Failed Hips and Harmful Drugs – Details, episodes & analysis

I am Clay Hodges, an attorney based in Raleigh, North Carolina. For the past 20 years, I have been representing individuals injured by defective products, problematic medications, and toxic exposures. 

Today, I am following up on the Camp Lejeune toxic water litigation. If you, one of your family members, or someone you know suffered extended exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987, it is essential to file an administrative claim with the US Navy before August 10, 2024. That is a firm deadline, so missing it would mean losing out on any chance of compensation. 

While filing the claim is not overly complex, I strongly recommend seeking legal guidance from someone well-versed in this type of litigation. Remember the cutoff date, and don’t delay in taking action if you are in a position to pursue a claim.

Stay tuned for more! 

Show Highlights:

• The deadline for filing Camp Lejeune water contamination claims is August 10, 2024
• How Marine Corps veterans and their families can claim a financial recovery
• At which time were active duty marines exposed to the toxic water at Camp Lejeune?
• How the exposure to toxic water at Camp Lejeune may have caused many diseases
• The various types of cancers and diseases the plaintiffs claim the contaminated water has caused 
• How the exposure to toxic water at Camp Lejeune may result in a million individual claims 
• Remember, the deadline for filing Camp Lejeune water contamination claims is August 10, 2024

Links and resources:

If you think you may have a litigation case, call Clay at 919-334-6277.

Check out Clay Hodges's website  

Please note that this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not legal advice nor intended to be legal advice. If you need a legal opinion about your particular case, contact me or another attorney.

A remarkable new law has just been passed that will open a channel to financial compensation for people exposed to toxic water at the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Those exposed to the toxic water developed serious health problems, including many cancers.

Before going to law school, attorney Clay Hodges was an English instructor at Coastal Carolina Community College in Jacksonville. He spent several years teaching US Marines, their spouses, children, and other dependents. He also taught classes directly on the Marine Corps base at Camp Lejeune, so he is very familiar with Camp Lejeune and the Jacksonville area.

In August 2022, President Joe Biden signed the new bill that created a federal cause of action related to toxic water at Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987. In today’s podcast, attorney Hodges reviews certain parts of the bill, unpacks the language, and dives into the details of the exciting new legislation called the Camp Lejune Justice Act of 2022. 

Stay tuned to hear the details of the recently legislated Camp Lejune water act.

Show highlights

• The period between 1953 and 1987 is the most important detail of the Camp Lejeune bill.
• Attorney Hodges explains who might have a valid case. 
• What do we know about the contamination of the water at Camp Lejeune?
• Some of the toxic chemicals found in the water supply at Camp Lejeune.
• The chemicals found in the drinking water at Camp Lejeune are extremely harmful to human life.
• Extended exposure to the chemicals in the Camp Lejeune drinking water has been linked to birth defects, various cancers, and other major health problems.
• As far as we know, the water at Camp Lejeune is now safe to drink.
• You have only two years in which to submit an administrative petition or file a lawsuit against the federal government if you think you have a claim under the new legislation.
• Under the new legislation, the exclusive jurisdiction for these cases will be the Federal Court in the Eastern District of North Carolina.
• Family members of deceased people who qualify under the new law can claim compensation for the wrongful death of the deceased person.
• Attorney Hodges explains why the new law is so extraordinary.

Links and resources:

If you think you may have a case, call Clay at 919-546-8788 to discuss further.

Check out Clay Hodges's website   

Zantac was a popular drug for many years but has now been removed from shelves. If you are  wondering why this once popular heart burn medication is now facing recall and litigation, listen to this podcast episode. 

In this episode Clay Hodges shares the story of Zantac, how successful marketing turned the medication into a blockbuster, and how harmful chemicals eventually forced it off the market. If you or someone you know may have taken Zantac, this episode is full of vital and resourceful information. 

