Brandon Smith
Partner at Childers, Schlueter & Smith, LLC
I’m M. Brandon Smith, a partner at Childers, Schlueter & Smith in Atlanta, Georgia, helping injured people nationwide with pharmaceutical litigation, mass torts, product liability, and serious personal injury cases.
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CDC Confirms 8th Vaping-Related Death as 530 Probable Illness Cases are Investigated
On Sep. 19, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced the eighth U.S. death linked to vaping-related lung disease as a Missouri man in his forties. This came just four days after California’s Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency announced the seventh death on…
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Federal Government Moves to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes Shortly after FDA Issues Warning Letter to JUUL
On Sep. 9, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter to JUUL Labs Inc., which dominates the U.S. e-cigarette market with their vaping products. According to the letter, JUUL has been engaging in illegal and deceitful marketing tactics by making unproven…
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Health, Environmental, and Farmer Groups Call for EPA to Remove Glyphosate Products from U.S. Market
On Sep. 3, 2019 Sixteen (16) health, environmental, farmer, and farmworker organizations released a joint statement calling for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to remove glyphosate from the U.S. marketplace due to an abundance of evidence linking it to a type of cancer called non-Hodgkin’s
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New Appeals Court Filing: Lawyers Call for Jury-awarded Punitive Damages to be Upheld in Roundup Cancer Verdict
On Aug. 10, 2018, a California state jury unanimously found that Monsanto’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused plaintiff Dewayne “Lee” Johnson to develop a type of cancer called non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). The jury also found that Monsanto failed to appropriately warn Roundup users of thi
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Stryker Tritanium PL Cage Can Cause Long-term Health Complications in Interbody Fusion Patients
Previously, I blogged about the Nov. 28, 2018 recall of Stryker’s Tritanium posterior lumbar (PL) cage. The cage was recalled after reports of cage fractures occurring during and after surgical implantation, putting patients at-risk for a number of medical complications. The surgical technique is b
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U.S. Judge Plans to Reduce Award in Roundup Cancer Lawsuit
On July 18, 2019 a California judge announced a tentative ruling saying she will reduce the $2 billion award against Bayer AG, which was awarded to a couple who both developed NHL cancer after using Bayer’s glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup on their properties for decades.…
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Is Bayer Heading Towards a Settlement for Roundup Cancer Lawsuits?
On June 26, Bayer AG announced new steps it is taking to resolve the thousands of lawsuits linked to Monsanto’s glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup. Today there are over 14,000 pending lawsuits against Bayer-owned Monsanto alleging Roundup caused heavily exposed users cancer. More specifically, the
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Hernia Mesh Medical Complications Continue to Ruin Patients’ Lives
Previously, I discussed the thousands of lawsuits that have been filed against hernia surgical mesh implant manufacturers such as C.R. Bard, Johnson & Johnson, Atrium and Gore. Hernia mesh is a net-like sheet that is used in over one million hernia repairs in the United…
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Roundup Verdicts Compensate Victims for Cancer Caused by Glyphosate Exposure
Roundup, which is a product of Bayer-owned Monsanto, is the most popular weed killer in the world. It is used on nearly all cotton, corn, and soy farms in the United States and on individual consumers’ personal properties. Despite the product’s worldwide popularity, however, recent…
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FDA Issues Warning of Stroke, Death Risk With Non-approved Wingspan Stent Use
The Stryker Wingspan Stent System is designed to open up narrow arteries in the brains of individuals who have experienced repeated strokes. When it is used on patients who do not meet the usage criteria outlined by the FDA, however, it can have life-threatening or…
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