The trials against Johnson & Johnson’s faulty hip implants are now underway, and a jury has already awarded more than $8 million in damages in the first DePuy hip replacement lawsuit to reach court. More than 10,000 claims have been filed against the manufacturer thus... Read More

On March 19, a new Propecia lawsuit joined other claims against Merck in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn). The plaintiff, a resident of Champagne, Illinois, was prescribed finasteride from 2005 to address his male pattern hair loss. Like other claimants... Read More

Johnson & Johnson lost its first DePuy ASR hip lawsuit and was ordered to pay the Montana claimant $8.3 million in damages. The trial took place in Los Angeles, California Supreme Court before a 12-member jury. The jurors deliberated for five days before rendering their... Read More

On March 2, 2013 another transvaginal mesh lawsuit was filed in federal court, this time in the Western District of Kentucky (Bowling Green). A Kentucky couple is suing Boston Scientific Corporation in a pharmaceutical products liability complaint over transvaginal mesh complications from the company’s product... Read More

On February 25, 2013, Tanzella Leary, individually, and on behalf of the estate of Darian Leary – her deceased husband – filed a Granuflo lawsuit in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. The case of Leary v. Fresenius Medical Care mirrors that of hundreds... Read More

Complications stemming from higher than anticipated failure rates have plagued yet another DePuy hip replacement system. A spokesperson for Johnson & Johnson confirmed that the company is issuing another DePuy hip recall – this time for the Adept implant. The DePuy Adept recall will affect... Read More