Consumer watchdog group Public Citizen warns of the dangers associated with off-label use of prescription medications among the elderly, including atypical antipsychotics like Risperdal. Their recent newsletter cites disturbing research that shows at least 20 percent of prescriptions doled out in nursing homes over the... Read More

On June 28, 2013 a Byetta lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (San Diego). Brought by Rebecca Richard individually and on behalf of the estate of her deceased husband, the complaint alleges that David Richard developed deadly pancreatic... Read More

Chicago resident James Clark filed a DePuy Pinnacle Hip lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois on June 25, 2013, claiming that defects in the prosthetic hip joint caused him severe and permanent injuries. The suit requests compensation in excess of $50,000 from... Read More

In a lawsuit filed on June 14, 2013, plaintiff Cherry Young is seeking more than $50,000 in damages for injuries allegedly caused by the Type II diabetes drug pioglitazone. Takeda Pharmaceuticals manufactures the drug under the brand name Actos, which has been implicated in hundreds... Read More

Even as the United States Panel on Multidistrict Litigation weighs Effexor lawsuit coordination, another complaint has been filed in the U.S. District Court where the federal MDL could be established. The latest complaint involves an association between taking Effexor during pregnancy and a heightened risk... Read More

Zimmer Holdings Inc. is being sued by plaintiff John A. O’Neal of Colorado for more than $75,000 related to injuries sustained following a Durom Cup hip implant in 2009. O’Neal was implanted with a Zimmer Durom Cup in his right hip at Memorial Health Systems... Read More

A Texas woman filed an INFUSE bone graft lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on May 31, 2013. The plaintiff suffers from long-term and permanent injuries after her physician used the INFUSE bone graft in a manner that was... Read More

A Propecia lawsuit filed on behalf of a 23-year-old Pennsylvania man has recently joined the Propecia MDL (multidistrict litigation) in the Eastern District of New York. Submitted on June 24, 2013, the case claims that manufacturer Merck & Co. was aware that the drug (finasteride)... Read More