archive for 'Product Defects'

• Frozen Shoulder Caused by Flu Vaccine

  By Christina Acampora | posted on September 19th, 2019

  Faxon Law Group filed a petition in the United States Court of Federal Claims demanding compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program for injuries suffered by a young woman who received a routine influenza vaccine in 2018. Halie Lange experienced severe and ongoing pain and limited range of motion in her left shoulder immediately after the shot was administered to her at Brattleboro Family Medicine in Brattleboro, VT. The pain in her shoulder worsened over the next few weeks and to date, despite treatment, her symptoms have not improved. Lange now struggles daily with the residual effects of what MORE

• Hip Manufacturer Fails to Disclose Product Defects

  By Christina Acampora | posted on February 17th, 2019

  Haddad, et. al. v. Zimmer, et. al (U.S. District Court of CT—filed December 21, 2018) On November 15, 2012, our plaintiff underwent hip replacement surgery at St. Francis Hospital. The implant itself was successful however, due to misinformation and marketing on the manufacturer’s behalf, a cobalt-chromium femoral head was used by the surgeon in combination with other components that should have been avoided. The defendant, Zimmer, Inc., should have but failed to inform the surgeon of the unreasonable risks associated with this implant, such as pain, swelling, adverse tissue reaction, the need for early revision surgery as a result of MORE

• Improperly Maintained Plane Leads to Deadly Crash

  By Christina Acampora | posted on May 31st, 2018

  James Carter, et. al. v. Interstate Aviation, Inc, et. al. (Hartford Superior Court—filed April 30, 2018) James Carter is the father of the decedent, Dana Parenteau, who was killed on May 3, 2016, along with one other passenger and the pilot, on an aircraft en route from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to Plainville, CT. While cruising at an elevation of 7,000 feet, the pressure air pump, which powered the flight instruments necessary to navigate the single-engine plane, suddenly failed causing the aircraft to lose control. The plane broke into pieces mid-air, resulting in the severe pain, suffering, and untimely death to MORE

• Patient was told defective hip product sold to market would withstand time; then it shattered

  By Christina Acampora | posted on May 24th, 2018

  Boehringer, et. al. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., et. al. (Waterbury Superior Court—filed April 30, 2018)  On July 20, 2010, our client received a bilateral hip replacement with products designed, manufactured, and sold by Smith & Nephew, Inc., and implanted by John M. Keggi of Orthopaedics New England, P.C.  Less than a year later, Dr. Keggi informed the plaintiff that Smith & Nephew instituted a recall of the hip liners used during surgery due to the product’s failure to conform to manufacturing specifications. Several batches of the liners had been subjected to no or very poor quality control by the MORE

• Product Recall of Birmingham Hip Resurfacing System

  By Christina Acampora | posted on July 6th, 2017

  Proudfoot v. Smith & Nephew, Inc. (U.S. District Court—filed July 5, 2017) Product liability lawsuit related to a defective metal-on-metal hip implant. The plaintiff is a middle-aged former police officer who was forced to undergo several revision surgeries due to the failure of hip implants marketed and sold by the defendant, Smith & Nephew, Inc., including the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) system.  The plaintiff also suffered from metal poisoning instigated by a build-up of debris in the soft tissue of his body due to the defendant’s defective products.  In 2015, a product recall of the BHR was announced citing high MORE

• Actos Leads to Bladder Cancer in Plaintiff

  By Christina Acampora | posted on May 10th, 2017

  A MDL product liability case involving a plaintiff diagnosed with bladder cancer after ingesting the drug Actos to treat his diabetes. Defendants had actual knowledge, based on numerous medical studies, of the dangers of long term use of the drug—leading to debilitating and horrific bladder cancer and eventually death.  The purveyors of Actos, Takeda Pharmaceutical, fraudulently concealed this information failing to disclose the dangerous risks to consumers, physicians, or anyone in the medical community. Instead, Takeda promoted the product as safe and effective, while earning billions of dollars in global sales per year. As a direct result of ingesting Actos—and MORE

• Faulty aircraft equipment leads to fatality of U.S. Navy Commander and three others on board

  By Eric Smith | posted on January 11th, 2016

  Bianchi, et a. vs. Titeflex Commercial, Inc. (Massachusetts State Court – filed March 12, 2015)  A tragic case brought forth by the adult son of a deceased Navy commander under the Massachusetts Wrongful Death Act. On July 16, 2003, a Sikorsky MH-53E helicopter carrying Kevin A. Bianchi and three other crew members crashed approximately ten miles west of a Naval Air Station in Sigonella, Italy, resulting in the death of all passengers on board. The roadside crash occurred as a result of a fire in the aircraft’s middle engine where faulty component part(s), manufactured by Titeflex, allowed raw fuel to make contact MORE

• Defective engine causes fire and driver’s death

  By Christina Acampora | posted on June 24th, 2015

  Mayra Ramones, Admx. v. Luis Auto Sales, LLC et.al. (New Haven Superior Court – filed April 13, 2015)  Sometimes, Faxon Law Group is hired to assume responsibility for an existing case and bring it to trial.  In 2012—one month after the defendant installed an engine block assembly in the decedent’s Ford Windstar minivan – a deadly fire ignited in the engine compartment and spread to the vehicle’s interior.  Expert investigation revealed that a worn front timing cover seal leaked oil onto the catalytic converter, causing the fire.  The worn and leaking timing cover seal rendered the engine defective and unreasonably MORE

• Defective Hip Replacement that Ortho Fails to Inform

  By Christina Acampora | posted on February 20th, 2015

  Carpanzano v. Stryker Corp. and Hughes et al. (Bridgeport Superior Court—filed October 17, 2014) Product liability and medical malpractice case involving a woman who has a total hip replacement with an implant that is subsequently recalled from the market.  Despite her orthopedic surgeon’s knowledge of the recall, he never informed his patient.  Our client suffered two years of severe and debilitating hip pain and developed a large soft tissue tumor near the implant as a result of the metal particles emanating from the defective implant.  It was not until she sought a second opinion that she was informed the hip MORE

• In Re: DePuy Pinnacle Hips, Multiple Cases Filed in Federal Court

  By Christina Acampora | posted on February 5th, 2015

  Johnson & Johnson designed and sold DePuy Pinnacle hip replacements that leave toxic amounts of chromium in the blood supply. These replacements are metal on metal and have also been implicated in poor functionality, increased failure rate, metallosis, infection, dislocation and immobility. These parts must be removed. Thousands of these implants were used on patients throughout the country, and Faxon Law Group is prosecuting these cases as part of a Multi-District Litigation centered in Texas. These cases must be brought within three years of the discovery of a defect so time is of the essence!