A Tennessee woman recently filed a new Mirena lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She claims that after she was implanted with the birth control device, she suffered from serious injuries. She named as defendant manufacturer Bayer Healthcare…
A Florida woman recently filed a new Ethicon surgical mesh lawsuit in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County. She claims that after she was implanted with mesh devices made by the manufacturer, she suffered from serious injuries. She also says that the products…
According to a recent CNN report, manufacturer Bayer paid millions to doctors to entice them to use Essure, their permanent birth control device. The news channel analyzed federal data and found that between “August 2013 and December 2017, Bayer paid 11,850 doctors $2.5 million related…
The FDA received over 26,000 medical device reports related to Essure between November 2002 and December 2017. The reports indicated problems with the permanent birth control device, including migration, breakage, dislocation, and malpositioning. Manufacturer Bayer, despite recently stating they would no longer sell the device…
A Minnesota woman recently filed a new Zimmer hip lawsuit against defendants Zimmer, Inc. and Zimmer Holdings, Inc. The plaintiff claims that after she was implanted with the Zimmer Kinectiv Hip System, she suffered from serious injuries requiring complicated revision surgery. The case was filed…
On June 19, 2018, plaintiffs filed a motion with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to consolidate all federally-filed lawsuits concerning the Zimmer M/L Taper with Kinectiv Technology and VerSys femoral head hip replacement products. Plaintiffs claim that the components are defectively designed…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently warned that neurovascular stents used to help treat certain unruptured aneurysms could cause serious and sometimes deadly side effects. The administration has received reports of some patients who have received these stents and then suffered a stroke and/or…
The FDA is advising women who are considering non-surgical vaginal rejuvenation procedures to think twice, as the procedures may result in serious injuries. According to a recent safety communication, the devices used in these procedures were never FDA-tested or approved for vaginal rejuvenation. The manufacturers…
A Tennessee woman recently filed a new Bard hernia mesh lawsuit in the Eastern District of Tennessee. She claims that the Bard Dulex Mesh that was used to repair her ventral hernia caused her serious and ongoing injuries. Bard Dulex Mesh “Defectively Designed,” According to…
A New Jersey man has filed a new Ethicon Physiomesh lawsuit in New Jersey Superior Court. He claims that the Ethicon Physiomesh that was implanted to treat his incisional hernias caused him serious ongoing injuries. The plaintiff seeks to hold manufacturer Ethicon, Inc. and parent…
