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Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

The Dangers of Defective Medical Devices: How to Protect Yourself

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Defective medical devices can present serious—and even life-threatening—risks for patients. Yet, sadly, many patients don’t realize that their medical devices are defective until it is too late. Sometimes, manufacturers and...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Are You In Pain After Hernia Surgery?

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Thanks to defective hernia mesh implants, not all hernia repair surgeries go as planned. The patients who received defective mesh often end up in worse shape than they were before surgery and, sometimes, have to undergo an...more

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Products Liability Series: What is the Statute of Limitations on a Products Claim Under Arkansas Law?

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For a products liability claim in Arkansas, the general rule is that a lawsuit shall be commenced within three years after the date on which the death, injury, or damage complained of occurs. Ark. Code Ann. § 16-116-203. In...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Now That Your Surgical Robot Has Hit the Market, When Will the Lawsuits Start?

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Death and taxes are unavoidable. And if you create a popular product, so too are product liability lawsuits. In my practice, companies sometimes ask, “How soon after our surgical robot hits the market will we get sued?”...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Critics may howl. But with stubborn wrongs, big settlements may be necessary

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Doctors, hospitals, insurers, politicians, and businesses may assail the civil justice system over sums it awards to people who have proven they have been harmed. But as significant as some judgments may be, they may be...more

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As FDA warns of implant perils, new questions arise about 3D mammograms

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Angry women, anxious that officials were failing to protect their health, besieged a federal Food and Drug Administration hearing in the spring. That unusual outcry may have helped push regulators off their bureaucratic...more

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FDA ripped over breast implant safety as agency seeks mammogram change

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Uncle Sam has paid what critics have called long overdue attention to women’s breasts and how surgeons and diagnosticians treat them....more

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