According to a new study published in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association, the number of patients who experience Pradaxa bleeding complications increases as patients are given higher dosages of the drug. The study followed up with patients who had participated in a... Read More

On June 6, 2013, a Texas woman and her husband filed a Zimmer NexGen lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiff wife allegedly received a defective NexGen knee implant that directly caused her to sustain serious injuries. The... Read More

On June 27, a Medtronic Infuse class action lawsuit was filed by stockholders alleging that misleading statements about the safety and efficacy of Infuse led them to buy stock in the company at inflated prices. The plaintiffs claim that they bought the stock because they... Read More

A Yaz pulmonary embolism lawsuit has been filed against Bayer Healthcare.  Two women allege the company's Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills caused significant health problems, with both suffering pulmonary embolisms, and one suffering deep vein thrombosis in addition. The lawsuit, filed in the Los... Read More

On June 21, a group of six lawyers representing plaintiffs involved in Granuflo litigation filed a motion to request appointment to a variety of leadership roles in the recently-established federal multidistrict litigation (MDL 2428). The MDL, which is to be heard in Massachusetts District Court, was... Read More

On May 3, 2013, an Illinois woman filed a Stryker hip recall lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. After undergoing a hip replacement procedure, the plaintiff allegedly suffered severe complications as a direct result of receiving a defective Rejuvenate... Read More

Chicago resident James Clark filed a DePuy Pinnacle Hip lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois on June 25, 2013, claiming that defects in the prosthetic hip joint caused him severe and permanent injuries. The suit requests compensation in excess of $50,000 from... Read More

A Texas woman filed an INFUSE bone graft lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on May 31, 2013. The plaintiff suffers from long-term and permanent injuries after her physician used the INFUSE bone graft in a manner that was... Read More