Represented by a Zimmer hip attorney, Marcia and Peter Scherone filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida (Jacksonville) alleging that a defective hip implant caused femur fractures and required Marcia Scherone to undergo emergency revision surgery. The plaintiff required more than... Read More

A Texas man has filed a Pinnacle hip lawsuit alleging complications from the device. Plaintiff Larry Wheat filed his case on October 12, 2012 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Dallas) and joins other plaintiffs in a multidistrict litigation (MDL)... Read More

Approved in 1999, the diabetes II medication Actos (pioglitazone) has been linked in studies to bladder cancer. In one such case, Arthur West of New Jersey filed an Actos litigation against manufacturer Takeda Pharmaceuticals following his diagnosis of bladder cancer in December of 2011. According... Read More

A Texas woman who allegedly suffered serious complications from a Gynecare vaginal mesh implant has sued Ethicon Inc., the manufacturer of the mesh.. The plaintiff filed her transvaginal mesh lawsuit in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas (Marshall) on October 17; 2012. Plaintiff implanted... Read More

The widow of a man who died of bladder cancer after taking Actos for three years has sued Takeda Pharmaceuticals, manufacturer of the diabetes drug. The widow, Norma Faique of North Carolina, filed her lawsuit on September 28, 2012 in the Circuit Court of Cook... Read More

Persistent pulmonary hypertension in the newborn (PPHN) is one of the Zoloft side effects that occurs when the mother takes the drug during pregnancy. Poor circulation in an infant preventing blood from making its way through the lungs is known as PPHN. When this occurs,... Read More

On September 14, 2012, a Yaz lawsuit originally filed on August 21, 2012, in the Superior Court of Connecticut, Waterbury County, was transferred to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. This change of venue was made at the request of the defendant... Read More

Kidney patients who underwent dialysis from 2010 to early 2012 were unknowingly put at risk of heart attack because of two dialysis medications, NaturaLyte and GranuFlu, which were ultimately recalled by the FDA. In fact, in 2010, more than 900 patients died of a heart... Read More