Following the untimely loss of their newborn child, a couple recently filed a birth injury lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado – alleging, among other things, the wrongful death of their twin son after a forceps-assisted delivery resulted in... Read More

Described by experts as “the most damaged category of persons,” an eight-year old girl suffering from the severest form of cerebral palsy has accepted a $2.82 million settlement from the hospital alleged to have caused her suffering. The child’s family filed the birth injury lawsuit... Read More

For the past several years, several manufacturers of transvaginal mesh have artfully evaded settlement, opting to extend the litigation process to its lengthiest possible conclusion. Currently, there are seven ongoing vaginal mesh multidistrict litigations (MDL) proceedings in the federal court system, each involving one of the seven defendants... Read More

DePuy Orthopaedics, maker of dozens of implantable hip, knee, and shoulder replacement devices, has been found liable by yet another jury for injuries sustained be recipients of their controversial implants. The total value of DePuy hip settlements and verdicts has risen into the billions in... Read More

A Minnesota man recently filed a lawsuit in Minnesota District Court against the makers of the powerful antipsychotic drug Risperdal. The defendants, which include Johnson & Johnson and its wholly-owned subsidiary Ortho-McNeill-Jannsen, are alleged to have unlawfully withheld information about the known risks of gynecomastia (i.e.,... Read More

On January 21, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a bone graft warning to physicians, children with bone growth defects, and parents of children with bone growth defects. The warning pertained to the use of bone grafting in children under age 18, including... Read More

Cerebral palsy is one of most common birth defects affecting newborns in the United States today. In some cases, the condition is congenital and cannot be avoided. In others, the cause of cerebral palsy is linked to some form of environmental factor that could be... Read More

In July, 2012, the Stryker Corporation via its Stryker Orthpaedics division opted to voluntarily recall its “Rejuvenate” and ABG II Modular Neck-Stem hip implant products amid growing concerns of safety and durability. Since that time, thousands of cases have been filed in jurisdictions across the United... Read More