Shezad Malik is an Internal Medicine and Cardiology specialist, a Texas Medical Doctor (retired) and Defective Medical Device and Dangerous Drug Attorney.
As reported in Bloomberg news, the Philadelphia jury found that the Ethicon mesh device had a defective design, verdict includes $17.5 million in punishment damages. Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $20 million to a New Jersey woman who blames the company’s vaginal-mesh device…
Medtronic Synchromed Pain Pump failure. According to a warning notice sent to doctors by the Medtronic, some older Medtronic Synchromed II pain drug infusion pumps may have a failure rate that is greater than three percent. The implanted pain pumps fail prematurely because of battery…
DePuy Pinnacle metal hip failures continue to make headlines. According to Johnson and Johnson and its subsidiary DePuy internal documents, U.S. patients were fitted with the controversial metal on metal hip implants despite the companies knowing that the type of metal hip device was unsafe.…
According to a New Jersey woman, Jessica Calongne blames Johnson & Johnson and its Janssen subsidiary for its failure to warn about the risk of kidney failure linked to the side effects of Invokana. Calongne recently filed her lawsuit in the U.S. District Court…
According to the Joint Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) all federally-filed Stryker LFit V40 hip lawsuits are be consolidated before one judge for coordinated pretrial proceedings, as part of a new multidistrict litigation (MDL). The Stryker LFit v40 is a metal femoral head implant used…
Diana Picolla from Florida filed her product liability claim against the makers of the popular brand of hernia mesh, known as Physiomesh. According to Picolla, she developed painful complications following a hernia repair, which required multiple revision surgeries and she suffered personal injuries
Invokana Ketosis Side Effects leads to lawsuit, filed in the federal court system claiming that side effects of Invokana caused a patient to develop severe dehydration and profound ketosis. Teresa Ross from Indiana, filed her product liability lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the…
This week, federal regulators (FDA) announced an increased risk of a certain form of breast cancer after the popular breast implant surgery. The FDA warned that at least nine people have died from a rare form of lymphoma cancer linked to certain types of breast implants,…
FDA announces Heart Failure Warning for new diabetic medications, Onglyza and Nesina. Type 2 diabetic patients are at increased risk of heart related complications from their disease and also suffer from life threatening side effects from the newer diabetic medications. Over the past several years,…
Metal hip implants are linked to metal poisoning, an early indicator of their premature failure, leading to painful hip implant repairs and revision surgery. Massachusetts Stryker Metal Hip Implant Blood Poisoning Linda Regan, from Massachusetts filed her personal injury and product liability lawsui
Heart Surgery may be linked to deadly bacterial infections, with the commonly used Stockert 3T Heater-Cooler System. The device is under fire for serious and potentially deadly heart infections after use in heart by-pass and valve surgeries. According to lawsuits being filed in the federal…
I am providing this lawsuit update for the patients victimized by Smith and Nephew Hip Failures. Folks blame Smith & Nephew Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) and R3 hip replacement implants for their injuries and premature device failure. These plaintiffs filed a petition in early February…
