Canada Personal Injury Lawyers

Personal Injury, Products Liability and Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Windsor, Ontario

Vioxx Lawsuit

September 30, 2004—Merck & Co. announced an immediate recall of Vioxx after a clinical study indicated a significantly elevated risk of heart attacks, strokes and other serious side effects.

Vioxx was approved in Canada in 1999 and was the most prescribed drug in Canada for the treatment of arthritis. More than 3.36 million prescriptions were filled in Canada in 2003 alone.

Our law firm represents hundreds of Vioxx users who have suffered heart attacks or strokes while taking the drug.

If you have been injured by Vioxx, you may be entitled to compensation. We encourage you to contact us for more information about your legal rights.

Asbestos Lawyers

Countless products and materials contain asbestos fibers. Those people working in the construction, railroad and shipbuilding industries are at the greatest risk of being harmed by exposure to asbestos. Asbestos is associated with several life-threatening diseases, including mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestosis.

In spite of overwhelming evidence that asbestos poses a significant risk to a person's health, the asbestos industry continues to promote its product in Canada. Various asbestos manufacturers in Canada are lobbying for the continued use of chrysotile, a type of asbestos linked to mesothelioma and lung cancer.

Asbestos companies knew as early as the 1930s that asbestos posed a significant risk to people. Instead of alerting the public to this danger, the manufacturers instead concealed the risk and continued developing and promoting the dangerous product.

Our law firm represents Canadians affected by asbestos. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, you should contact us immediately.

Windsor, Ontario Personal Injury Lawyers

Greg Monforton and Partners has grown to a highly respected accident and injury law firm with offices conveniently located throughout Windsor and Essex County, together with affiliate relationships with law firms throughout Ontario, Canada and the United States.

Every client's claim is personally handled or supervised by one or more of the firm's personal injury lawyers, each of whom restricts his or her practice exclusively to the representation of accident victims.

Greg Monforton and Partners is committed to protecting the rights of injured accident victims. The firm never represents insurance companies or product manufacturers. We only help people.

If you have been injured or lost a loved one in an accident, or through someone else's carelessness, or unintentional wrongdoing, our lawyers will work hard to get you everything you rightfully deserve for your losses.

Guidant Class Action Lawsuit

August 8, 2005—Greg Monforton and Partners today announced that it has partnered with Toronto lawyer James Newland of Lerners LLP to commence a national class action lawsuit on behalf of all Canadians who have received potentially defective defibrillators and pacemakers manufactured by Guidant Corporation.

In 2005, Guidant announced a recall of more than 125,000 heart defibrillators and pacemakers manufactured by the company.

If you have been received a Guidant device and you would like more information on the recall, please contact us.

St. Jude Medical Silzone Class Action Lawsuit

January 21, 2000—St. Jude Medical announced a worldwide recall of its mechanical heart valves and annuloplasty rings coated with Silzone.

Some countries had already issued safety warnings for Silzone products, or refused permission to use these products, and a number of hospitals had stopped implanting these devices over concerns about patient safety.

Our law firm is involved in the Silzone class action lawsuit. We will represent patients throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.

If you have been injured by a defective Silzone heart valve manufactured by St. Jude Medical and would like more information on the lawsuit, please contact us.

Current Consumer Cases

• Advair
• Asbestos
• Bextra
• Celebrex
• Gadolinium
• Guidant
• Medtronic
• Serevent
• St Jude Medical Heart Valves
• Tainted Tissue Lawsuit
• Vioxx

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Medtronic Lawsuit

February 10, 2005—Medtronic warned patients that certain defibrillator and pacemaker devices manufactured by the company have a potentially serious defect that can render the devices inoperable.

A class action lawsuit is pending in Canada seeking damages for Canadians injured by defective Medtronic defibrillators.

If you have received a Medtronic defibrillator or pacemaker and would like more information on the warning, please contact us.

Medical Malpractice

Under Ontario law, a legal claim for medical malpractice arises when a patient is injured by medical care that is not within the accepted standards of medical practice in the same or similar communities.

If you believe you or a loved one has been harmed by a medical mistake, please contact us immediately as the law limits the amount of time an injured person may file a lawsuit for medical malpractice.

Tainted Tissue Lawsuit

March 22, 2006—Greg Monforton and Partners has filed a $210 million class action lawsuit in connection with illegally harvested and potentially tainted human tissue and bone used in transplant surgery.

The lawsuit, filed in Windsor, Ontario, names Clarence Renaud as representative plaintiff of the proposed class of plaintiffs. Mr. Renaud allegedly received illegally harvested and unscreened bone and tissue as part of a routine back surgery.

Our lawyers want to help you if you have received an implant or graft that involved unscreened tissue. If you believe you have been infected, you should contact us immediately.