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In September 2014, two juries returned verdicts in favor of Plaintiffs that suffered damages after being implanted with transvaginalmesh devices. In West Virginia, a jury found Ethicon liable for selling faulty devices and failing to warn patients and their doctors that the devices may cause harmful side effects. The jury awarded $3.27 million to…

A few years ago outside of Houston on I-10 one of most severe documented auto accidents in Texas history occurred.  Heavy fog covered the highway on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. In the accident, as many as 150 vehicles piled up, two were fatally wounded and 100 more were injured. Multi-car pileups…

The validity of your patent will come into question. Count on that as fact if you decide to pursue taking legal action in order to protect your patent from infringement. If the defense is unable to weaken the validity of the patent itself, adversarial attorneys will attempt to say that your patent is unenforceable…

A December, 2010 ruling by the Texas Supreme Court, states that if a Texas contract labor employee injured on the job, is working for an employer providing workers’ compensation insurance, the injured worker cannot sue the employer for negligence.  In the past there had not been a clear ruling on the matter as it…

During the past few years, several companies producing blood glucose metes have issued recalls due to inaccurate readings for blood sugar levels. When an individual purchases a blood glucose meter it’s always a good idea to register the meter with the company of origin in case there is a problem such as a recall…

The Food and Drug Administration began requiring manufacturers of prescription drugs to stamp an expiration date on all their products in 1979. In most cases, these dates may be anywhere between 12 to 60 months from the date they were initially produced. If prescriptions, and other pharmaceutical products are properly stored these stamped dates…

Getting the opinion of an expert witness in a jury trial can either make or break your case, and depends upon many factors surrounding their knowledge, skills, and the way they present themselves. An expert witness will help you win your case if they have the following expertise: Being well-prepared but spontaneous in their…

When our doctors prescribe a drug to cure an illness or to eliminate our pain, we have a right, as consumers, to expect the drug prescribed by our doctor to heal us and not harm us.  Unfortunately, in many cases the opposite happens, and we are further injured by the drug that was supposed…

The anti-trust law is a combination of laws governed by both state and federal statutes prohibiting business practices giving an unfair advantage or a monopoly in the market arena.  The anti-trust laws assist in protecting consumers from being forced to pay inflated prices for products, and/or services. The list below describes some anti-trust violations:…

There are numerous birth injuries that count as medical malpractice. They are not simply limited to lack of oxygen that causes muscular dystrophy, which is one leading cause for filing a medical malpractice lawsuit. Our medical malpractice lawyers at Shaw Cowart in Austin, TX are well educated in all areas of birth injuries and…