Twenty-one Neomedic mesh lawsuits may be on their way to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia for coordinated and/or consolidated pretrial proceedings. Plaintiffs’ attorneys have asked the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to make the transfer. The Panel determines... Read More

A New York state judge has ruled that Pfizer is not liable for birth defects allegedly caused by a generic version of Zoloft. Judge Carol E. Huff of the New York County Supreme Court issued an order on October 8th, in which she explained the the... Read More

Between $700 million and $1.13 billion is the latest estimate by Stryker Corporation, the manufacturer of recalled hip replacement systems, due to the costs related the recall, lawsuits and Stryker hip settlements. In its 2013 third-quarter earnings reports and form 10-Q report, Stryker announced that... Read More

For the second year in a row, the controversial anticoagulant Pradaxa leads all other drugs in adverse event reports submitted to the Federal Drug Administration (FDA).  According to an analysis by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), in 2012 the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System... Read More

Plaintiffs in a Mirena lawsuit were in danger of having their case dismissed, but have been given the opportunity to modify their complaint. The lawsuit was filed against Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp., the manufacturer of the Mirena IUD birth control. Bayer had petitioned the court to dismiss... Read More

Another Januvia wrongful death lawsuit was filed in federal court in California earlier this month, alleging the makers of the popular diabetes medication failed to warn doctors and patients the drug could cause pancreatic cancer. The plaintiff, Teresa Sharit of Gardendale, Alabama, brought the lawsuit... Read More

A lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania alleges the makers of antidepressant Zoloft are liable for heart defects present in the plaintiff's baby. The woman, from Iowa, had been prescribed the drug while pregnant. The case is the... Read More

Discovery has begun in New Jersey Mirena birth control lawsuits, although the first trial dates are not scheduled until the second half of 2015. Discovery is the process in which information relevant to the lawsuit is exchanged and documents produced that may be necessary for... Read More