At a time when many cities across the Bay Area are tightening their budgets, San Francisco spends millions to pay for legal claims against it. Most of these lawsuits are

The choice of Carbon and Chromium surfaces in metal hip implants may have exposed over a million Americans to serious health risks. Researchers have identified DePuy ASR XL metal hip

A new report by the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services indicates that most hospital errors go unreported. The study found that only one in seven

In our last post we discussed the pending litigation against one of the nation’s largest medical device manufacturers arising out of the off-label use of its bone grafts. Medtronic’s INFUSE

When the makers of a drug or medical device pay doctors to provide research on the safety and efficacy of the treatment, can the results be trusted? In the case

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San Francisco Law Firm First in the Country On March 26, 2009, Walkup Melodia attorneys filed the first lawsuit in the country on behalf of a patient suffering a revision