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In the first of 10,750 law suits over the DePuy ASR hip implant device to go to Trial a Jury in California has found that DePuy Orthopaedics was negligent. Loren Cransky, 65, sued DePuy and it’s parent Company Johnson and Johnson for damages alleging that the faulty design of the ASR XL metal-on-metal hip implant […]

Ms Eileen Monaghan a 54 year old Dunnes Stores Employee who suffered a fracture of her left shoulder when she was caused to slip and fall on a wet floor in Dunnes Store ILAC Centre on the 1st of September 2006 has been awarded general damages of €70,000 by the High Court. The accident happened […]

The FSAI has published the first set of results of industry tests on beef products, beef ingredients and other ingredients for the presence of horse meat. These tests had been carried out by the Food Industry in light of the current horse meat scandal. A total of 957 tests were carried out by the industry, […]

Health Regulators in the UK   have warned people not  to buy or use potentially dangerous unlicensed Chinese medicines sold online after some products were found to contain excessive levels of mercury or led. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has advised that the products affected are as follows- ●    Bak Foong pills – […]

The FSA of Ireland has been informed by Rangeland Foods that it is withdrawing some batches of frozen burger products from customers which contained beef supplied from Poland and had been found to contain horse DNA between 5%-30% relative to Bovine DNA. These burgers have been supplied to the catering and wholesale sectors and are […]

Another Marketing Executive at Johnson &Johnsons DePuy Orthopaedic Unit was called to testify in the first of 10,000 lawsuits to be brought to Trial over the failed DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip device. Some 93,000 ASR’s were globally recalled in August 20110 following mounting failure reports, criticism and lawsuits. Jurors were told that three years  before […]

Johnson & Johnson has just issued another hip implant device recall. The recall of its adept brand all-metal total hip replacement devices comes just over 2 years after  its  DePuy ASR metal-on-metal device was globally recalled. The Company is currently defending the first of 10,000 lawsuits it faces over that failed device. DePuy Orthopaedics, a […]

Women continue to report injuries suffered as a result of being implanted with trans-vaginal mesh. Trans-vaginal mesh (TVM) implants are medical devices approved to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP). The device is also approved to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and is meant to strengthen pelvic walls. Mounting litigation and increasing adverse health reports have […]

A recent study has confirmed that Hospital stays may be placing patients at greater risk of further injury and even hospital re-admissions. The Researchers confirmed that the more traumatic the stay the greater the likelihood of new health problems. The study which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine has led to fears […]

New hygiene and infection prevention inspection reports have been published by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA). The reports have found that poor hand washing practices in many Irish Hospitals are potentially putting patients at risk of acquiring a health care associated infection. The Authority also found wide variations in regard to hospital cleanliness. […]