Legal Sleuth® ** Case Watch℠ - Personal Injury Archives — Gooch Law Firm https://legalsleuth.com/category/personal-injury/ The Source for All Things Legal ℠ - Information, Resources and Services Mon, 02 Nov 2015 05:14:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://legalsleuth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/icon-34-150x150.png Legal Sleuth® ** Case Watch℠ - Personal Injury Archives — Gooch Law Firm https://legalsleuth.com/category/personal-injury/ 32 32 Minihan, Ethicon, Power Morcellator & Cancer https://legalsleuth.com/minihan-ethicon-power-morcellator-cancer/ Mon, 02 Nov 2015 05:13:11 +0000 http://legalsleuth.com/?p=7431 Minihan, Ethicon, Power Morcellator & Cancer: A case filed in United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin ruled on motions to dismiss. The Minihan, Ethicon, Power Morcellator & Cancer alleges injuries from the use of a power morcellator during laparoscopic surgery. A brief summary of this case: Allegedly, the Plaintiff underwent laparoscopic surgery with a Laparoscopic Power Morcellator (“LPM”) […]

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]]> Galloway, Nabors, Jones Act & Seaman https://legalsleuth.com/galloway-nabors-jones-act-seaman/ Sat, 14 Mar 2015 19:46:30 +0000 http://legalsleuth.com/?p=7087 Galloway, Nabors, Jones Act & Seaman: A recent case in the United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division ruled on a Motion to remand. The Galloway, Nabors, Jones Act & Seaman case documents what many workers on a vessel, helicopter, tugboat, ship, offshore, oil rig, oil platform, roustabouts, longshoreman and seaman may face today – an […]

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]]> Fixodent, Daubert & Expert Causation https://legalsleuth.com/fixodent-daubert-expert-causation/ Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:32:37 +0000 http://legalsleuth.com/?p=7030 Fixodent, Daubert & Expert Causation: A recent a case in the United States District Court, S.D. Florida, Miami Division ruled on a Motion to Exclude the Opinions of Plaintiffs’ General Causation Experts. The Fixodent, Daubert & Expert Causation Act case documents what many toxic tort type cases may potentially be faced with during the case – problems […]

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]]> Armstrong, Longshoreman, Maritime & Jones Act https://legalsleuth.com/armstrong-longshoreman-maritime-jones-act/ Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:21:47 +0000 http://legalsleuth.com/?p=7019 Armstrong, Longshoreman, Maritime & Jones Act: A recent case in the United States District Court, D. Maryland ruled on a Motion to Dismiss. The Armstrong, Longshoreman, Maritime & Jones Act case documents what many workers on a vessel, helicopter, tugboat, ship, offshore, oil rig, oil platform, roustabouts, longshoreman and seaman may face today – an onshore injury, […]

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]]> Bomkamp, Power Morcellator & Personal Injury https://legalsleuth.com/bomkamp-power-morcellator-personal-injury/ Tue, 03 Feb 2015 20:38:43 +0000 http://legalsleuth.com/?p=6775 Bomkamp, Power Morcellator & Personal Injury: A recent case in the United States District Court, S.D. Ohio, Western Division ruled on an appeal of the lower court’s affirmation of the constitutionality of a Wisconsin statute. The Bomkamp, Power Morcellator & Personal Injury case documents what the patients – in this case a child – may face when the surgical team […]

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]]> Uterine Surgery, Power Morcellator, Uterine Cancer & Leiomyosarcoma https://legalsleuth.com/uterine-surgery-power-morcellator-uterine-cancer-leiomyosarcoma/ Mon, 02 Feb 2015 17:52:04 +0000 http://legalsleuth.com/?p=6744 Uterine Surgery, Power Morcellator, Uterine Cancer & Leiomyosarcoma: A recent article in published in PubMed examined the risk for women that underwent laparoscopic power morcellation hysterectomy and myomectomy and were later affected by unexpected uterine cancer (e.g., leiomyosarcoma (LMS) or Uterine leiomyosarcoma).   The article looked at laparoscopic uterine surgeries (e.g., uterine fibroids) from January 1, 2000 to December […]

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]]> Low Testosterone Low T Therapy and MMA https://legalsleuth.com/low-testosterone-low-t-therapy-mma/ Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:30:58 +0000 http://legalsleuth.com/?p=5387 Recently, low testosterone low t therapy and the MMA has come into the spotlight.  Apparently, there appears to be some mixed martial arts athletes that are on low testosterone low t therapy. One possible reason for the increased scrutiny on low testosterone low t therapy and MMA is that testosterone therapy has not been widely […]

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]]> FDA Approved Low Testosterone Therapy Aveed https://legalsleuth.com/fda-approved-low-testosterone-therapy-aveed/ Thu, 06 Mar 2014 16:43:13 +0000 http://legalsleuth.com/?p=5381 Recently, the FDA approved low testosterone therapy Aveed.  Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today that the FDA approved low testosterone therapy AVEED™ (testosterone undecanoate) “injection for the treatment of adult men with hypogonadism (commonly known as Low-T) that is associated with a deficiency or absence of the male hormone testosterone.” According to the manufacturer, Aveed “injection is […]

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]]> Low Testosterone Warning https://legalsleuth.com/low-testosterone-warning/ Tue, 25 Feb 2014 19:39:59 +0000 http://legalsleuth.com/?p=5170 Recently, the FDA received a letter related to adding a low testosterone warning to the label of the prescription testosterone therapy products on the market.  The group – Public Citizen – filed the petition for a low testosterone warning – a “black box warning about the increased risks of heart attacks and other cardiovascular dangers […]

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]]> Low Testosterone Trial https://legalsleuth.com/low-testosterone-trial/ Fri, 21 Feb 2014 21:16:38 +0000 http://legalsleuth.com/?p=5026 A clinical low testosterone trial began to test the hypotheses that testosterone treatment of elderly men whose serum testosterone concentrations are unequivocally low – and who have symptoms and objectively measured abnormalities in at least one of five areas that could be due to low testosterone (physical or sexual function, vitality, cognition, and anemia) – […]

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]]> Low Testosterone Trial Stopped https://legalsleuth.com/low-testosterone-trial-stopped/ Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:05:46 +0000 http://legalsleuth.com/?p=5009 A low testosterone trial stopped after adverse cardiovascular events were reported during the trial in 2009.  The reason the low testosterone trial stopped was bacause the researchers found a higher rate of adverse cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks and elevated blood pressure, in a group of older men receiving testosterone gel compared to those […]

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]]> FDA, Topamax, Cleft Lip & Birth Defect https://legalsleuth.com/fda-topamax-cleft-lip-birth-defect/ Tue, 18 Feb 2014 02:04:28 +0000 http://legalsleuth.com/?p=4802 FDA, Topamax, Cleft Lip & Birth Defect: Back in March 2011, the FDA review of topamax was a startling revelation to many of its users.  The FDA review of topamax published in 2011 concerning the use of TOPAMAX® during pregnancy stated that if you take Topamax during pregnancy, your baby has a higher risk for […]

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]]> Mesothelioma Detection and Diagnosis Study https://legalsleuth.com/mesothelioma-detection-and-diagnosis-study/ Tue, 14 Jan 2014 15:42:03 +0000 http://goochlawfirm.com/?p=4046 Italian researchers carried out a mesothelioma detection and diagnosis study over one to two years with a role indicated for mesothelioma in asbestos-exposed workers.  The mesothelioma detection and diagnosis study used a soluble mesothelin-related peptide (SMRP) to determine if mesothelioma detection and diagnosis study could be used as a marker early stage mesothelioma. The researchers […]

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