Laura Woods is committed to patient safety issues. She enjoys breaking news about FDA recalls, sharing important events in pharmaceutical litigation, and reporting on favorable outcomes for victims of dangerous drugs and medical devices.
On March 17, a Dallas, Texas jury ordered Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy subsidiary to pay $502 million to five plaintiffs who claim to have been injured by its DePuy Pinnacle hip implants. After a two-month trial, jurors determined the metal-on-metal system was defectively designed... Read More
A Queens mother has been accused of stealing funds her daughter received from a medical malpractice settlement for her own lavish expenditures. In late February, Megan Mele was charged with second-degree grand larceny and second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, after she allegedly created... Read More
Two class action lawsuits have been formed against Cook Medical in Canada, resulting from allegations that the manufacturer’s inferior vena cava filters are faulty. Plaintiffs claim the small cone-shaped devices broke apart inside their bodies, which resulted in excruciating complications. One of the plaintiffs, Wendy Kopeck,... Read More
On February 12, the European Medicines Agency issued a new set of recommendations to minimize the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis in patients taking SGLT2 inhibitors — including Invokana. SGLT2 inhibitors are a type of type 2 diabetes medication designed to help lower blood sugar in... Read More
A North Carolina woman has filed a Mirena lawsuit against Bayer, claiming the contraceptive device caused her to develop pseudotumor cerebri — also known as idiopathic intracranial hypertension. The case joins a growing number of others brought by women who claim the birth control device caused them... Read More
A discovery schedule has been proposed for the Bard IVC filter lawsuits currently pending under multidistrict litigation in Arizona. The schedule pertains to some of the initial cases filed in the MDL and should allow for the first federal trials to get underway during the... Read More
In May 2013, Danielle Yeager became pregnant with her first child. After touring a few local hospitals and feeling less-than-welcome at a prenatal visit with an obstetrician, she decided to consider home birth options. In an interview with Pacific Standard, Yeager revealed that she conducted... Read More
Parents of babies born with brachial plexus injuries often have no warning about their child’s condition, as only a select number of characteristics have been identified as risk factors. A recent study published in the Jan. 14 edition of the Journal of Perinatology offers insights... Read More
