A Louisiana woman’s Mirena injury lawsuit has survived a motion to dismiss by Bayer Pharmaceuticals.  A federal judge ruled on September 23  that new information set forth in Latoya Thompson’s affidavit create an issue of fact over whether her Louisiana Product Liability claims were filed... Read More

Plaintiffs in a Mirena lawsuit were in danger of having their case dismissed, but have been given the opportunity to modify their complaint. The lawsuit was filed against Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp., the manufacturer of the Mirena IUD birth control. Bayer had petitioned the court to dismiss... Read More

Discovery has begun in New Jersey Mirena birth control lawsuits, although the first trial dates are not scheduled until the second half of 2015. Discovery is the process in which information relevant to the lawsuit is exchanged and documents produced that may be necessary for... Read More

The newest Mirena perforated uterus lawsuit against the makers of the intrauterine contraceptive device was filed in federal court this week and will be heard by the judge presiding over the centralized products liability litigation of similar Mirena cases. The plaintiff, a Kentucky woman, received... Read More

Plaintiff Angela White, a 27 year-old Tampa, Florida resident, filed a Mirena IUD lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, in the Southern District of Illinois on September 17. The plaintiff claims the defendant distributed Mirena without properly disclosing the various side effects of the product, including... Read More

Anne O’Neill, a 51-year-old Pennsylvania resident, filed a Mirena IUD lawsuit in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in September of 2013. The plaintiff is pursuing a claim against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, alleging the company produced a dangerous medical device, failed to warn her of the... Read More

Yet another Mirena migration lawsuit was filed late last month in federal court. The plaintiff, Margaret J. Ponce of North Carolina, brought the product liability suit against the makers of the intrauterine birth control device, or IUD, after the device she received in April, 2008... Read More

In the latest order handed down by the Judge presiding over the Mirena lawsuits consolidated into multidistrict litigation (MDL), the parties have been informed of a timetable for the discovery process. Judge Cathy Seibel of the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York... Read More