So far, Bayer has negotiated lawsuit settlements in about 4,800 cases, paying out more than $1 billion to plaintiffs who claimed injuries from birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin. All of these…
According to a recent Harris Martin article, a California judge has agreed with plaintiffs in a Tylenol wrongful death lawsuit to remand the case back to state court. Plaintiffs will now continue…
Over 1,000 NuvaRing lawsuits are pending in the consolidated multidistrict litigation in the Eastern District of Missouri. In March 2013, Judge Rodney Sippel granted a motion to allow…
Patients with Metal Hip Implants May Want to Consider Regular Blood Tests A recent study published in the British Medical Journal Open reported that an elevated level of cobalt in the blood…
On February 19, 2013, plaintiff Robert Davis filed a motion with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to consolidate all federal Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II lawsuits into…
In January 2013, the New Jersey Supreme Court consolidated all Stryker hip lawsuits concerning the Rejuvenate and ABG II modular-neck hip stem implants into one court in Bergen County. They…
Over 2,500 transvaginal mesh lawsuits have been filed against Boston Scientific, one of the major manufacturers of mesh products. In one of those lawsuits, 67 women together claim that the…
On October 2, 2012, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated all federal Biomet M2A Magnum hip lawsuits into one court in the Northern District of Indiana to form MDL No….
Over 10,000 patients who have experienced complications with DePuy Orthopaedic’s hip implant products are now seeking lawsuit settlements or jury awards to help compensate them for their…
In January of this year, the first Ethicon transvaginal mesh lawsuit went to trial in the Superior Court of Atlantic County, New Jersey. Plaintiff Linda Gross brought claims against Ethicon and…
In August 2012, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals petitioned the New Jersey Courts to centralize all Mirena IUD lawsuits filed in the state into one location. On January 8, 2013, the New Jersey…
According to a new study published by the New England Journal of Medicine, the Mirena IUD is more effective than usual medical treatment in reducing the effect of heavy menstrual bleeding on…