A Georgia resident has filed a lawsuit against medical device manufacturer American Medical Systems, Inc. (AMS) for vaginal mesh problems she began experiencing after having the AMS Elevate Anterior and Apical System, the Apical and Posterior System and the MiniArc implanted to treat her stress... Read More

A recent study conducted by the Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both located in the Boston area, found that patients being treated with antidepressant drugs such as Zoloft had a higher risk of finding themselves in the intensive care... Read More

U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo has granted Idaho residents Douglas and Noreen Davis an extension to negotiate settlement in their lawsuit seeking compensation for Zimmer hip injuries. The Davis’s filed their lawsuit against Zimmer Holdings, Inc., claiming that the company’s Durom Cup hip implant... Read More

A new DePuy hip lawsuit charges that the ASR hip implant device recalled in 2010 was “too challenging” for orthopedic surgeons to implant properly, and that DePuy knew of these problems long before recalling the device. The lawsuit was filed by Mitchell Chestang on May... Read More

A number of men have filed lawsuits against drug maker Merck after experiencing side effects related to the hair loss drug Propecia, and one former patient is taking it much further--Kevin Malley, who is a former public health researcher from Las Vegas, Nevada, has staged... Read More

Zimmer Inc. is a medical device manufacturer specializing in orthopedic implants. A particularly popular class of implants known as artificial joints have been the subject of a number of lawsuits relating to Zimmer knee complications. Zimmer’s NexGen knee replacement model has been the target of... Read More

Johnson & Johnson has announced that it will no longer offer four vaginal mesh devices for sale to the consumer public. The devices, manufactured by the company’s Ethicon sub-unit, include the TVT Secur, Prosima Pelvic Floor Repair System, Prolift Pelvic Floor Repair System and the... Read More

A woman has filed a lawsuit against Takeda Pharmaceuticals, alleging the company’s popular diabetes drug Actos directly contributed to her husband’s wrongful death. The complaint, filed on May 23, 2012, has been added to the ongoing Illinois mass tort dealing with plaintiffs suffering from the... Read More