In August 2012 plaintiffs Florence Kuhlmann and her husband John Perkins (Plaintiffs) hired Richard Alexander and the Alexander Law Group to sued Ethicon Endo-Surgery LLP; Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc. (collectively, Ethicon); and Dr. Rakhee N. Shah severe complications suffered by Ms. Kuhlmann from a surgery performed by Dr. Shah using a medical […]
Product Liability / Defective Products
California Product Liability Law: Defectively Designed Products
Consumers have the right to have products that are reasonably safe. In California, a manufacturer, distributor, retailer, or other company in the stream of commerce may be strictly liable for injuries caused by a dangerous and defective product. A design defect claim is a specific type of product liability claim typically filed against a product’s […]
Filing a Product Liability Law in California? Be Ready for These Two Affirmative Defenses
All manufacturers have a responsibility to provide reasonably safe products to the public. In California, a manufacturer, distributor, and/or a retailer may be strictly liable for injuries caused by a dangerous and defective product. That being said, it would be a mistake to assume that strict liability means automatic liability. Corporations can defend product liability […]
Anatomy of $79,860,000 Defective Product Verdict
Kuhlmann v. Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc., Ethicon Endo-Surgery LLC The Public Record of a $79,860,000 jury trial verdict in Alameda County Superior Court This hard-fought victory by the Alexander Law Group was made all the sweeter by the refusal of Johnson & Johnson to make a settlement offer. Facing a multi-million dollar […]
Advanced Bionics Defective Cochlear Implants: Risk of Nerve Damage in Replacement
On November 6, 2021, Neue Zurcher Zeitung (New Journal of Zurich), the Swiss newspaper of record, reported that clinics in Germany and Switzerland found defects in an astounding 50 percent of cochlear implants manufactured by Advanced Bionics. The expected failure rate for cochlear implants should be less than one percent. The defect in the Advanced […]
