In a lawsuit filed on December 12, 2012 in Superior Court in San Diego County, plaintiff Brenda Depperschmidt alleges that she suffered a stroke and other injuries caused by the contraceptives Yaz, Yasmin, and/or Ocella. [SmartLink yazlawsuit] Plaintiff accuses Bayer of willfully concealing drug's risks... Read More

Kristen Estep, Emily Maddalena, and Faith Maldonado filed lawsuits on December 13, 2012, ins the Superior Court of the States of California against drug maker Bayer. They claim that Bayer's popular fourth generation birth control, sold as Yaz, caused them to suffer serious side effects.... Read More

In a new Yaz lawsuit filing, five plaintiffs will join the multidistrict litigation (MDL) against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for their birth control pills Yaz, Yasmin and the generic form of the drug, Ocella. The MDL is located in the U.S. District Court for the... Read More

The consequences of drospirenone-based birth control and its side effects has been fairly well documented in advertisements and web pages warning consumers about the risks linked to the popular medication. Many consumers are becoming aware of the greater risk of blood clots associated with the... Read More

A new lawsuit was filed against manufacturer Bayer for their birth control medications Yaz and Yasmin and added to the multidistrict litigation (MDL) located in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. A new lawsuit was filed against manufacturer Bayer for their... Read More

A new complaint has been filed by a personal injury lawyer in Illinois on behalf of a plaintiff who claims that she suffered serious side effects as a result of her use of the popular birth control drug sold as Yaz or Yasmin. The lawsuit... Read More

One of the more recent Yaz lawsuits was filed by a Florida woman on September 19, 2012, in which she claims that the birth control medication caused her to sustain injuries including deep vein thrombosis (DVT), bladder problems, blood clots, pulmonary embolism (PE), vein damage,... Read More

The latest plaintiff to file a Yaz lawsuit is Angela Cobb of Oklahoma, who alleges that she developed deep vein thrombosis (DVT) from the contraceptive Yasmin. Cobb filed her complaint on November 28, 2012 in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois, where it... Read More