Peter Fagan, a 32 year old Engineer who sustained significant injuries in a road traffic accident on 2nd May 2005 has been awarded £1,389,000.00 damages by the High Court. Giving Judgement Mr. Justice Cross outline the life changing impact the injuries sustained by the Plaintiff had on him. The Plaintiff had been travelling from Dublin […]

The IMB has again highlighted safety concerns in relation to the unauthorised tanning medicine Melanaton which is illegal on the Irish market. This product is not available in pharmacies or authorised distribution channels in Ireland and it is thought that it is being sourced by consumers on the internet. There is no evidence that it […]

Smith & Nephew has issued a safety alert for its Birmingham Hip modular head implant components. The company issued the Birmingham modular head implant warning after data from 2 overseas device tracking data since 2010 indicated that the metal-on-metal hip replacement components were failing at a rate higher than the bench mark established by the […]

Metal-on-metal hip replacement devices have come under significant scrutiny in recent years following the high-profile recall of the DePuy Orthopaedics ASR hip implant devices which were failing prematurely at unexpectedly high rates. The recall which was announced in August 2010 has been followed by a number of studies which have found that the devices can […]

More than half a dozen law suits have been filed over the recall of the Stryker Rejuvenate Modular hip implant system by patients who experienced pain and discomfort, allegedly due to metal poisoning which resulted from corrosion of the devices’ metal components. According to the law suits all of the patients underwent corrective revision surgery […]

New research has found that mammograms may actually increase the risk of developing breast cancer in some women. The increased risks were seen in younger women whose genes place them at increased risk of breast cancer – the added radiation from mammograms and other chest radiation testing might be more harmful. Researchers suggest that a […]

Executives from DePuy Orthopaedics have been ordered to testify in ASR hip implant law suits in the USA. DePuy is a unit of health care giant, Johnson & Johnson. The eight former and current DePuy executives must testify in the multi-district litigation concerning the recalled DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip implants. According to Court documents in […]

For the first time in over 50 years, the German Manufacturer has apologised for the serious birth defects caused by the morning sickness remedy. The CEO of the Gruenenthal Group issued the apology recently to Mothers who took Thalidomide in the 1950’s and 1960’s and later gave birth to children with serious birth defects. Thalidomide […]

The High Court has awarded  Liam Murray, a 55 year old Dublin City Council Employee, who was injured when he tripped over a spool of electric cable on the public footpath at Sandymount on the 17th August 2009 €257,000 in damages. Mr Murray was employed by the Lighting Department of the Council and on the […]

Exposure in the workplace to organic solvents has been linked to heart birth defects, a study has revealed. The study published online in occupational and environmental medicine, found that solvents were linked to a number of heart defects at birth. Organic solvents are typically used to dissolve and disperse substances such as oil, fats and […]