Litigation over Actos took an unusual turn recently when lawyers for some Actos plaintiffs accused Judge Rebecca F. Doherty of federal interference with state court – an allegation Judge Doherty denies. Judge Doherty is the judge assigned to oversee the Actos MDL, or multidistrict litigation,... Read More

Eight current and former executives of DePuy Orthopedics, the device manufacturing company and subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson responsible for the manufacture and marketing of the ASR hip replacement device, are scheduled to testify at the ongoing Ohio multidistrict litigation concerning the device. The y... Read More

A lawsuit claiming that Stryker Corporation was negligent and did not adequately warn patients about the risks associated with its Trident hip replacement system was filed in the Superior Court of the State of Indiana for the County of Marion by plaintiff Darlene A. Gray.... Read More

The Zoloft MDL added five new lawsuits on August 13, 2012, all filed by parents alleging that their children were born with birth defects caused by the use of Zoloft by their mothers during pregnancy. The lawsuits were filed in the United States District Court,... Read More

On September 4, 2012, Leo Osborne filed a lawsuit against Takeda Pharmaceuticals alleging he contracted bladder cancer resulting from Actos. Osborne, a Utah resident, filed his case in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. Similar to other litigants who have filed a class action... Read More

On August 8, 2011, all federal knee lawsuits against Zimmer knee were centralized in the Northern District of Illinois. The Zimmer knee multidistrict litigation (MDL) was established by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation for cases that involve the Zimmer NexGen knee device. Critics... Read More

A Texas man has filed a lawsuit charging that he suffered metal poisoning after a DePuy hip implant. The plaintiff, Brucer Bernier, filed his complaint on August 31, 2012 in the Northern District of Texas. Plaintiff not warned of Pinnacle risks According to the lawsuit,... Read More

Questions abound about the Fresenius dialysis products GranuFlo and NaturaLyte including desired information about the FDA recall of the medication GranuFlo, life-threatening risks from taking the drugs, and the FDA investigation surrounding them. Many patients have filed lawsuits against the manufacturer with more sure to... Read More