The defective hip design team at Walkup Melodia in San Francisco is representing clients with defective Stryker hips in claims against the manufacturer. Stryker Corporation recalled its ABG II and Rejuvenate hip implant systems last year after patients began to suffer injuries from corrosion. The company recently told reporters that it will spend between $700…
An increase in adverse event reports for Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci robots has prompted the FDA to urge doctors to engage in additional training before using these devices. In 2013, there were 3,697 adverse event reports associated with the da Vinic surgical robot. These reports involved patient death, injury, and machine malfunction. The number of…
Cerebral palsy is a severe surgical disorder that can be caused by fetal oxygen deprivation in the birthing process. Cerebral palsy can be associated with a lifetime of disability, assistance with activities of daily living and medical bills. Children with cerebral palsy must cope with a variety of problems in addition to impaired mobility, including:…
Intuitive surgical has issued a voluntary recall for instruments associated with its da Vinci robotic surgical system. Intuitive Surgical issued a field notice to physicians that announced a recall related to its da Vinci surgical system. Walkup Melodia’s defective medical device team has been monitoring a number of post-surgical da Vinci patients and evaluating their…
A serious New Years’ Eve pedestrian accident is raising several complicated legal issues surrounding taxi services such as Uber Car. ABC7 News affiliate KGO-TV previously reported that a 57-year-old Uber driver struck and killed a 6-year-old child last Tuesday, in addition to injuring her brother and mother. One legal issue raised in this accident is…
A supplemental settlement fund was recently announced in connection with the DePuy ASR hip implant litigation. Thousands of patients filed lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics division after being injured by its defective metal-on-metal hip implant devices. Details regarding the second category of payments under the ASR voluntary settlement proposal have now been released….
A Recology garbage truck fatally struck a pedestrian in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District last Friday. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the accident happened around 7:45 a.m. at the intersection of Antonio Street and Jones Street. Video footage of this tragic accident shows that the Recology garbage truck backed over the pedestrian. Because garbage trucks…
A court-mandated mediation of possible Stryker Rejuvenate hip settlements is about to get underway in New Jersey state court. Currently, there are more than 430 cases pending in coordinated litigation in the court. Ten of these cases were chosen for mediation. Six of these 10 cases were selected by the Court, while plaintiffs and defense…
U.S. District Court Judge David Katz has appointed Walkup Attorneys Michael A. Kelly and Khaldoun Baghdadi to a national committee of attorneys overseeing a proposed multibillion dollar settlement of as many as 7,700 ASR metal-on-metal defective hip cases. Kelly, Baghdadi and Walkup partner Matthew Davis were part of the trial team that prevailed in the…
The quality of healthcare in smaller California communities is a growing concern. Recently 50 seniors and nurses from Manteca went to Kaiser Permanente Corporate Headquarters in Oakland to protest what they call substandard service at the city’s Kaiser Hospital. The seniors and nurses held a vigil that included photos of individuals who were purportedly harmed…
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