Tisha P. Meredith became one of the latest patients to become involved in Pradaxa litigation after filing suit against the manufacturer of the blood thinning medication, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The plaintiff joins others who have filed similar lawsuits, claiming that they have suffered serious... Read More

On February 25, 2013, a Yaz lawyer filed a lawsuit alleging that the Bayer manufactured birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin, as well as the generic form of the drug Ocella, caused side effects in the plaintiffs. The case involving 22 plaintiffs from 18 states... Read More

A plaintiff who filed a Zimmer hip lawsuit in the United States' District Court for the District of Illinois and then later passed away was seeking compensation for the injuries she allegedly suffered related to the Zimmer Trilogy hip replacement system. Mary Jo Ott died... Read More

Complications from Pradaxa internal bleeding caused the death of Charles Wagaman, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Pradaxa manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim by Wagaman's spouse and two children. The plaintiffs initially filed their Pradaxa lawsuit on December 21, 2012 in Superior Court in San... Read More

News of more legal action against pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim has emerged from Alabama. The Pradaxa bleeding lawsuit was filed on February 19th, and has been added to the ongoing multidistrict litigation (MDL no.2385) currently established in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District... Read More

Zimmer Holdings Inc. will still face trial on charges of negligence and liability, after a federal judge denied their application for a summary judgement. On February 14 2013, Judge William Hart of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois asserted the testimonies... Read More

A Granuflo wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Fresenius Medical Care, operators of the largest network of dialysis clinics in the US. The company is accused of causing the fatal heart attack of a 60 year old man who was being treated at one... Read More

A report submitted to the FDA has found blood-thinner Pradaxa to be five times riskier than the older, more established warfarin. The lack of an antidote for the former make Pradaxa bleeding problems considerably more dangerous, according to a review conducted by The Institute for... Read More