The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) reportedly has decided to conduct a probe into the power morcellator surgical device. Medical device makers have been marketing and selling the dangerous devices to hospitals and gynecologists for twenty years. Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned that the morcellator device can spread undetected uterine...
A new mesothelioma study reveals that patients treated with “trimodality therapy” tend to have better survival rates than othermesothelioma patients.
Trimodality means three methods of mesothelioma treatment combined, rather than just one or two. The three methods most commonly used to treat pleural mesothelioma are:
surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation.The study looked at...
The first bellwether case is underway in the federal MDL involving metal-on-metal hip replacements manufactured by Wright Medical Technology Inc. Hundreds of federal metal hip lawsuits from around the country have been consolidated in Georgia before U.S. District Judge William S. Duffey Jr. The plaintiffs allege that Wright’s defective hip system created dangerously high levels of cobalt and...
By Elihu Inselbuch and Andrew J. Sackett
MEALEY’S Asbestos Bankruptcy Report
Vol. 15, #2, Sept. 2015
On May 21, 2015, the RAND Corporation (‘‘RAND’’) published a report entitled ‘‘Bankruptcy’s Effect on Product Identification in Asbestos Personal...
A California court of appeals reportedly has ruled that a trial judge was wrong to throw out a benzene lawsuit brought by an automotive mechanic exposed to benzene supplied by United States Steel Corp. The mechanic had worked with Liquid Wrench, a product that contained the toxic benzene chemical.
Automotive Mechanic’s Benzene Lawsuit Reinstated by California Appellate CourtU.S....
Italian scientists have developed a statistical model that suggests which patients with pleural mesothelioma are most likely to benefit from surgery. The results of the scientists’ study have been published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
Pleural mesothelioma patients who survive the longest after surgery share the following common factors:
Younger age; epithelioid cell type,...Benzene exposure is an established cause of several blood diseases, particularly acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome. For many, their disease is associated with benzene exposure on the job. Benzene is commonly used in American industry. It is also highly toxic. For many living in South Dakota near the Keystone XL pipeline, benzene exposure is a serious...
Around the globe, patients receiving metal-on-metal hip implants have suffered serious injuries, requiring removal of the defective medical devices. In New Zealand, hospitals reportedly are allowing representatives of the metal hip manufacturers into the operating room without patients’ consent during revision surgery.
The issue came to light during a New Zealand investigation by the...
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