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As Seen On Good Morning America (GMA) & Fox News (Fox & Friends) - Bernstein Liebhard's Denture Cream Zinc Lawsuits
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On May 5, 2009, ABC’s Good Morning America (“GMA�) ran a nationally televised segment about denture cream zinc poisoning. GMA’s segment profiled one of Bernstein Liebhard’s denture cream lawsuit clients and included an interview of Partner Eric Chaffin about denture cream lawsuits that Bernstein Liebhard filed last week on behalf of consumers. You can read about the GMA denture cream segment on Good Morning America's website here.
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GMA & Fox News Denture Cream (Fixodent & Poligrip) Zinc Interviews – Including Dr. Sharon Nations
GMA & Fox News Denture Cream (Fixodent & Poligrip) Zinc Interviews – Including Dr. Sharon Nations
The GMA segment featured a number of interviews, including:
- an interview of Eric Chaffin, who is the Bernstein Liebhard partner handling the denture cream litigation;
- an interview of Dr. Sharon Nations, an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and lead author of “Denture Cream: An unusual source of excess zinc, leading to hypocupremia and neurologic disease� published in Neurology, 2008;
- an interview, neurological examination and blood test of Bernstein Liebhard client Ellen Isaacs, who currently uses a walker for mobility and has suffered, inter alia, zinc poisoning, copper deficiency and neurological damage allegedly caused by her use of Super Poligrip denture cream; and
- an interview of Dr. Rachel Nardin, Ms. Isaacs’ treating neurologist who is with the Shapiro Clinic at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
GMA & Fox News Denture Cream Segment Brings National Attention to Devastating Illness
While other denture cream lawsuits have been filed, “we believe that this is the largest group of cases that has been filed by a single firm at one time and we expect to file many more,� said Eric Chaffin. Mr. Chaffin further states that “the Good Morning America segment covers what we believe is a common story among the denture cream users who suffer from zinc poisoning.� Poisoning symptoms for patients may start with tingling and numbness in the extremities, the patient may have unexplainable blood disorders and/or may lose their sense of balance requiring them to use a cane, walker or wheelchair for mobility.
As Mr. Chaffin explained, “Unfortunately, the manufacturers who sell denture creams containing zinc do not currently warn consumers about the potential for zinc poisoning and copper deficiency.� As a result, consumers who suffer from zinc poisoning from denture cream do not know that they are being poisoned and, “in many cases that we are seeing, the consumers go months, if not years, without the doctors identifying the source of the zinc,� said Mr. Chaffin. “We believe that had the manufacturers given consumers proper warnings, the very significant injuries to these consumers could have been avoided. Through these lawsuits and the nationally televised segments about the cases, we hope that public awareness of the problem with zinc in certain denture creams will grow and that the companies will be forced to provide an adequate warning to consumers,� said Mr. Chaffin.
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