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Mississippi Appellate Court Overturns Defense Verdict In Surgical Medical Malpractice Case

November 7, 2025

Mary Margaret Upchurch suffered paralysis in her legs following a surgery performed at Merit Health Rankin by Dr. Adam Lewis, a neurosurgeon with Jackson Neurosurgery Clinic PLLC (“Jackson Neurosurgery”). Mary and her husband, Rickie, filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against multiple [...]

Boston Scientific Recalls Vascular Stent Due To Risk Of Resistance During Device Withdrawal

October 12, 2025

The Carotid WALLSTENT Monorail Endoprosthesis is a self-expanding stent used to open narrowed carotid arteries and is placed using a catheter over a guidewire or embolic protection device. The Carotid WALLSTENT Monorail Endoprosthesis, used in conjunction with the Boston Scientific embolic protectio[...]

Kimberly-Clark Corporation Agrees To Pay Up To $40M To Resolve Criminal Charge Related To Sale Of Adulterated MicroCool Surgical Gowns

October 9, 2025

The United States Department of Justice announced on August 28, 2025 that Kimberly-Clark Corporation (Kimberly-Clark), a U.S.-based multinational consumer goods and personal care company, has agreed to pay up to $40.4 million to resolve a criminal charge relating to the company’s sale of adulterat[...]

Boston Scientific Warns Of Defibrillation Lead Issue

September 20, 2025

Boston Scientific has issued a letter notifying affected customers that certain ENDOTAK RELIANCE Defibrillation leads with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) coated coils may impact shock efficacy and/or require early replacement. Boston Scientific ENDOTAK RELIANCE leads are intended for pacin[...]

Summary Judgment For Johnson & Johnson In Pelvic Mesh Case Affirmed By Federal Appellate Court

July 3, 2025

In May 2007, Rowena Crowe visited her gynecologist, Dr. Robert Brown, and complained of urinary incontinence and pelvic pressure. Dr. Brown recommended surgical implantation of two pelvic mesh devices—a transvaginal tape obturator, or “TVT-O,” and a Prolift pelvic floor repair system—to trea[...]

Texas Federal Court Hands Filshie Clip Migration Plaintiffs A Loss

April 3, 2025

On March 25, 2025, a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston Division filed an Order accepting the Report and Recommendation prepared by a magistrate judge in which the federal judge stated, in part: “Judge Palermo correctly determined that the desi[...]

Missouri Federal Court Rules Against Filshie Clip Plaintiffs

April 2, 2025

Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit for damages under Missouri law based on injuries they alleged to have sustained in connection with the use of Filshie Clips, a medical device used in tubal ligations. Plaintiff Kristin Bergdoll underwent a tubal ligation procedure in 2004 in which a Filshie Clip was utiliz[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Defendant In Self-Diagnosed Nickel-Allergy Medical Malpractice Case

February 27, 2025

Renee Castaneda suffers from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). To remedy her condition, Castanedasought treatment from Dr. Ronald Richmond, M.D., who recommended implanting a LINX device in Castaneda’s esophagus. A LINX device is a titanium bead-and-wire ring that is surgically implanted aro[...]

Criminal Convictions And Civil Settlements Announced In Nationwide Telemedicine Fraud Schemes

January 21, 2025

The United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan announced on November 18, 2024 two criminal convictions and three civil settlements against a second wave of doctors who participated in nationwide telemedicine fraud schemes by ordering medically unnecessary orthotic braces and genetic[...]

222,000 Adult Portable Bed Rails Recalled Due To Serious Entrapment And Asphyxia Hazards; One Death Reported

January 17, 2025

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Home 4U, Inc., dba. Medical King, of Brooklyn, New York, announced on November 14, 2024 the recall of three models of Medical King Bed Assist Rail adult portable bed rails. The recalled bed rails pose a risk of entrapment and asphyxia because us[...]

Federal Appellate Court Rules IVC Filter Claim Filed Too Late

December 8, 2024

Jessica Gehner was implanted with a Cook Medical inferior vena cava (IVC) filter in Ohio. She later developed abdominal pain, and a March 2013 CT scan revealed that the filter had perforated her IVC. Gehner’s doctors believed that the filter was compressing her small bowel, causing her pain, and r[...]

What Are The Types Of Medical Errors? – Part II

December 5, 2024

Surgical Errors Errors in surgery have the highest risk of severe patient injury and death. Intraoperative errors are estimated to be the primary issue in 75% of malpractice cases involving surgeons. Surgical errors involving the wrong site, patient, or procedure should never occur. Investigations i[...]

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