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Fighting for Women and Infants - That's What Motivates Me

Oct 4, 2024

[Excerpt from a conversation with Paola Pearson, a Partner on the Anapol Weiss Women's Health Litigation Team] In 2021, I gave birth to a healthy baby girl after years of fertility challenges. My experience with pregnancy and loss inspire my career as an attorney in ways I never imagined. Birth Injuries Caused by Negligence My personal fight to become a mother motivates me to fight for the victims of senseless birth injuries that result in preventable and catastrophic...

Representing Women Catastrophically Injured by Transvaginal Mesh Implants

Oct 3, 2024

Excerpt from a conversation with Kila Baldwin, who has secured over $180 million in settlements for women injured by transvaginal mesh implants. Kila is one of the leaders of the Anapol Weiss Women's Health Litigation Team. I have tried cases for many women who were catastrophically injured by transvaginal mesh. Medical device manufacturers, like Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific, Bard, and Coloplast marketed and sold transvaginal mesh for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and...

Consequences of Nurse Understaffing at Nursing Homes

Oct 2, 2024

Having enough nursing staff at a nursing home is crucial to ensuring that the home’s residents get the care and treatment they need. Fortunately, Pennsylvania has enacted a state minimum for nursing home staff levels, and that minimum just increased beginning July 1, 2024. Now, Pennsylvania nursing homes are required to have enough nursing staff to provide 3.2 hours PPD, or “per patient day. ” This is up from 2.87 PPD as of July 1,...

Recreational Helmets: Design Defects—Bicycle, Football and Motorcycling

Sep 30, 2024

Published in The Legal Intelligencer September 30, 2024 By Larry Coben, Anapol Weiss Excerpts from the article: No one has ever attempted any sort of retrospective study of the relationship between helmet design and the frequency or nature of injury. And yet the issue of the efficacy of helmet safety effects millions of Americans. Approximately 47 million Americans bicycle on a regular basis. In 2015, in the United States, over 1,000 bicyclists died and there were almost 338,000 bicycle-related injuries...

Female Patients at Jefferson Health Hospital are Forced to Cope with the Consequences of Incorrect Mammogram Result Failures

Sep 26, 2024

Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia, formerly Einstein Medical Center, was recently cited by local health inspectors for providing incorrect mammogram results to patients. Sarah Gantz authored an article for the Philadelphia Inquirer dated September 26, 2024, wherein she describes how Jefferson Einstein (“Einstein”) incorrectly informed patients their mammogram results showed “no sign of breast cancer.” However, these patients subsequently learned the results were inconclusive requiring follow-up. This news comes after at least two women have reported receiving incorrect...

Hospital Chain Acadia Healthcare Must Be Held Accountable for its Systemic Abuse of Patients at its Taxpayer-Funded Residential Treatment Facilities

Sep 19, 2024

“Bold action” is needed says Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, to address a long-term series of horrific abuse and neglect by residential and outpatient facilities owned and operated by hospital chain Acadia Healthcare.[1] Just this month alone, the New York Times published three different articles exposing a widespread systemic series of sexual and physical assaults, neglect, and entrapment by psychiatric facilities owned and operated by Acadia.[2]This nationwide attention comes after a bombshell May 2024...

Crashworthiness: Assessing When Catastrophic Injuries from Vehicle Accidents are Caused by Failures in Design

Sep 18, 2024

{Preface: Coben has a long history of winning crashworthiness cases against vehicle manufacturers. In 2024, he and Anapol Weiss shareholder Kila Baldwin won a $20.7 million verdict against Honda Motor Company for a faulty motorcycle gas cap design.} Cars, pick-up trucks, SUVs, vans, motorcycles and over-the-road trucks must all be built to be crashworthy. That means that they must be designed to minimize the risk of serious and catastrophic injury in crashes. The scope of this...

Understanding Ozempic Injuries and Your Legal Options for Compensation

Sep 18, 2024

Ozempic, a medication commonly prescribed to manage Type 2 diabetes, has gained attention due to its potential side effects and associated health risks. If you or a loved one has experienced injuries caused by Ozempic, it’s important to know that you may be eligible to recover compensation through mass tort litigation. In this blog, we’ll explore what Ozempic is, the injuries it can cause, and how a mass tort lawyer at Anapol Weiss can help you...

Injured by a Distracted Driver in Philadelphia? Here's How to Recover Compensation

Sep 17, 2024

Distracted driving is a serious and growing problem, especially with the rise of smartphones and in-car technologies. In Pennsylvania alone, over 13,000 crashes in 2022 were attributed to distracted driving. As students return to school and more teen drivers hit the road, the risk increases, particularly in urban areas like Philadelphia. If you’ve been injured in a car accident caused by a distracted driver, you need to understand your rights and options for seeking compensation. In...

Depo-Provera and Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors (Meningiomas): What you Need to Know

Sep 17, 2024

When it comes to managing birth control, women have numerous options available to them, from oral contraceptives to long-acting methods like Depo-Provera. Depo-Provera, an injectable form of birth control, has been a popular choice due to its convenience and efficacy. However, a recent study linked Depo Provera use to an increased risk of brain and spinal tumors called meningiomas. It is estimated that 1 in 5 women have used Depo-Provera at some point which makes...