Weitz & Luxenberg is accepting cases of patients who are experiencing complications or needed revision surgery because of a DePuy Synthes 4.5mm VA-LCP Curved Condylar Plate. These devices are used to repair severe fractures of the distal femur where the bone has broken into multiple fragments. The distal femur is the portion of the thigh…

Weitz & Luxenberg, in partnership with the Sam Bernstein Law Firm, is leading a coordinated legal action in Michigan against the country’s major opioid manufacturers and distributors, including Purdue Pharma and McKesson Corporation. The firm has filed lawsuits on behalf of nine municipalities claiming that these pharmaceutical companies falsely marketed and recklessly distributed opioid medications….

Weitz & Luxenberg Attorneys Can Help You Investigate Your Defective EpiPen Claim EpiPens and EpiPen Jrs can make the difference between life and death during a serious allergy attack. These devices contain epinephrine, which can help reverse life-threatening allergic responses, such as anaphylaxis. In worst-case scenarios, anaphylaxis can result in death. Patients and their loved…

Insulin is a hormone produced naturally in a healthy pancreas. It helps move sugar (glucose) from the bloodstream to other parts of the body where it is used or stored. Diabetes is a condition that changes the way your body makes or uses insulin and can lead to life-threatening conditions, including blindness, heart attack, or…

Nurse Assist Saline Flush IV Syringes are pre-filled with saline and are used in flushing out medical devices that use a needle or catheter to deliver medicines directly into a patient’s bloodstream. The FDA describes the devices as being used by healthcare providers in hospitals or clinics before and after drip medications are connected to…

Weitz & Luxenberg is investigating the pricing of insulin by three major drug companies — Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi — following a report that the cost of the drug has nearly tripled since 2002. A separate analysis found that prices from two manufacturers rose in tandem during a six-year period. “Rising insulin costs…

Weitz & Luxenberg is currently accepting cases from people harmed by a faulty shoulder replacement device made by Zimmer Biomet. The medical device manufacturer issued a recall of its Comprehensive Reverse Shoulder because specific devices were fracturing at a higher rate than specified in the labeling, according to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA)…

Weitz & Luxenberg is currently accepting cases from people who became seriously ill or who had relatives die after they developed bloodstream infections due to Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia) from certain contaminated intravenous (IV) syringes. The devices in question were Saline Flush IV Syringes manufactured by Nurse Assist, Inc., a company based in Haltom City,…

Smith & Nephew Removes Neck Component from Market On November 15, 2016, the company announced a “voluntary market removal” of the modular neck component commonly used in its Modular SMF and Modular REDAPT Revision models due to what the company called “a higher than anticipated complaint and adverse event trend.” Monolithic versions of the SMF…

Weitz & Luxenberg is currently taking cases of people who are experiencing complications or have had or need revision surgery because of Ethicon’s Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh or Atrium’s C-QUR surgical meshes. Both C-QUR (pronounced “secure”) meshes and Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh are approved for hernia surgeries as well as other soft-tissue repairs. For C-QUR…