Posts tagged liability

• FDA Reclassifies Mesh Devices

  Darren Tobin | January 10, 2012 10:28 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA recently released an update on the surgical mesh implant devices based on an assessment of Medical Device Reports that were given to the FDA. The FDA is considering the recommendation...

• Defective Hip Implants Worsens Hips

  Darren Tobin | December 27, 2011 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Researchers have found that the substance that forms in patients with all metal artificial hip implants contain a common lubricant called graphite. This discovery can help in designing longer...

• Mesh Problems Leads to FDA Warning

  Darren Tobin | August 26, 2011 12:04 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Many women who have experienced complications following transvaginal mesh surgery have suffered as a result of a bad product being surgically placed inside of their bodies. There have been a...

• Bard Avaulta Mesh Insert Leads to Serious Internal Complications

  Darren Tobin | July 22, 2011 11:39 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Each year, more than 200,000 women undergo surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Pelvic organ prolapse is a medical condition that occurs when the normal support of the vagina is lost,...

• Do You Have a DePuy ASR Recalled Hip Implant? Ways To Find Out If You Do

  Richard Schlueter | December 16, 2010 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  If you are someone who had hip replacement surgery in 2003 or after, you need to determine whether you have a recalled DePuy ASR Hip Implant. This is very important because DePuy Orthopaedics...

• Local Hero Saves Child From Dog Attack

  M. Brandon Smith | February 20, 2010 12:16 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Although dogs may be “man’s best friend” there still exists a very real danger from dog bites. Most dog bites are minor, but some dog attacks can be severe and in some cases...

• Fatal Drowning Occurs At Goldstar Park

  M. Brandon Smith | March 22, 2007 10:39 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The drowning of a 17-year-old boy who died at a local park is now under investigation in Elmore County. The drowning which occurred earlier this week happened at the Goldstar Park in Alabama. Witnesses indicated the teenager was seen swinging on a rope into the water shortly prior to his death but never surfaced again after doing so. Although the name of this young man has not yet been released,...

• Workplace Truck Accident Leads To Death Of Hall County Man

  M. Brandon Smith | March 08, 2007 8:06 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  While working to extend Cherokee County Airport runway, a Hall County man was killed and another was injured after a dump truck ran over the men on a work site. The fatal dump truck accident occurred around 3:30 p.m. today while the two men were reportedly taking soil samples at the top of a steep hill. The truck driver allegedly did not see the men as it topped the hill and subsequently struck...

• Unknown Agent Forces School Evacuation-17 Sent To Hospital

  M. Brandon Smith | March 05, 2007 11:11 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Students at Blessed Trinity Catholic High School were forced to evacuate their school earlier today after an unknown agent caused many to experience problems breathing and very itching skin. Seventeen students had to hospitalized at five different hospitals including North Fulton County for their complications relating to the unknown agent. The local a HazMat team was called to help evacuate the...

• Marta Rape Case Leads To $1.7 Million Verdict

  M. Brandon Smith | February 08, 2007 5:38 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A grandmother who was kidnapped and raped while leaving the Lindbergh MARTA station in Buckhead in June of 2002 got some great news Wednesday afternoon in the form of a $1.7 million verdict. The Fulton County State Court jury, made up of 6 men and 6 women, only had to determine the damages portion of the case after the Judge Craig Schwall held Marta and its representatives in default for...