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Patient received metal‑on‑metal DePuy ASR hip replacements in 2006 and 2007. Elevated cobalt and chromium levels indicated the devices were shedding metal debris. The implants failed and required revision surgeries in 2011 and 2012 to remove and replace the defective components.

A 24‑year‑old man used a bodybuilding supplement later found to contain unlabeled designer steroids. The product was recalled after the FDA warned that it contained banned steroids. Shortly after taking the supplement, the previously healthy man developed acute liver and kidney failure.

A worker was descending an A‑frame ladder after applying waterproofing material in a high‑rise building’s basement. A rung on the ladder broke free, causing the worker to fall several feet onto a concrete floor.

A 20‑month‑old boy was strapped into a Dorel Safety 1st Summit Deluxe car seat facing forward when a crash occurred. The car seat manufacturer had not warned that forward‑facing seats were unsafe for children under age two.

Virgil Hood worked as a painter from 1973 to 1996 and regularly handled DuPont paints and thinners containing benzene. DuPont knew benzene could cause bone marrow disease but failed to warn workers.

A 45‑year‑old woman was misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Her neurologist prescribed MS medications even though MRI results did not confirm the disease. Within six months she developed acute liver failure and neurologic impairments.

A sales manager at an auto repair shop was retrieving merchandise when a step‑ladder buckled beneath him. Improperly installed rivets caused the ladder to collapse. He fell and suffered severe injuries.

Edwin Hardeman used Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide on his 56‑acre property for decades. He regularly sprayed the glyphosate‑based weed killer from 1986 to 2012 and was exposed repeatedly. In 2015 he was diagnosed with B‑cell non‑Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

DeWayne ‘Lee’ Johnson was a Bay Area school groundskeeper who sprayed Monsanto’s Roundup and Ranger Pro weed killers on school property. He applied the herbicides from a 50‑gallon tank truck and occasionally experienced blowback, soaking him in glyphosate. Two years after a particularly heavy exposure in which a hose broke and drenched him, he was diagnosed with non‑Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Joanne Anderson, an Oregon woman and lifelong bowler, routinely used Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder to keep her hands and bowling shoes dry and to prevent diaper rash on her children. Experts estimated she used the talc product more than 10,000 times over several decades. She later developed pleural mesothelioma, a cancer linked to asbestos exposure.

Stephen Lanzo III used Johnson & Johnson’s talcum powder products for decades. He alleged that the talc was contaminated with asbestos and that exposure to the powder caused his mesothelioma. His wife also brought a loss‑of‑consortium claim.