A Florida Zoloft litigation plaintiff has become one of the latest people to become involved in the birth defects claims after she filed her suit in the multidistrict litigation case in the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 57 original cases... Read More

Settlements for plaintiffs who have experienced serious side effects associated with the popular birth control medications Yaz and Yasmin have reached into the millions, after hundreds of plaintiffs received side effects settlements recently. Drug maker Bayer has agreed to pay out at least $110 million... Read More

When Paul Priore of New York became concerned about his hair loss, he turned to Propecia, the popular anti-baldness drug. But according to the lawsuit he filed recently, taking the drug left him with erectile dysfunction that has persisted even after he stopped taking the... Read More

A couple who filed a DePuy hip lawsuit after the wife experienced serious complications, saw their lawsuit thrown out after it was decided that there was a lack of jurisdiction involved. The lawsuit was originally filed by California residents Marjorie and Cliff Franks with the... Read More

Seventeen federal lawsuits which were originally pending in six different districts have been consolidated into one multidistrict Propecia litigation (MDL) in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York under Judge John Gleeson. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation established the MDL on... Read More

The consumer publication Consumer Reports has recently published a report detailing the complications and possible causes behind the complications associated with a number of hip and knee implant systems, including the NexGen knee replacement system. A number of lawsuits have been filed by patients who... Read More

An FDA advisory panel has decided to keep the controversial contraceptives Yaz and Yasmin on the market, despite the growing number of lawsuits over blood clots and other side effects. The 26-member panel voted 15 to 11 in favor of keeping Yaz (drospirenone) on the... Read More

The Food and Drug Administration announced in March of 2012 that they would be convening a board of medical experts in order to review the effectiveness and potential danger of metal on metal hip replacement systems such as those manufactured by Zimmer. This comes after... Read More