On February 28, 2012, in Massachusetts federal court, Oregon couple Diane and Jerome Bogedin filed a lawsuit against Boston Scientific. Their suit alleges vaginal mesh side effects related to the defendant's "Advantage" Transvaginal Mid-Urethral Sling System, and contends that the device is dangerously defective. Like... Read More

On February 21, 2012, Georgia resident John Paul McGinnis filed a DePuy hip recall lawsuit in California Superior Court for Los Angeles County. McGinnis claims that DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., as well as parent company Johnson & Johnson, are responsible for his "severe and permanent injuries"... Read More

On February 17, 2012, Simon Milton Harvey filed a claim in Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois against Takeda Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of diabetes medication Actos. He alleges that the company knew of the risk of bladder cancer from Actos before they released the drug... Read More

A new federal MDL (multidistrict litigation) will address complaints about Wright Medical Technology's “Conserve” metal-on-metal hip implant. This latest MDL will join two pending coordinated proceedings involving plaintiff allegations about DePuy hip complications – one for DePuy hip recall lawsuit plaintiffs, headquartered in Ohio, and... Read More

On June 20, 2011, Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. acquired American Medical Systems, Inc. (AMS), a company that manufactures vaginal mesh devices. Since that time, Endo has been named as a defendant in multiple vaginal mesh lawsuits, which allege injuries derived from serious transvaginal mesh problems. However,... Read More

A growing number of mothers have filed lawsuits, claiming that their their babies developed birth defects resulting from Zoloft use during pregnancy. Known as sertraline generically, Zoloft is prescribed to treat depression, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, among other conditions. It has enjoyed... Read More

Zoloft, also known as sertraline hydrochloride, is the subject of a growing number of lawsuits around the country. Pfizer manufactures the antidepressant. As some families have unfortunately discovered,side effects can be devastating for pregnant women. Many affected families have retained legal counsel and are seeking... Read More

When Judge Herndon issued the order to postpone the first bellwether trial for the Illinois Yaz multidistrict legislation (MDL), he explained that he did not believe the "bellwether plan" would be in the best interests of either the plaintiffs, who allege that they were not... Read More