Five women have joined together to file a Yaz deep vein thrombosis lawsuit in Illinois. The plaintiffs all allege use of the oral contraceptives Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella led to a potentially life-threatening condition known as deep vein thrombosis. The women add their complaint to... Read More

Merck, McKesson Corporation, and others have been named as the defendants in a new complaint filed by a Propecia side effects lawyer. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a California man who used the defendants’ medication, Propecia, and alleges significant and ongoing complications as... Read More

In March 2013, a California jury awarded plaintiff Loren Kransky $8.34 million in damages from injuries he allegedly sustained after being implanted with the DePuy ASR hip replacement device. Kransky claimed that after his surgery in 2007, he suffered serious hip replacement complications, including pain,... Read More

Nearly 1,000 plaintiffs who filed Zimmer NexGen knee lawsuits have had their complaints consolidated into multidistrict litigation (MDL) No. 2272. Although most plaintiffs may possibly wait several more years for their individual trials, pretrial proceedings are moving forward. Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer of the U.S.... Read More

Heavy metal fretting and corrosion between the neck and stem components causing tissue death, bone wear, and metallosis were the impetus for the Stryker Rejuvenate hip recall of July 2012. Unfortunately for plaintiff Michael Kent and his family, this recall was implemented too late. A... Read More

Many plaintiffs have filed lawsuits against Bayer Pharmaceuticals regarding the Mirena intrauterine device (IUD). Often, when a large number of lawsuits that share commonalities are filed against the same defendants, consolidation of the lawsuits offers a means of more effective coordination. Such is the case... Read More

A man from Texas has filed a lawsuit against Boehringer Ingelheim, alleging their blood-thinning medication Pradaxa resulted in severe gastrointestinal bleeding. Filed on May 2nd in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, it's the latest Pradaxa gastrointestinal bleed lawsuit in which... Read More

In a lawsuit filed on June 3rd, 2013, an Iowa man is seeking damages from Fresenius Medical Care, manufacturers of the dialysate GranuFlo. The plaintiff suffered a heart attack – allegedly as a result of using GranuFlo – that led to a fatal car accident. The... Read More