On October 6, 2011, Donald D. Didrickson filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. The Alaska resident alleges that, shortly after his Zimmer knee implant surgery he began experiencing "severe and debilitating pain." The lawsuit asserts that Didrickson's... Read More

Some evidence has surfaced that indicates that device manufacturer Johnson & Johnson did not have Food and Drug Administration approval for the transvaginal mesh product they were selling for three years. This could mean a new wave of litigation might be filed against the drug... Read More

Federal lawsuits dealing with birth defects stemming from the popular antidepressant Zoloft were consolidated in a multidistrict litigation case in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on the 17th of April, 2012. The first status conference, according to an order issued on the 4th of May... Read More

A widow has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the type II diabetes medication sold as Actos after her husband, George Ivkov, died as a result of Actos bladder cancer. Carol Ivkov filed her lawsuit in the consolidated proceedings taking place in the Circuit... Read More

In yet another DePuy hip replacement lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of Texas, plaintiff Stephen Dembrowski is suing the manufacturer of his Pinnacle hip replacement implant for compensatory, exemplary and punitive damages relating to his medical expenses, lost wages and costs of physical therapy... Read More

Although the drug Chantix (varenicline) is designed to assist smokers in their quitting endeavors, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the drug is tied to some serious psychological side effects. A North Carolina woman has joined many other Chantix side effects sufferers in filing a... Read More

On May 7, 2012, New York residents Angela Wright and her husband filed a Yasmin lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. The lawsuit states that Angela Wright developed a blood clot from Yaz, an oral contraceptive. The U.S.... Read More

The latest in a string of vaginal mesh lawsuits, a California resident recently filed a complaint against Endo Pharmaceuticals and American Medical Systems. The plaintiff allegedly suffers from transvaginal mesh complications that resulted in "serious bodily injuries." She filed her case in the West Virginia... Read More