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Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch Recalls and Patient Safety
The Kugel Mesh hernia patch recall has caused untold suffering among those who thought they were having a routine hernia repair surgery. If they received the Kugel hernia patch in their hernia repair surgery, the nightmare was just beginning...

Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch Manufacture Faces Additional Lawsuits
Lawsuits against Davol, the maker of the Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch, was expanded to include other hernia patches made by the company. On Jan. 10, U.S. District Court Judge Mary M. Lisi ruled that a lawsuit alleging the Davol-made Composix EX Mesh Patch was defective could proceed as part of the Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch multi-district litigation pending in Rhode Island...

Durogesic Patch - Informed Consent
We represent a lady who has experienced brain damage as the result of inappropriate prescription of a Durogesic Patch. She had one day surgery and was sent home wearing a Durogesic Patch...

Concerns Mount Over Contraceptive Patch
US News & World Report: Should the Birth Control Patch Be Pulled?, by Deborah Kotz: News is looking worse and worse for the contraceptive patch made by Ortho Evra. Well-known consumer health advocate Sidney Wolfe petitioned the Food and Drug...

Post Judgment Collateral Attack on IP through PTO Action Barred by "Defendant Preclusion"
Nasalok Coating v. Nylok (Fed. Cir. 2008) The blue patch on Nylok?s bolts serves as a permanent bond. The blue patch is also protected by Nylok?s trademark covering ?a patch of the color blue on a selected number of threads??...

Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch Label Change
The FDA approved a label change to Johnson & Johnson's Ortho Evra birth control patch on January 18, 2008. The patch has been known to cause blood clots which can lead to pulmonary embolism and death...

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Liberty National Life Insurance Co.
allegedly discriminated against Haitians by offering low quality policies and canceling without reason.

Ortho Evra Contraceptive Patch
allegedly causing fatal blood clots, heart attack, and stroke.

Clearwire Service
alleging poor quality and unfairly charging early termination fees.

Duragesic Pain Patch
alleging harm from defective pain patches.

Bad Faith Estimate
Quality First Auto Glass pays $233,000 settlement in automotive lawsuit.

EPA Violations
Riverside Cement to pay $384,000 for air quality violations.