On October 5, 2013, MLive news reported that a Flint, Michigan jury awarded a woman nearly $13 million in her lawsuit against Genesys Regional Medical Center. Libbey Bryson, 38 years old, claimed the medical center and its staff made critical mistakes during her delivery, causing…
On December 9, 2013, Vanity Fair ran an article titled, “Why is Potentially Lethal Contraceptive NuvaRing Still on the Market?” Currently, the manufacturer of the birth control device, Merck & Co., faces over 1,500 lawsuits filed by women claiming to have suffered serious injuries from…
On October 2, 2012, the U.S. Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) issued an order creating the Biomet Hip MDL. The order brought together all federal lawsuits with claims concerning the Biomet M2A-Magnum and Biomet M2A-38 hip replacement devices into the Northern District of Indiana.…
Shortly after the FDA approved the anti-coagulant “Pradaxa” in October 2010, patients started complaining of serious side effects. Prescribed to those with non-valvular atrial fibrillation to reduce risk of stroke, Pradaxa was hailed as the more convenient option to warfarin (Coumadin)—the leading a
In April 2013, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) issued an order centralizing all Tylenol personal injury lawsuits into one court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The panel noted that they chose this location because McNeil Consumer Healthcare, the division of McNeil
According to a press release from the Department of Justice, in May 2013, the “Medicare Fraud Strike Force charged 89 individuals, including doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $223 million in fa
In 2009, Florida resident Gary Townsend filed a nursing home lawsuit against Auburndale Oaks Healthcare Center in Auburndale, Florida. According to the Daily Mail, Townsend’s mother, Arlene, lived at the center from 2004 until her death in 2007. She was 69 years old. In the…
Back in July 2013, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II lawsuits into one court in the District of Minnesota. The consolidation was deemed appropriate because the lawsuits all involved common questions of fact and because the…
According to a WBNG-TV news report, another woman has died allegedly because she was using a birth control patch. She was 21-year old Justine Sperbeck of New York, and on August 28, 2013, she suddenly passed out. Her family later learned she had suffered a…
Over the past couple of years, the da Vinci surgical system has been linked with serious injuries, including tears and burns to internal organs, vaginal cuff dehiscence, and cut ureters. Some patients have filed lawsuits in an attempt to recover damages from manufacturer Intuitive Surgical.…
Lawsuits with claims concerning the recalled DePuy ASR hip device now number in the thousands, with two trials having already taken place in California and Illinois. There is another DePuy hip implant that allegedly caused similar problems, however, and that is the DePuy Pinnacle. The…
After receiving 20 reports of liquid fuel erupting and causing serious injuries, Big Lots is recalling about 30,000 tabletop torches, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The devices have a wick and burn liquid citronella fuel, and were made in India and sold…
