Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuit Filed in California Court What do Robert James Atkin Jr., Harlan O. Erickson, Eugene Walter Gamble, Gerald Higgins, Philip L. Hughes, John Theodore Mitchell, Melvin P. Nicholas and Kenneth Trossman all have in common? The answer is that they are all suing Takeda...

Mentor Ob Tape Lawsuit Joins Transvaginal Mesh MDL On May 14, 2013, a transvaginal mesh lawsuit was filed as a potential tag-along case to the multidistrict litigation involving Mentor Corporation’s ObTape Transobturator sling, known as MDL 2004. The case is proceeding in the U.S....

Utah Man Files Propecia Sexual Dysfunction Lawsuit On April 10, 2013, a new plaintiff added a complaint to the growing number of lawsuits against Merck regarding the defendants’ medication, Propecia (finasteride). This Propecia sexual dysfunction lawsuit was originally filed in the U.S....

Over 4,000 DePuy Pinnacle Hip Lawsuits Pending in MDL While DePuy lawsuit news has largely been directed at the company’s recalled ASR hip implant, another metal-on-metal device has been the subject of mounting litigation. According to a master case list from the U.S. District Court for...

New Research Points to Risks of Pradaxa Brain Hemorrhage Emerging research underscores the potentially fatal consequences of Pradaxa bleeding complications. The blockbuster anticoagulant was launched by drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim back in October 2010, but the lack of a Pradaxa reversal...

Metal Poisoning Subject of Stryker Hip Replacement Lawsuit On May 6, 2013, Louise Bezely filed a Stryker hip replacement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Chicago). In her claim, the plaintiff says that the Rejuvenate system she had implanted in 2010 failed...

SSRI Side Effects May Include Surgical Complications Zoloft is a commonly prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), which is a type of antidepressant intended to treat anxiety disorders and depression. Zoloft has long been the subject of complaints that allege significant...

Cape woman to sue after hip replacement Cape Town – A Hermanus woman is one of 170 South Africans who are set to sue hip replacement manufacturer DePuy in a British court for damages related to a recall of hip implants. Martha Maria de Kock, 62, says she has lost partial vision in one of...

Wrongful Death Alleged in Granuflo Recall Lawsuit A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in California, by a plaintiff who claims his mother’s Fresenius dialysis injury led to her untimely death in May, 2011. The plaintiff, Joseph Thiede, says the use of a Fresenius product during the...

SSRI Antidepressant Side Effects Include Autism, Says Research The use of antidepressants during pregnancy may double the risk of autism in the child, according to recent research published in the British Medical Journal. The study adds to the concerns surrounding SSRI antidepressant side...

DePuy ASR Hip Lawsuit Filed in San Francisco A new product liability suithas been filed against Johnson & Johnson, alleging they were aware of the risks associated with their DePuy ASR hip replacement system before it was implanted into the plaintiff. Filed at the Superior Court in San...

New York Parents Charge Pfizer Actively Concealed True Risks Of Birth Defects To Infants From Zoloft When Prescribed To Mothers During Pregnancy NEW YORK,  – Wendy R. Fleishman, a personal injury lawyer at the national plaintiffs’ law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein,...

Judge sets aside $6.5M verdict in first Takeda Actos trial Less than a week after a jury awarded $6.5 million to a man who claimed Takeda Pharmaceutical Co’s diabetes drug Actos gave him bladder cancer, a California judge has set aside the verdict, citing unreliable testimony from the...

Kansas Woman Files Mirena IUD Lawsuit On April 16, Kansas resident Jessica Caruthers filed a Mirena IUD lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, alleging severe injuries. The plaintiff claims that Bayer designed, manufactured and marketed a defective product and failed to warn about...

Judge Nullifies Verdict in Diabetes Drug Case DEERFIELD, Ill., May 1, 2013 — Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. announced today that in the case of Jack Cooper , et al. v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc., et al., No. CGC-12-518535, the judge granted Takeda’s motion for...

Zimmer Hip Lawsuit Removed to Federal Court One of many Zimmer hip lawsuits pending in the U.S. has been removed from the state civil court where it was filed, and will instead be tried in federal court. The civil action was initially filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County,...

Pradaxa MDL Adds New Lawsuit Alleging Internal Bleeding A new lawsuit against pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim has been added to the Pradaxa MDL in Illinois. The MDL consolidates more than 120 lawsuits filed by plaintiffs claiming that they suffered internal bleeding or other...

Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceutical Sued For Mirena Birth Control Problems “If you want to have a true, care-free birth control that is effective for up to five years, the Mirena IUD may be the best option,” writes Michael Bomberger for Hive Media on April 5th, 2013. However, this is not the...

Stryker Hip Settlements Subject of New Mediation Order A mediation order has been given in regard to Stryker hip lawsuits pending in New Jersey consolidation. The judge overseeing the coordination has issued the mediation order to see whether Stryker hip settlements are possible, even while...

Pelvic Mesh Lawsuit Involves Device Used for Hernia Repair While the pelvic mesh lawsuit number continues to grow, another type of surgical mesh is also making its presence known in courtrooms across the country. The Kugel Mesh Patch, manufactured by Davol and C.R. Bard and used in...

Pradaxa Lawsuits to be Selected as Bellwether Trials Pradaxa multidistrict litigation continues to progress in Illinois. Judge David R. Herndon, the U.S. District judge presiding over the federal MDL, has established guidelines for selecting bellwether trialsfrom the hundreds of Pradaxa...

Propecia Class Action Lawsuit Approved in Canada A Canadian judge has approved a Propecia class action lawsuit allowing men who were allegedly injured by the hair loss drug to seek legal compensation for their injuries. A class action suit involves a group of plaintiffs with similar...

Stay Granted for Lawsuit Headed to Zoloft Multidistrict Litigation A recent lawsuit slated for Zoloft multidistrict litigation has now been granted a stay by the presiding judge. The case, which was originally filed in district court in the Northern District of California, would typically be...

Faulty NexGen Implant Subject of Zimmer Knee Lawsuit Another Zimmer knee lawsuit has been added to federal multidistrict litigation involving Zimmer knee complications. The complaint was filed by Short Form in the District of Minnesota, and adopts allegations in the plaintiff’s Long Form...

Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Lawsuit Cites Metal Fretting and Corrosion Citing Stryker hip complications involving the Rejuvenate system, Elaine and Nels Petersen allege Howmedica Osteonics sold a defective product while failing to disclose the risks, dangers and side effects, such as metal...