Show Highlights: 

• What is Zantac 
• How marketing enhanced the popularity of Zantac 
• The negative impacts of NDMA and what makes it dangerous 
• What makes NDMA a major health risk 
• How NDMA can form in the body after taking Zantac
• Ways NDMA can show up in the Zantac manufacturing process 
• Zantac multidistrict litigation (MDL) and other issues with ranitidine 

Links: 

Contact Clay: 919--546-8788

https://www.northcarolinaproductliabilitylawyer.com/failed-hips-and-harmful-drugs-the-product-liability-podcast/

Note: Defendants in the Zantac/ranitidine litigation dispute many of the allegations in the MDL litigation, and Plaintiffs will have to prove their cases in court. The information provided in this podcast was developed from studies, news articles, and publicly-available court materials.

As a product liability lawyer, Clay Hodges has seen many cases of failed hip replacements. In this episode, Clay shares insight as to why your artificial hip may be failing and how to recognize evidence that it is. This episode is not medical advice, but is meant to offer insight as to whether or not you should inquire with your doctor about your hip replacement concerns. There are certain red flags that may indicate if your hip replacement is defective or not. If you want to know what the signs of an artificial hip failure may look like, join Clay in this episode.

Show Highlights:

• Why it’s important to consider recovery time before you begin to think “defective hip.”
• What is the biggest indicator that there may be something wrong with your hip replacement?
• Other signs that your artificial hip may be defective
• What doctors will check for to see if your artificial hip is defective
• Why you should ask your doctor about the product before your hip replacement surgery

Links:

https://www.northcarolinaproductliabilitylawyer.com/failed-hips-and-harmful-drugs-the-product-liability-podcast/

Contact by phone: 919-546-8788

Soldiers are often exposed to excessive and potentially hazardous noises on a daily basis. This can result in long term and extreme cases of noise induced hearing loss (NIHL). Today’s guest, Chet Sechrest, is a retired member of the Army, a trained Medic, who spent almost three decades as an Army Ranger and later as a member of the Special Forces. Chet shares his own personal experience and gives unique insight on the susceptibility and vulnerability soldiers have to hazardous noise and hearing loss. To hear more about the issues surrounding this epidemic, tune into this episode of Failed Hips and Harmful Drugs. 

Show Highlights: 

• Chet’s first job and assignments in the Army
• Training to be an Army Ranger and what the regimen looks like 
• How Chet got into the Special Forces and his personal journey
• Risk assessments and training soldiers in proper hearing protection 
• Different situations in which soldiers can be exposed to hazardous noises 
• Enforcing the annual hearing exam requirements 
• The 3M Combat Arms Earplugs
• The lasting impact defect ear plugs can have 
• What Chet is working on now after his career in the U.S. Army 

Links: 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/failed-hips-and-harmful-drugs/id1418154129

https://honorandvalorfoundation.org

While mild hearing loss can be a side effect of aging, often people suffer hearing loss from working in loud environments. Military service can be a loud environment. There are many avoidable environmental factors that can help avoid hearing damage if you have an awareness of them. Your ability to hear is important and it can be debilitating to suffer the loss of your hearing. 

Today, Product Liability Attorney Clay Hodges talks how to avoid noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) and the litigation emerging from defective earplugs used in the military and armed forces. To hear more about the impact of noise induced hearing loss and the cases involving dual-ended combat arms earplugs, tune in to this episode of Failed Hips and Harmed Drugs. 

Show Highlights: 

• What is hearing damage and what can cause it 
• Some of the ways noise induced hearing loss restricts people 
• How tinnitus affects people’s daily lives 
• Complete hearing loss caused by loud workplace noises  
• The psychological effects of hearing damage 
• Litigation emerging involving the military suffering hearing loss due to defective earplugs 
• The testing on the 3M earplugs was not adequate 
• Different cases being filed in this earplug litigation 

Links: 

To contact Clay for questions regarding failed medical devices or defective drugs: 919-546-8788

https://www.northcarolinaproductliabilitylawyer.com/category/podcast/

There are many factors to consider when taking a product liability case to court, including the financial costs. Even after you win your case, there are litigation and other costs and payments that have to be handled. In today’s podcast, Product Liability Lawyer Clay Hodges talks about how to manage these costs after your lawsuit is won, the financial differences between winning through a settlement or jury trial, and additional expenses that may impact your net award. Tune into this episode of Failed Hips and Harmful Drugs for more on what happens next after your settlement is complete. 

