J. Douglas Peters Product Liability Law Blog

To date, two lawsuits have been filed in the State of Florida involving drug-coated metal heart stents.

Currently, Charfoos & Christensen, P.C. is only interviewing cases where patients receiving drug-coated heart stents have suffered death as a result of blood clots in those stents, as determined by autopsy.

The safety of drug coated cardiac stents was first called into question in peer reviewed medical journal articles published in September of... Read More

Charfoos & Christensen, P.C. is accepting referrals of drug product liability cases on a case by case basis.

DEPUY HIP IMPLANTS INVOLVING THE PINNACLE IMPLANT -- where the patient has had to undergo a removal and replacement of the implant (a revision surgery).  We are accepting cases of anyone who has the ASR model implant regardless of whether it has been removed yet or not.

Charfoos & Christensen, P.C. is accepting referrals of drug product liability cases on a case by case basis.

In a recent health alert, The Food & Drug Administration announced it has begun investigating the possible connection between breast implants and an increased risk of a rare form of cancer – anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL).

Among women who do have breast implants (both saline and gel) FDA investigators say they have identified as many as 60 women who have developed ALCL worldwide out of... Read More