A Massachusetts family has recently been awarded $63 million against Johnson & Johnson after a young girl suffered severe side effects from taking Children’s Motrin. The family of Samantha Reckis will ultimately receive $109 million with interest as the injury occurred a decade ago. At the time of the incident in 2003, Reckis was 7…
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On February 22, 2013, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) posted that it notified healthcare professionals regarding a Class I recall of the LPS Diaphyseal Sleeve. The LPS Diaphyseal Sleeve is a component in the DePuy LPS System, an end-stage revision knee product that allows surgeons to reconstruct severe soft tissue and bony defects….
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In an about-face after seven years of decline, traffic fatalities rose 5% in 2012 according to an analysis of preliminary state data by the National Safety Council. This is the first increase since 2004 to 2005, and many speculate there is a correlation between the improved national economy, a mild winter, and increased traffic on…
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Out during lunch break from their Texas high school, four students’ lives were suddenly and tragically changed when the 18-year-old driver of a Lancer collided with a pickup truck at a San Antonio intersection. At least one of the students died in the fatal motor vehicle accident; 17-year-old Gabriella Lerma was airlifted from the crash…
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According to a recent story by Brett Shipp with WFAA in Dallas, Atmos Energy still has more than 800 miles of piping which is made of cast iron, a material that a federal agency advised gas providers to phase out as far back as 1973, citing issues with deterioration and corrosion. Following an explosion at…
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A 19-year-old Texas college student was fatally injured after she collided with the median on highway 69, spun around in her car and was later hit by another passing truck. According to news reports of the crash, another driver had tried to assist the teen driver whose car was disabled on the road after the…
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According to a recent study, hip replacements are more likely to fail in women than in men. Researchers found that although the overall risk of implants failing is low, women were 29 percent more likely than men to need a repeat hip replacement surgery within the first three years. The study, which was funded by…
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Fifteen people have been injured and one person has been killed in a gas explosion that ignited a blaze covering an entire city block in Kansas City. JJ’s restaurant, a popular eatery in the Country Club Plaza area of Kansas City, was destroyed in the sudden, tragic explosion. The cause of the gas blast has…
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