Vanderhyde and Associates Law Firm is investigating Gadolinium Lawsuit cases nationwide.   People that were injected with a gadolinium based contrast agent before an MRI, MRA, Angiogram, Angioplasty, CT scan, Venogram, or Fistulgram may be at risk for developing a disease known as Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis.  The disease is most frequently found in dialysis patients, or people with kidney dysfunction (someone who is a kidney transplant patient or candidate).  If you have high blood pressure or diabetes, you could be at high risk as well.

Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis

If I call your firm, what type of questions can I expect to be asked?

Have you ever had kidney problems?  Have you ever had liver problems?  Who is your diagnosing physician?  Have you ever been on dialysis?  If so, did you ever stop at any time.  Have you been diagnosed with renal failure or chronic kidney disease?  Acidosis?  Reflux nephropathy?

Have you ever had an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) Cat Scan or MRA (magnetic resonance angiography).  Did the contrast agent that was used contain gadolinium?  What was the brand name of the contrast dye?  Was it Omniscan®  OptiMARK® Magnevist®  ProHance®  or Multihance®?  How long has it been since you had your last MRI or CAT Scan or MRA?

Have you experienced any of the following symptoms?

• Deep bone point in the ribs or hip area
• Yellowing of the eyes
• Change in skin texture or color
• Burning pains in the skin
• Plaques, papules
• Calcification of the soft tissue
• Skin thickening and tightening
• Hair loss in the affected area
• Difficulty with flexing your joints, difficulty walking or closing a fist
• Yellow papules (bumps) in the whites of the eyes

 
Have you ever been diagnosed with Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy (NFD) or Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF)?  Has the disease contributed to problems with your skin, lungs, hear or liver?  What type of medical treatment have you received from your doctors?  What state do you live in? 
What are some of the legal theories that lawyers are using in this litigation?

Some examples include:

Negligent misrepresentation – providing doctors with false information that the drugs were safe and would not adversely affect the users

Fraud and misrepresentation – knowingly and intentionally making material and false and misleading representations that the product was safe, and failing to disclose risks in labeling and marketing of the products.

Breach of Implied Warranty – when a defendant knew of the use for which their product was intended and the implied warranty that the products would be of merchantable quality and safe for such use, and the products were unreasonably dangerous.

Breach of Express Warranty – when a defendant expressly warrants that their product is safe and effective, and the product does not conform to these representations.

Negligence – Duty, breach, cause, harm.  The defendant had a duty to exercise reasonable care in the design, manufacture, sale, or distribution into the stream of commerce, and assure that the product did not pose a significantly increased risk, and the defendant failed to exercise reasonable care in the design, formulation, manufacture, sale, testing, labeling, marketing or distribution of the product into interstate commerce.  As a direct and proximate result of the defendants negligence, people suffer serious harm.

Strict Products Liability – Defect due to failure to adequately test, Defect due to non conformance with representations, Defect due to inadequate warning, Manufacturing Defect

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