giant has paid out more than $1.6 billion in settlements over Yasmin and Yaz blood clot embolism injuries. The German drug manufacturer is exposed to thousands of product liability drug claims that allege that women suffered severe blood clots due…
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) agreed to resolve criminal and civil probes into the marketing of Risperdal, an antipsychotic drug, and other medicines by paying more than $2.2 billion in fines. J&J’s Janssen unit (a subsidiary) will plead guilty to a misdemeanor criminal charge over misbranding…
The jury has spoken. The Philadelphia jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay more than $4 million in damages for birth defects from Topamax. Topamax is a popular anti-seizure medication that according to plaintiffs, caused children to develop cleft lip and other serious side…
Stryker Rejuvenate hip lawsuits are on a fast track in New Jersey state court, with a court mandated mediation program in place to try and reach a settlement. More than 430 defective hip product liability Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II hip stems lawsuits are centralized…
