BOSTON, May 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Keches Law
Group has teamed up with Tom
Bosworth of Bosworth
Law, a Philadelphia based
catastrophic injury firm, filing a lawsuit this week on behalf of
Talia Smith, age 44, of Walpole, for permanent and irreversible
injuries she has suffered from taking just 3 antibiotic pills. The
antibiotic—Ciprofloxacin ("Cipro" for short)—carries a blackbox
warning that it can cause "disabling and potentially irreversible
serious adverse reactions" to the central nervous system. Smith
alleges in the lawsuit that the Beth Israel Deaconess
nurse practitioner who prescribed her Cipro for a minor UTI never
explained any of the risks or side effects of Cipro.
As a result of her injuries, Smith has been hospitalized
numerous times, even spending her 42nd birthday admitted to
Massachusetts General Hospital. Once a thriving employee climbing
the ladder at her corporate job, Smith is now completely disabled
and unable to work at all. This has devastated Smith and turned the
life of her and her husband, a disabled war veteran whom she used
to care for, upside down. Now both Smith and her husband require
around-the-clock care.
What is the Lawsuit About?
The, complaint filed in Suffolk Superior court (Docket Number
2484CV01006) by Bosworth and Keches Law Group attorney,
Chris Lynett, brings
negligence and failure to warn claims against the nurse
practitioner who prescribed the Cipro and the nurse practitioner's
Beth Israel Deaconess/Harvard practice
based out of Sharon, MA. In
addition, Smith named global conglomerate Bayer—the manufacturer of
Cipro—as a defendant for creating an unreasonably dangerous and
defective antibiotic that fails to adequately warn about the drug's
risks and the severity of those risks. The lawsuit seeks monetary
damages against the defendants to compensate Smith for her economic
and non-economic damages in the past and into the future.
"No antibiotic that can permanently disable a healthy person
should ever be prescribed in this country to treat a routine UTI,"
said Bosworth. "After taking just 3 Cipro pills, Talia Smith's life as she knew it was ripped
away from her." Bosworth explained: "Talia now spends her days
confined to a bed unable to function as a normal human being."
Bosworth said that he "will not stop until full responsibility and
accountability is taken by the defendants in this case."
Prior Media Coverage on this Client:
- "I Can't Walk: 25 investigate finds millions still prescribed
risky antibiotic in MA, nationwide", Boston 25 News (2/6/24)
(https://www.boston25news.com/news/25-investigates/i-cant-walk-today-25-investigates-finds-millions-still-prescribed-risky-antibiotic/3NOMSS3WDFAUJHM6MGJEQCFB3I/?outputType=amp)
- "UTI antibiotic leaves woman unable to walk", News Nation
Prime
(https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/uti-antibiotic-woman-unable-walk/amp/)
- "Common antibiotic pills used to treat UTI leave mom crippled
and unable to eat solid food", Daily Mail
(https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13111327/amp/young-mother-unable-walk-antibiotic-pills-uti.html)
ABOUT BOSWORTH LAW
Tom is a lawyer for catastrophic injury victims. At age 33,
Bosworth became the youngest lawyer in the history of Pennsylvania to obtain an 8-figure verdict
(i.e. greater than $10 million) for a
living patient in a medical malpractice case. A native of
Berkshire County, Massachusetts,
Bosworth sits on the Executive Committee of the National Trial
Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 organization for Civil Plaintiff lawyers
nationwide. In just over one year into starting his own firm,
Bosworth has obtained over $29
million in victories by settlement or verdict for his
clients.
For more information, visit the Tom Bosworth
Law website or follow him on
TikTok, Facebook, Instagram,
and LinkedIn.
CONTACT:
tom@tombosworthlaw.com
ABOUT KECHES LAW GROUP
Since opening in 1986, Keches Law Group has recovered more
than $2 billion for their clients and has supported
unions and fights for the rights of people injured on the job
throughout the greater Boston area, Rhode
Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. Other practice areas include
social security disability, employment law, class action, medical
malpractice, and more. Keches Law Group also prioritizes community
involvement and charitable causes through their non-profit
organization, Keches Cares. For more information, visit the Keches
Law website or follow them
on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter,
and LinkedIn.
CONTACT:
pr@kecheslaw.com
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