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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New Risperdal Research Adds Fuel to the Gynecomastia Fire
A study presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry concurs with what many young men and boys already know: users of Risperdal may face as much as a 69 percent increased risk of male breast growth, or gynecomastia in…
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Anti-Seizure Medication Onfi Linked To Life-Threatening Skin Reactions
Onfi, the brand name version of clobazam, a medication used to treat epileptic seizures, can cause serious skin reactions including Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) according to reports and the FDA. Clobazam is a benzodiazepine medication taken in combination with
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Stryker Claims Filed On Defective Hip Implants Continue To Increase
It’s been almost two years since Stryker Rejuvenate hip implants and ABG II hip stems were recalled. In July 2012, the hip implant company took the product off the market after discovering their high potential of causing fretting and corrosion of the joints. But…
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Update: Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Implant Lawsuits Continue To Mount
Earlier this year the JPML Court agreed to consolidate all of the federal lawsuits concerning the Rejuvenate and ABG II implants to one Court, with a case list of over 80 law suits, and thousands more expected to follow. As lawsuits surrounding the Stryker Hip…
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Richard Schlueter Appointed To Stryker Hip Implant Leadership Committee
Breaking News: Judge Donovan W. Frank, presiding over the Stryker Hip Implant MDL in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, ordered the formation of leadership involving a Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC). Richard R. Schlueter of Childers, Schlueter & Smith has been appointed…
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New Tranvaginal Mesh MDL Created For Coloplast Implants
Yet another set of transvaginal mesh cases have been consolidated into an MDL, or multidistrict litigation, as the result of an order issued by a federal judicial panel at the beginning of…
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Update on Actos' Link To Bladder Cancer and Other Related Dangerous Drugs
A leading diabetes treatment drug, Actos, has been the subject of heightened interest recently due to its being implicated in an increased incidence of bladder cancer among patients taking…
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Update: Actos Cases Linked To Bladder Cancer Set For First MDL Trial
A group of lawsuits that contend the diabetes drug, Actos, carries an increased risk of bladder cancer are set for an initial trial in Louisiana beginning in 2014. In December, the U.S….
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New MDL Created For Pradaxa Injury Cases
The number of lawsuits involving Pradaxa internal bleeding claims has increased so dramatically that the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation created an MDL to…
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AARP Warns Patients How To Help Prevent Medical Errors and Medical Malpractice In Hospitals
The number of patients that die each year due to preventable hospital errors is equal to four full jumbo jets crashing each week. While hospitals are capable of great medical feats, they are also…
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