Barrios KingsDorf & Casteix, L.L.P. - Attorneys At Law

TVM, or transvaginal mesh, was developed and used in women to treat several conditions.  Sometimes, though, the device’s design and implantation can cause serious complications and side effects.  If you or a love one has been implanted with TVM for stress urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse, you may be entitled to financial compensation.  Keep reading to find out more. (more…)

Recently, BKC filed suit on behalf of a client against the makers of one of the most widely-prescribed diabetes drugs commonly referred to as Actos for allegedly causing his bladder cancer.  Suits filed in various federal courts around the country have in the last few weeks been consolidated in Louisiana in front of the Honorable Judge Rebecca F. Doherty of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

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Yesterday, February 17, 2011, Barrios, Kingsdorf & Casteix, along with attorneys from Outten & Golden LLP and Burr & Smith LLP, filed suit against BP and its contractor The Resource Group (“TRG”) for allegedly violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).  (more…)

DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, has recalled 93,000 hip replacement systems known as ASR or ASR XL worldwide.  An alarmingly high number of complaints about the hip and a higher-than-normal number of surgeries to replace the hip prompted the recall.  DePuy also made another metal-on-metal hip known as the Pinnacle hip system, and the lawyers of our firm are investigating cases for people with these potentially faulty metal-on-metal hips.

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Over the last few weeks, Zachary L. Wool, in conjunction with a team of lawyers across the country, filed numerous suits against POM Wonderful, LLC, the maker of POM Wonderful pomegranate products. (more…)