Shezad Malik is an Internal Medicine and Cardiology specialist, a Texas Medical Doctor (retired) and Defective Medical Device and Dangerous Drug Attorney.
Bard is under pressure with thousands of product liability lawsuits, including cases involving vaginal mesh implants and IVC filters. There are a growing number of lawsuits have been filed against the medical device company, including more than 8,000 Bard Avaulta vaginal mesh lawsuits and several…
Fresenius Medical Care’s Granuflo and NaturaLyte dialysis lawsuits in the federal multidistrict litigation (MDL), are beginning to make progress. Recently in April, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ordered that all Fresenius dialysis lawsuits will be consolidated for coordinated m
A bellwether trial for the first federal NuvaRing lawsuit is set for October 21. The jury will consider punitive damages, to punish the manufacturers for failure to adequately warn about the increased risk of blood clots associated with the NuvaRing contraceptive device. Nuvaring claims have…
A New Yorker, Ann McCracken’s defective hip claim will be the first DePuy ASR hip lawsuit to go to trial in federal court. McCracken’s case is a “bellwether” case, designed to determine how juries will respond to presented evidence and testimony. 7,800 Federal DePuy ASR…
U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin presiding over the first federal Bard Mesh trial has declared a mistrial. This trial involved complications associated with Bard Avaulta mesh. On the second day of trial, a gynecological expert mentioned that the Bard Avaulta mesh has been removed from…
According to unsealed court records, CR Bard Inc. sold vaginal-mesh devices made of a plastic that its manufacturer warned was not suitable for human surgical use. Managers at Bard’s Davol unit used a resin-based plastic made by a Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. unit to produce…
Recently another lawsuit has been filed against Medtronic over its Infuse bone growth product, this time in Louisiana. The complaint alleges that the Medtronic’s “off-label” uses of the device were never approved by the FDA as safe and effective and caused the plaintiff to suffer…
According to recent court documents, Johnson & Johnson, the parent company of DePuy Orthopaedics, is exposed to more than 4,000 lawsuits over the DePuy Pinnacle hip device. The 4,000 plus…
According to a new study, side effects of Lipitor and statin drugs appear to increase the risk of diabetes significantly. According to plaintiffs this data provides support for Lipitor diabetes…
A Louisiana woman has filed a lawsuit against Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly and Co., claiming that she developed pancreatic cancer from the use of Byetta diabetes drug. Electia Johnson…
As a Texas Defective Drug Attorney and Medical Doctor, I am providing this update for folks who have been injured by Zoloft and Effexor. A Texas mother filed a product liability lawsuit against…
Judge Carol E. Higbee, who is overseeing the New Jersey Mass Tort Vaginal Mesh docket, has scheduled the first trial date for a Bard vaginal mesh lawsuit. The bellwether trial is to begin in…
