Litigation

Attorney Jim Orr Featured on the Legal Broadcast Network

By Angel L. Reyes, III

James (Jim) Orr, a partner in my firm, Heygood, Orr, Reyes, Pearson & Bartolomei, is a frequent guest and contributor to the Legal Broadcast Network, a website that uses blogging, video and audio podcasting to provide commentary for attorneys.  As of this date, Jim is featured in an article and podcast on the homepage of this site for his expertise on fentanyl, a dangerous opioid pain medication that is 100 times stronger than morphine, and is used during surgery for anesthesia.  The article cites Jim as “one of the nation’s leading experts in Duragesic or fentanyl patch liability cases.”

Heygood, Orr, Reyes, Pearson & Bartolomei is the leading law firm in litigation involving fentanyl transdermal pain patches. James (Jim) Orr was the lead trial attorney in the first Federal case against the manufacturers and marketers of the Duragesic® fentanyl pain patch that was tried in the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida, West Palm Beach Division.  A $5.5 million jury verdict was achieved for the family of a 28-year-old Florida man (Adam Hendelson) who died while wearing a Duragesic® fentanyl pain patch.

I’m proud to have Jim as a partner in my firm.  Please read the article and listen to the podcast (linked below):

Jim Orr on Actavis generic Fentanyl patch recall
Legal Broadcast Network
March 22, 2008

Frequent guest and contributor, Attorney Jim Orr of the Dallas, TX based Heygood, Orr, Reyes, Pearson and Bartolomei firm, joins Speaking of Justice host Scott Drake to discuss the recent recall of a generic based copy of the Duragesic patch. The product defect recall by Actavis Inc, the U.S based arm of the international drug manufacturing company Actavis Group hf, is important to note in that it is a total recall of ALL patches manufactured during significant time frame.

You may link to the FDA press release on the recall with all the lot and information numbers by clicking here.  

As listeners to LBN know, we have been following the Duragesic/Fentanyl patch litigation and recalls closely, including some video and audio podcasts with Jim Orr in the past. Important news in this particular podcasts covers the scope of the recall of the generic fentanyl patch, updates on the depositions that have recently been taken with the inventor/designer of the patch and further discussion of the manufacturing defect known as a fold over defect that dramatically increases the chances of leaks in the patch. If you are an attorney investigating or looking to get involved in Fentanyl patch litigation you should listen in to this podcast with Jim Orr, one of the nations leading experts in Duragesic or Fentanyl patch liability cases.

Click here to listen to the entire podcast with Attorney Jim Orr on the recall of the Actavis generic Fentanyl patch.

©2008 Angel Reyes
www.ReyesLaw.com

Full post as published by Angel Reyes Blog on March 27, 2008 (boomark / email).