William Lucy filed a Stryker hip recall lawsuit on April 21, 2013 in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama (Southern), claiming the defendants manufactured and sold a defective Rejuvenate modular hip system, causing him to suffer serious complications and injuries. The device in... Read More

Five women hailing from Nebraska, Texas, Florida, and Indiana have joined the ranks of thousands who claim that Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals failed to warn about Yaz blood clots risk. The plaintiffs each took Yasmin or Yaz as their primary form of birth control and later suffered... Read More

In a lawsuit filed on May 17, 2013, a plaintiff is seeking damages of $6 million from Fresenius Medical Care, manufacturers of the GranuFlo dialysis treatment, after suffering cardiac arrest and ongoing health problems allegedly caused by the product. The plaintiff, from Oscoda, Michigan, is... Read More

Illinois plaintiff Gary L. Wolford is seeking more than $1 million dollars in damages from Striker Orthopaedics, based on allegations of permanent injuries from the defendant’s Rejuvenate hip replacement system. His Stryker hip recall lawyer filed the claim in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois on May 10,... Read More

On May 14, 2013, a transvaginal mesh lawsuit was filed as a potential tag-along case to the multidistrict litigation involving Mentor Corporation’s ObTape Transobturator sling, known as MDL 2004. The case is proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia (Columbus). According to court... Read More

While DePuy lawsuit news has largely been directed at the company’s recalled ASR hip implant, another metal-on-metal device has been the subject of mounting litigation. According to a master case list from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, there are presently 4,087 DePuy Pinnacle hip... Read More

On May 6, 2013, Louise Bezely filed a Stryker hip replacement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Chicago). In her claim, the plaintiff says that the Rejuvenate system she had implanted in 2010 failed prematurely, causing her to suffer serious complications and injuries that required... Read More

Emerging research underscores the potentially fatal consequences of Pradaxa bleeding complications. The blockbuster anticoagulant was launched by drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim back in October 2010, but the lack of a Pradaxa reversal agent has resulted in hundreds of deaths among recipients, as doctors have few means to stop the... Read More