The first bellwether trial in the MDL of transvaginal mesh lawsuits involving the Bard Avaulta mesh implant has received a trial date. The trial is now set to begin on February 5, 2013 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.... Read More

A new lawsuit has been added to the ongoing multidistrict litigation case taking place in New York, which currently deals with hundreds of similar lawsuits that have been filed by men seeking settlements after experiencing sexual problems from Propecia. Paul Richmond filed his lawsuit on... Read More

A new lawsuit has been consolidated along with dozens of others in the ongoing multidistrict litigation case. Pearl Green decided to file an Actos lawsuit on the 9th of March, 2012, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. Subsequently, her... Read More

Once again, Chief Judge David R. Herndon, the judge overseeing the Yaz MDL in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District Illinois, has pushed back pretrial deadlines, thus postponing the start of bellwether trials, in an attempt to get the parties to reach a... Read More

After years of lawsuits filed over complications from DePuy hip implants, the first DePuy ASR lawsuit has been given a trial date: December 3, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The lawsuit was jointly filed by three plaintiffs, all of whom claim to have suffered serious... Read More

Zimmer Orthopaedics, Inc. has voiced its opposition to transferring two lawsuits to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, headquarters for the Zimmer NexGen knee MDL. Multidistrict litigation was established to consolidate similar lawsuits and streamline legal processes for a growing number... Read More

Tylanda Kidd, a mother who took anti-depressant Zoloft (sertraline) during her pregnancy, is suing drug manufacturer Pfizer, alleging that her baby suffered birth defects after Zoloft use. Her lawsuit was filed on April 20, 2012 in Pennsylvania Eastern District Court in Philadelphia. Kidd's son was... Read More

Despite mounting litigation against the orthopedics manufacturing giant, Zimmer Orthopedics has actually reported an increase in profits for the first quarter of this year. According to Fox Business, in the first quarter of 2011 Zimmer reported a profit of $208.9 million, and this year they... Read More