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The oft-maligned DePuy hip implant device, which was recalled last summer, has been cited in a lawsuit by 20 Australians earlier this month. The suit claims the device, which is surgically implanted in the hip socket, eventually necessitates the need for a painful and complicated second surgery. In addition, reports say, there are illnesses linked to metal toxicity from the components, such as concerns of severe tissue and bone damage as well as metal infiltrating the bloodstream. The federal class…

HomeJust nine months after a set of twin nine-year-old girls and their father drowned when they were caught in an undertow at Texas City Dike Beach, a five-year-old whose name was not yet released also drowned in almost the exact same spot. Jimmy Doan, lead attorney from the Doan Law Firm, the Houston personal injury attorney whose firm hosts this website, is representing the family of victims Samantha, Alexandra and Hector Suarez, who drown in October. And it was Doan…

A five-year-old Houston boy drowned after falling from an inflatable float yesterday in the same area in which three others drown just nine months earlier. The boy, whose name has not yet been released, was under the water for about five minutes, reports said. Reports varied as to whether or not the child had fallen off while others paddled it, or whether it had overturned and he was lost then. But once family members went back into the water to…

Reports say a defective fan may become overheated and shut down the Maquet Datascope Intra-Aortic Balloon Catheter Pump without sounding any warning alarm, and ultimately injuring patients. Due to that possibility, Maquet Datascope Corporation notified customers that representatives would replace power supplies on affected devices. The Class I recall – the most serious type of recall as judged by the FDA — involves some models of Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps manufactured between 2008 and 2010. For the exact specifications of pumps,…

Some 80 patients in Wisconsin have filed suit against DePuy Orthopaedics, saying the now-recalled ASR hip implants have caused pain, swelling and nerve and muscle damage, reports say The device, which made of chromium and cobalt, is essentially a cup implanted into the hip with a ball joint that connects to the leg. But the components were recalled last August by DePuy Orthopaedics, a division of Johnson & Johnson, after UK data indicated as much as a 12-percent failure rate….