Two studies published in the Annals of Internal Medicine indicate that Medtronic significantly overstated the safety of its Infuse bone graft product. An independent study conducted at Yale revealed that

Dangerous consumer products are recalled on almost a daily basis. From defective child seats to dangerous medical devices, thousands of California consumers are harmed by defective products every year. In

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

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

A woman and her husband recently won $5.5 million in a transvaginal mesh case against medical device company C.R. Bard Inc. Bard is one of many transvaginal mesh implant manufacturers

A significant number of kidney donors are suffering life-threatening injuries because of the use of surgical clips to close arteries after kidney surgery. Surgical clips can slip off of the

Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon division recently announced that it plans to stop selling four types of vaginal mesh implants. The announcement comes after approximately 600 women in California and across

Before DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. recalled the ASR model artificial hip in August 2010, Dr. Thomas P. Schmalzried of the Joint Replacement Institute in Los Angeles, the self-proclaimed “lead surgeon designer”

After two British surgeons released studies predicting that 32 to 49% of patients implanted with the recalled DePuy ASRTM hip replacement device will need to undergo a painful revision procedure

A recent investigation by Consumer Reports indicates that medical devices such as artificial hip implants are often not tested thoroughly enough to protect consumers. The Consumer Reports investigation suggests that