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Wright Medical Was Wrong
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DePuy, Stryker, and Zimmer are not the only hip prosthesis manufactures getting hauled to court over defective metal-on-metal devices. Koester & Bradley, LLP filed a hip replacement lawsuit against Wright Medical Group on behalf of a man who claims the failure of his hip implant required him to undergo painful revision surgery and radically changed…

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Thank Your Local Medical Malpractice Lawyer
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“Medical Malpractice lawsuits cost us all in healthcare premiums.”  This is the faulty rhetoric put forth by certain entities opposed to civil lawsuits.   Health Affairs, a public policy journal, has recently published a study that may prove otherwise.  The only way to hold the healthcare and medical industry accountable for their negligence is through…

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The Complicated Problem of Indexed Annuities
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Since the first Equity-Indexed Annuities appeared in the product lines of insurance companies in the mid 1990’s,significant confusion has abounded. These annuities can be classified somewhere in the void left betweenfixed annuities and variable annuities. In this regard, many individual investors are naturally attracted tothe perceived benefit derived by Equity-Indexed Annuities. Benefits are described as…

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Metal-on-Metal Hips : DePuy Pinnacle Hips in Champaign Urbana following $502 Million Verdict 
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Koester & Bradley is continuing its investigation and representation of claims resulting from all metal-on-metal hip prostheses. This includes the DePuy Pinnacle Metal on Metal Hip system that is widely used in Central Illinois. Hospitals such as Presence Covenant Medical Center (Provena), Carle Foundation Hospital, and Decatur Memorial Hospital have implanted many Pinnacle hips. The…

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Koester & Bradley Settles Class Action, Trucking, and Medical Malpractice Cases for Millions in 2015-2016
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Tom Koester and Ryan Bradley had a string of high dollar settlements in 2015. Tom Koester started the year with the largest settlement in Firm history of for a medical malpractice case for $3,500,000.00. Ryan Bradley and his team then settled another medical malpractice claim for $600,000.00 and recently a commercial trucking accident case in…

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DePuy Orthopaedics Recalls Popular Hip Implant, Many in Central Illinois
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DePuy Orthopaedics is the subject of a number of lawsuits alleging serious injuries as a result of the defective design of its hip prosthesis. Following a recall in excess of 93,000 implants, patients from across Illinois and beyond have filed lawsuits alleging that their DePuy hip implants have failed much more quickly than they expected,…

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