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At this year’s annual North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ) convention in Wilmington, NC, Janet Ward Black received this year’s Thurgood Marshall Award. This recognition was presented at the opening session of the convention during the Awards Ceremony on Sunday, June 16, 2013. The professional organization (NCAJ) established the award “to recognize extraordinary and selfless […]
After years of representing clients harmed by dangerous products, Florida attorney Doug Blankman experienced firsthand how it felt to be the victim of a defective medical device. According to the Chicago Tribune, the 58-year-old lawyer recently underwent hip revision surgery, following a doctor’s discovery of damaged tissue caused by corroding metal from his Stryker® Rejuvenate […]
Johnson & Johnson recently announced that it will begin phasing out the production of metal-on-metal and ceramic-on-metal hip replacement products manufactured by their DePuy Orthopaedics division. The world’s leading manufacturer of healthcare products also stated that it will cease selling DePuy’s all-metal hip implants effective August 31, 2013. This news appears to be the latest […]
On Thursday, May 30, the Top 50 Women Lawyers in North Carolina named by SuperLawyers magazine were invited to a celebration of their recognition by Legal Aid of North Carolina. This year’s event was held at First Citizens Bank in Greensboro, co-sponsored by Ward Black Law, GlaxoSmithKline and Duke Energy. Janet Ward Black of Ward […]
A typical family hunting trip in October, 2000 quickly turned into a nightmare for the Barbers when mom Barbara switched off the safety to unload her Remington 700. A shot rang out, and her nine-year-old son, Gus, was dead. Her hand was nowhere near the trigger. Barbara cannot bear to speak about the accident in […]
Linda Gross is a 47 year old nurse from Watertown, South Dakota who suffered from pelvic organ prolapse (POP), a common condition which occurs when the pelvic muscles weaken and stretch, bulging, or prolapsing, into the vagina. In 2006, she was implanted with Johnson & Johnson’s Gynecare Prolift, a polypropylene mesh inserted through the vagina […]
During the first trial against the DePuy Orthopedics division of Johnson & Johnson, an internal analysis conducted by the company in 2011 was disclosed to the public. The analysis estimated that the ASR metal-on-metal hip implant had a 40% fail rate within 5 years. This is a rate 8 times higher than for many other […]
A German hospital was recently sued for medical malpractice after surgeons allegedly left 16 surgical instruments inside of a cancer patient’s body during a 2009 operation. Although this may be the most radical example of gross hospital and doctor negligence covered by the media in quite a while, complications that result from preventable surgical errors […]
North Carolina workers’ compensation provides medical and disability coverage for individuals with work-related injuries, impairment/disfigurement and occupational diseases, such as asbestosis and hearing loss. If a worker can produce sufficient evidence that the injury or disease was a direct result of the job, the worker has a right to receive compensation for significant wage loss […]
Thousands of women across the United States suffer from Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) and Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) as a result of pelvic muscle weakness. Now, many of these same women are suffering from complications and side effects from surgically implanted vaginal mesh, pelvic mesh and bladder sling products, approved medical treatments for these common […]