A Pradaxa wrongful death lawsuit is seeking $1 million in economic and non-economic damages, plus punitive damages against Boehringer Ingelheim. The case, which was originally brought in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Utah, has been transferred to Illinois federal court where it... Read More

One of the dialysis clinics that used the controversial NaturaLyte and GranuFlo dialysates is trying to convince a federal judge to dismiss lawsuits filed against them. Both products have been linked to sudden cardiac arrest, often occurring during or shortly after hemodialysis, and the company... Read More

Bridget Nickerson is suing Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation for more than $75,000 following the untimely death of her mother, Mary Williamson. The Januvia lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of California, alleges that the drug is defective and caused the decedent to suffer from... Read More

A new Mirena lawsuit originally filed in Georgia has been transferred to multidistrict litigation currently underway in New York federal court. Like others whose cases are pending in the coordinated proceedings, this plaintiff alleges Mirena IUD migration led to serious complications that required the surgical... Read More

A new lawsuit filed by five women against Bayer Healthcare, makers of the Yasmin and Yaz birth control pills, has been consolidated with other, similar cases in multidistrict litigation (MDL no. 2100), located in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. Judge... Read More

A New York resident filed a Propecia lawsuit on April 10, 2013, naming Merck as the defendant. The complaint was filed with regard to the alleged side effects the plaintiff suffered as a result of the defendants’ medication, Propecia (finasteride). The case was originally filed... Read More

In a recent order handed down by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, qualifying Effexor birth defects claims that were brought in the federal court system will be centralized before a single judge for pretrial proceedings. All of the Effexor lawsuits involve similar claims... Read More

A Stryker Trident hip lawsuit that was originally filed in California Superior Court has been moved to U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, according to recent court documents. The plaintiff claims in her products liability suit that she was harmed by a defective Stryker... Read More