Brandon Smith is a partner at Childers, Schlueter & Smith (CSS) in Atlanta, Georgia. He represents individuals nationwide in pharmaceutical litigation, mass torts, product liability, and serious personal injury cases.
In early September, DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, recalled two models of hip implants. The two products subject to this recall are the ASR XL Acetabular system,…
In August 2010, DePuy Orthopaedics issued a recall of two versions of the ASR model artificial hip implant. In October2010, it was made public that Johnson &Johnson, the parent company of DePuy,…
Individuals who have had hip replacement surgery with a metal-on-metal athroplasty, and particularly the now recalled DePuy Orthopaedics ASR Hip Implant, should be aware of the risk of cobaltism…
Cookie dough lovers, take note: the Wright County Egg Company of Galt, Iowa, has issued a recall of approximately 380 million eggs following several outbreaks of salmonella across the United States…
DePuy Hip Implants Linked to Metallosis Hip implants aren’t supposed to create additional health problems for patients. But faulty DePuy ASR hip implants, have done just that. The DePuy ASR…
Medical Privacy Those patients who suffered injuries as a result of DePuy Orthopaedic’s faulty ASR hip implants, deserve to be compensated. That compensation however, should not come at the…
If you are in Forsyth County tomorrow, Saturday, August 14th, please participate in Charlie’s Angels, a charity softball tournament to benefit the family of Charlie Winters. Charlie was…
On July 17th, George C. Powers, 43, of Haslet, TX drove intoxicated in his Ford F-150, traveling west in the eastbound lane of U.S. 82 and colliding head-on with the Ford Escape of Tiffany Starr…
Phil Youngclaus, 27 year old hockey player for the Gwinnett Gladiators, is currently in satisfactory condition at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville following a possibly alcohol-related…
Though its effects have been around for years, the truth about Reglan continues to surface. And not surprisingly, none of it is good news. In fact, the effects of taking Reglan, has been…
A 24 year old Georgia man was killed by a drunk driver shortly after 4:00 on the morning of June 19, 2010. According to The Augusta Chronicle, the victim, an intern for Governor Perdue who was…
On April 30th, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) sent a letter to Baxter Healthcare Corp., directing the company to recall and destroy all of its Colleague Volumetric…
