Joint replacement surgeries continue to gain popularity, but a recent study suggests that younger adults may want to approach them with more caution. A study published in the medical journal Lancet, found that people who went through either knee or hip replacement surgery at a…
Back in January 2017, plaintiffs filed a motion with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) seeking consolidation of all Stryker LFIT V40 femoral head lawsuits, stating that consolidation would serve the convenience of all parties involved, and would help avoid duplicative and co
In a recent letter to the editor published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), three University of Melbourne researchers have raised concerns that thousands of patients in hospitals around the world could be exposed to medical devices contaminated with dangerous bacteria. They argue…
Plaintiffs filed a petition with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) on January 26, 2017, to consolidate all federally filed Stockert 3T heater-cooler lawsuits into one court for pre-trial proceedings. The petition comes as more people across the country are seeking compensati
Plaintiffs who file personal injury lawsuits against prescription drug manufacturers typically assert failure to warn claims, which provide that the drug makers failed to provide adequate warnings about the risks associated with their products. Instead, they argue that the manufacturers overstate th
The U.S. House of Representatives recently proposed two new bills that, if passed, could seriously limit and restrict the rights of U.S. citizens to seek justice in court. The first, H.R. 985, is called the “Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017.” According to…
According to a recent Case Management Order entered in the Xarelto Multidistrict Litigation in federal court (Xarelto MDL), the first Xarelto bellwether trials have been delayed. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all federally filed Xarelto lawsuits in December
Plaintiffs who have filed claims against Stryker regarding issues with its LFIT V40 femoral head would like to see the growing number of Stryker lawsuits consolidated before one court for pre-trial proceedings. They filed a motion on January 13, 2017, with the U.S. Judicial Panel…
A new class action lawsuit was filed against 3T heater-cooler device manufacturer LivaNova, formerly Sorin Group Deutschland GMBH, on January 24, 2017. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, Columbia Division. The plaintiff asserts that he and…
A Louisiana man has filed a new Xarelto lawsuit on behalf of his spouse, who died after taking the blood-thinning drug. He filed his case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, joining the current Xarelto Multi-District Litigation (MDL) that was…
In 2016, the U.S. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee released a report on closed-channel duodenoscope-related infections, noting that they had sickened at least 250 patients worldwide. Duodenoscopes are small tube-like medical devices used to diagnose and treat health problems in the l
A new report by the independent, public-interest news organization ProPublica indicates that manufacturers spent more on physician payments for Xarelto than any other drug in 2015. Payments were for things such as promotional speaking, consulting, meals, travel, gifts and royalties, but not for rese
