Three UPMC Patients Died From Fungal Infections Following Transplant Surgery
Our attorneys are investigating the circumstances that led up to a man contracting a fungal infection following lung transplant surgery at UPMC.
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Tenth Circuit Goes Out of Its Way to Squash Six-Year-Old Girl’s Birth Injury Claims
A six-year-old child known only as I.O. in court documents suffered permanent brain damage and severe disability from prolonged deprivation of oxygen immediately before birth. The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit on her behalf.
Superbug Reaches Pittsburgh Hospital
Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) has had at least one patient to have contracted the CRE Superbug. Legal allegations are pointing at the endoscopes and potentially substandard cleaning instructions by Olympus Corporation.
Pittsburgh Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuits May Soon Settle
Takeda, the maker of Actos, has offered $2.2 Billion for settlement of all current Actos bladder cancer lawsuits. If accepted, it would result settlements patients with bladder cancer in the range of $275,000 per patient.
Attorneys Obtain $6 Million Verdict in Negligent Misrepresentation Case Against Intertek
The hard work of Attorneys Brendan Lupetin and Greg Unatin of Lupetin & Unatin paid off when on March 7, 2014 a Pittsburgh jury returned a verdict of $6 million dollars on behalf of their client, Brand Marketing Group, L.L.C. (BMG). BMG was represented in court by its principle, David Brand, an inventor and small distributor whose company was crippled after a subsidiary of the world’s largest product-testing company, Intertek Testing Services, botched the testing of his newly unveiled space heater – the Thermablaster.
Attention Shifts to Epidural Abscess for Victims of Meningitis Outbreak
In previous blog articles, we discussed the multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis caused by tainted steroid injections. Now more than nine weeks since the outbreak
Latest On CDC’s Investigation Into The Meningitis Outbreak Linked To Contaminated Steroid Injections
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to investigate a multi-state outbreak of fungal meningitis first announced on September 26, 2012. The outbreak originated
More Insult to Injury for the Victims of the Meningitis Outbreak
Have you or a loved one been affected by the recent meningitis outbreak? If so, and you live in the state of Pennsylvania we urge
Jerry Meyers Named In “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” In Pennsylvania
Jerry I. Meyers of Pittsburgh, PA has been honored with a recognition by www.theatla.com in its selection of “Top 100 Trial Lawyers: Pennsylvania.” Pittsburgh, PA
Pennsylvania Physician Assistant Loses Certification Due To Salt Overdose
Originally Published Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA); February 5, 1998; Section: LOCAL; Edition: SOONER; Page: B-1 Steve Twedt, Post-Gazette Staff Writer A physician’s assistant who in 1993
Hepatitis Survivor Lucky To Be Alive
Originally Published January 9, 2004 Bill Vidonic, Times Staff Writer BEAVER – Richard Miller will be on anti-rejection medication for the rest of his life
Pennsylvania Hepatitis-A Victims’ Attorneys Ask Bankruptcy Court To Lift Stay
Wilmington, Delaware-Marler Clark, Seattle food illness attorneys, and Phillips, Goldman & Spence, Wilmington, a Delaware bankruptcy law firm, filed motions to lift the stay of