On July 12, 2018, a St. Louis jury awarded 4.69 billon dollars in damages to 22 women and their families after concluding that Johnson & Johnson (J&J) knew its talcum powder products contained asbestos but failed to warn consumers. All 22 women developed...
A Reputation For Being Tough, Since 1953
Products Liability
Plane Crash Litigation
The attorneys at Johnson Johnson Lucas & Middleton have decades of experience in representing victims of airplane crashes. We have handled cases involving charter aircraft, commercial planes, and privately owned planes. Our lawyers have the expertise and resources...
Safety Alert: 2016 Stryker LFIT COCR Femoral Head Recall
Artificial hip manufacturer Stryker Orthopaedics has notified surgeons that it is voluntarily recalling certain lots and sizes of its LFIT Anatomic COCR V40 Femoral Heads because of serious health risks to patients. Many people who were implanted with this hip...
Proton Pump Inhibitors and Kidney Failure
Proton pump inhibitors (PPI) like Nexium, Prilosec, and Prevacid, are medications used to treat heartburn, indigestion, and acid reflux. PPIs work by blocking the enzyme in the wall of the stomach that produces acid. Recent studies show that patients who regularly...
Bair Hugger Forced Air Warming Blanket
Patients who receive a Bair Hugger® forced air warming device during hip and knee replacement surgery face a significant risk of deep-joint infection. The air that is circulated by the forced hot air warming system is contaminated with bacteria. When the contaminated...
Essure Birth Control Device
The FDA has received numerous reports of injury and complications related to the Essure® permanent birth control device. Side effects include: Ectopic Pregnancy Pelvic Pain Migration of the Coils Perforation of the Uterus or Fallopian Tubes Rash and Itching (nickel...
Jury Awards $72 million for Talc Death of Woman
On February 23, 2016, a Missouri jury returned a verdict of $72 million to the family of a woman who died from ovarian cancer. The jury found that her death was caused by her use of Johnson & Johnson talcum powder products for feminine hygiene. About 1200 similar...
Xarelto clinical trials may have been faulty
Clinical trials performed by Johnson & Johnson and Bayer pharmaceuticals may have shown the drug Xaralto to be safer than it actually is. Xaralto is an anti-clotting drug frequently prescribed to prevent strokes in patients with heart disorders. The Food and Drug...
FDA: Guidewires for Rotablator Atherectomy Catheter Recalled
Boston Scientific is voluntarily recalling two core wires for its Rotablator Rotational Atherectomy System, according to an alert from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The manufacturer started recalling the guidewires back in October because of the...
Airbag Recall Widens to 34 Million Cars as Takata Admits Defects
“For more than a decade, the Japanese company Takata, one of the largest suppliers of airbags, denied that its products were defective even as motorists were killed by exploding airbags and automakers around the world recalled millions of cars equipped with its...