Richard Schlueter is a founding partner at Childers, Schlueter & Smith (CSS) in Atlanta, Georgia. He has spent his career representing individuals and families who have been harmed as a result of wrongful conduct by others.
On Nov. 28, 2018, Stryker recalled its Tritanium posterior lumbar (PL) cage. Stryker’s reason for doing so, according to the FDA’s website, is that “the surgical technique is being updated to caution against misuse due to reports of cage fractures occurring intraoperatively and postoperatively.” In…
Starting in July of this year, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) began issuing a series of recalls for heart medication valsartan—most due to entire batches of the drug testing positive for N-Nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA).
CSS Firm is no longer accepting new Stryker LFIT V40 Hip Implant Claims. Any information on this page or website is for educational purposes only. Stryker and National Plaintiff’s Leadership in MDL 2768 of the consolidated proceedings before Judge Talwani announced in Court this morning…
CSS Firm is no longer accepting new Stryker LFIT V40 Hip Implant Claims. Any information on this page or website is for educational purposes only. Stryker Corporation, a medical technologies firm based in Michigan, is one of the biggest name brands in the world for…
Currently, knee surgery is the most prevalent procedure performed on patients aged 45 years and older – totaling about 600,000 procedures in the U.S. and growing. Unfortunately, the increase in surgeries also brings with it an increase in knee replacement complaints, problems and even failures.…
CSS Firm is no longer accepting new Stryker LFIT V40 Hip Implant Claims. Any information on this page or website is for educational purposes only. Last week Childers, Schlueter & Smith, LLC published the Australian Health Hazard alert regarding the Stryker LFIT V40 Femoral head. …
The Food & Drug Administration on March 12, 2015 announced a Class 2 Recall of about 11,658 Zimmer Persona knee implant Tibial components parts because of radiolucent lines and premature loosening. Distributed from 2012 through January 2015 due to the recall, the Persona knee was…
On Friday, February 20, 2015, DePuy/ Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay approximately $420 million more to resolve approximately 1400 additional DePuy ASR lawsuits. The order came from the Court extending the settlement offer to Plaintiffs who had revision surgery after August 31, 2013 up…
On December 22, 2014, China officially approved imports of a type of genetically modified corn – Syngenta’s Agrisure Viptera® MR162, ending China’s yearlong ban of imports of all corn containing any trace of the Viptera MR162 trait. The ban had essentially shut U.S. corn out…
The Wright Medical Profemur Total Hip System was approved in the U.S. as a substantial equivalent to existing hip replacement systems, but it is becoming apparent that design defects may make the device prone to early failure. Signs indicating potential problems with the system include: …
Just over two years since the Stryker Rejuvenate and ABGII hip implant products were recalled from the market in June 2012, national leadership in the multi-district litigation (MDL) today announced a global settlement proposal for all Stryker Rejuvenate and ABGII hip implant victims who have…
The first bellwether jury trial began yesterday over the controversial DePuy Pinnacle hip implant that has caused thousands of patients to needlessly suffer as a result of the product’s defective design and questionable marketing practices. Kathleen Herlihy-Paoli, claims the metal hips made by J&J,
