A study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that the wrongful death rate among rural hospitals increased during the past decade while death rates at urban hospitals have fallen. So-called “critical access hospitals” are medical facilities that provide inpatient care to Californians living in rural communities. Researchers say that these…
California parents are understandably worried when their teens first begin driving. Car accidents are the leading killer of San Francisco teens and most fatal teen car accidents are attributed to driver inexperience. There are an increasing number of tools that allow parents to monitor the driving habits of their teens. CBS News reports that one…
Following in the footsteps of firm founder Bruce Walkup, partner Michael A. Kelly has been elected to membership in the prestigious Inner Circle of Advocates. Since its inception, the Inner Circle has included the 100 top plaintiff trial attorneys in the nation among its membership. Its mission is to promote the highest standards of courtroom…
The Walkup Law Firm has won the first DePuy hip implant lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson. A Los Angeles County Jury awarded Loren Kransky $8.3 million for the damages he suffered after receiving a defective DePuy ASR hip implant. The case was tried by Walkup partners Mike Kelly, Matthew Davis and Khaldoun Baghdadi. There are…
The San Francisco Law Firm of Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger has obtained a $8.3 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in the first DePuy hip implant trial. The product liability attorneys at Walkup successfully demonstrated that the metal-on-metal design of DePuy’s hip implants was defective and caused patient harm. DePuy’s Hip Implants: Anatomy Of…
The number of fatal MUNI accidents has remained consistent for two years, according to a recent report by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). Fatal bus and rail accidents peaked in 2007-2008, but have remained relatively unchanged since then. San Francisco’s Municipal Railway is part of the nation’s seventh-largest transit system. MUNI connects commuters…
San Francisco’s streets were slightly more dangerous last year, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) says. The city saw 3,111 nonfatal injury traffic accidents in 2011, 30 more than the prior year. The number of fatal traffic collisions also increased from 23 in 2010 to 28 in 2011. A variety of factors can contribute…
Medtronic recently sent an urgent letter to physicians warning that two of its SynchroMed drug infusion pumps have product defects that may cause the pumps to stop working. As of last summer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had received more than 550 complaints regarding SynchroMed pump failures. The FDA has decided to classify…
Drugmaker Amgen recently agreed to a $762 million settlement of criminal penalties and whistleblower lawsuits related to its illegal marketing of Aranesp, an anemia drug. Federal prosecutors say that the drugmaker marketed its pharmaceuticals for uses that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) explicitly ruled out. “Promoting drugs for unapproved purposes is beyond wrong;…
When most people think about medical malpractice, they think of surgical errors or patient neglect. A recent article in USA Today reports that a more fundamental error occurs in up to 5 percent of American hospitals and clinics: the use of dirty syringes. Experts say that approximately 150,000 patients are treated with dirty syringes annually….
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