The Orange County Register reports at least 71 deaths associated with da Vinci robot surgery since 2000, according to a recent study. The number of “injury” or “death” events in FDA records reached 105 in August 2013, more than triple the rate of any prior month, according to... Read More

A California man recently filed yet another Medtronic Infuse spine surgery lawsuit, shedding further light on the controversial off-label use of the Infuse Bone Graft medical device. The 85-page complaint was filed against manufacturer Medtronic, Inc. in in Los Angeles Superior Court on June 19,... Read More

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

Boehringer Ingelheim, the manufacturer of the anti-blood clotting drug, is facing a litany of lawsuits alleging that the drug’s side effects have resulted in serious injury or death. Boehringer has confirmed that at least 260 deaths have been caused by various side effects resulting from... Read More

Patients seeking information about male pattern baldness drug Propecia who consulted the medication's website, run by drug maker Merck, were surprised on February 8, 2012, when the company shut down the website with no warning or explanation. The website was later restored, but with no... Read More

Eight Chantix side effects lawsuits have been chosen for bellwether trials in the ongoing multidistrict litigation (MDL) against the manufacturer of the smoking cessation drug, Pfizer. These trials will take place in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, overseen by... Read More

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