California resident Amanda Hatherley filed an Effexor lawsuit against Pfizer and McKesson in the Shasta County California Superior Court, based on allegations that her newborn child died as direct result of birth defects caused by her use of the antidepressant during pregnancy. Her complaint was brought on... Read More

Anna M. Robare is the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court of Connecticut against Howmedica Osteonics Corporation and Stryker Corporation. Ms. Robare alleges that the Stryker Corporation was negligent in the design, manufacturing and marketing of their Stryker Rejuvenate Modular Hip... Read More

One of the powerhouses of the pharmaceutical industry, Merck, is facing challenges on multiple fronts. Profits dropped by almost half in the second quarter of 2013 due to increased competition from generic manufacturers as well as a burgeoning number of claims related to its baldness... Read More

Federal Judge Douglas P. Woodlock, who is presiding over multidistrict litigation (MDL) that centralizes similar Fresenius dialysis injury lawsuits involving injuries from Granuflo and Naturalyte, has scheduled an initial status conference for August 30, 2013. According to the July 29th judicial order, the first scheduling conference... Read More

Earlier this week, the first of thousands of federal transvaginal mesh lawsuits returned to court after ending in a mistrial last month. The case is one of 24,000 product liability cases against six manufacturers pending in federal court dealing with allegedly defective transvaginal mesh products,... Read More

A Pennsylvania woman has filed a lawsuit complaint over the an artificial knee implant, alleging serious injuries and the need to undergo a Zimmer knee revision surgery due to premature device failure. The Zimmer LPS flex injury lawsuit was filed on June, 28, 2013 in the... Read More

The number of Pradaxa lawsuits against the makers of the controversial anticoagulant drug continue to grow as injured plaintiffs seek to hold pharmaceutical giant Boehringer lngelheim responsible for severe bleeding injuries users claim they were not warned could be a side effect of the medication.... Read More

Arkansas resident Carry Ball is suing Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson based on allegations that the defendants designed, manufactured and sold a defective drug known as Risperdal, causing her to suffer permanent injuries. Ball contends that as a direct and proximate result of... Read More