Show Highlights: 

• What happens after you win your settlement 
• Paying back litigation expenses 
• When expert witnesses are necessary and how they are paid 
• Dealing with hard costs and unpaid medical bills 
• The repayment for health insurance benefits 
• Health care liens 
• Paying attorneys with a contingency fee 
• Consolidated federal court and MDL cases 
• When a common benefit fee is subtracted from settlement awards
• Factors that reduce attorney’s overall award and your net recovery
• How to determine whether taking the case to court is worth it 

Links: 

To contact Clay for questions regarding failed medical devices or defective drugs: 919.546.8788

https://www.northcarolinaproductliabilitylawyer.com/category/podcast/

Do you have pain that seems irregular after Hip Surgery? Today’s guest will guide us through the expectations of hip surgery, what it is like to go through the surgery, what rehab is like, and what happens to a person when an artificial hip fails inside the body.

Amy Dougherty a physical therapist on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, is the owner of Outer Banks Physical Therapy. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where Clay also attended college and Law School. Loved by her patients, she is an outstanding Physical Therapist and will explain how hip surgery impacts your body and what happens to the body when hip surgery fails.

Show Highlights:

• Few reasons a person might need a hip replacement surgery
• Arthritis is the most common cause for hip replacement surgery
• How soon physical therapy starts after the surgery
• Biggest issues that come into play when going home for recovery
• What physical therapy might look like when you first arrive
• How long exercise at physical therapy tend to last and being able to take them home
• Sports that Amy would discourage after a hip replacement surgery
• Symptoms Amy notices if the hip surgery has failed
• There should be little to no pain after a hip surgery and the rehab 
• Metallosis - description and what happens when you have it
• Rehab for a person who has multiple surgeries on the same hip
• Amy’s medical opinion if a follow-up surgery would be successful 
• Better outcomes after learning of metal on metal hips, and fewer revision surgeries

Resources:

Call Attorney Clay Hodges 919-456-8788

Subscribe to Failed Hips and Harmful Drugs Podcast

Outer Banks Physical Therapy Website

On today’s episode we get to hear from Jeanne Lenzer, a medical investigative journalist. Last year she wrote, The Danger Within Us: America’s Untested, Unregulated, Medical Device Industry, and One Man’s Battle to Survive It. Jeanne has also written for many publications including the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Discover, Slate and many more.

Show Highlights:

• Ways healthcare has evolved into a multi-trillion industry in the last 50 years
• Doctors are reaping millions of dollars
• Jeanne explains the role the FDA is supposed to play in keeping America safe
• Devices that were grandfathered in
• Finding out years later of complications of the devices
• Bench testing definition and examples
• Studies on Metallosis  
• Jeanne was featured in the Netflix Documentary, The Bleeding Eagle
• Essure -A Birth control device and the problems it caused so many women
• How cause and effect can be confusing for medical device victims
• Current medical devices Jeanne is following right now
• Randomized controlled clinical trials 
• How to educate yourself on medical devices
• Summary on how we can as a Nation fight back
• Interest of the public instead of the profiteers 

Resources:

Call Attorney Clay Hodges 919-546-8788

Subscribe to Failed Hips and Harmful Drugs Podcast

Jeanne Lenzer Website & Book

Medical and health cases typically arise from detrimental effects to one’s health due to a faulty product. If this is the case, an individual may need to file a product liability lawsuit. Bringing cases like this to court can take years to resolve and there are many factors that can dictate the process. If you are currently involved in a product liability lawsuit or want to learn more about the process in which one occurs tune in to this episode of Failed Hips and Harmful Drugs with Attorney Clay Hodges. 

Topics include:

• Working with cases in multi-district litigation 
• Recalibrating your idea of how justice works 
• Factors to consider in a product liability case
• Delays in getting a settlement or other resolution of your case.  
• Post-trial motions 
• Motion for new trial 
• Filing an appeal 
• Getting a resolution before filing a lawsuit 

Connect with Clay:

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