Another Zimmer knee lawsuit has been added to federal multidistrict litigation involving Zimmer knee complications. The complaint was filed by Short Form in the District of Minnesota, and adopts allegations in the plaintiff’s Long Form Complaint on file in U.S. District Court, Northern District of... Read More

On April 8, 2013, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) ordered all federal Mirena lawsuits consolidated into the Southern District of New York for pre-trial proceedings. Plaintiffs, represented by their Mirena lawyer, petitioned the JPML for consolidation on January 16, 2013, arguing that... Read More

A new Yaz lawsuit was filed on April 2, 2013, alleging the Bayer manufactured oral contraception led to dangerous side effects that threatened the lives of the plaintiffs. Also named in the lawsuit were McKesson Corporation and Berlex Laboratories. These companies, as well as Bayer,... Read More

The mounting numbers of NaturaLyte and GranuFlo lawsuits will be consolidated into a federal court hearing, a judicial panel has decided. Pre-trial proceedings for all federal lawsuits related to the controversial dialysis products will be overseen by Judge Douglas P. Woodlock. The Judicial Panel on... Read More

As the Pradaxa lawsuits continue to pile up against Boehringer Ingelheim, the manufacturer of the drug, researchers and consumer watchdogs are taking a closer look at the medication. The latest organization to issue a warning about the potential for serious Pradaxa side effects is Public... Read More

A South Carolina plaintiff has filed suit against orthopedics manufacturer Zimmer after he claims that he experienced serious side effects after being implanted with the manufacturer's Durom Cup hip replacement system. Arthur Bradley filed his lawsuit on the 18th of January, 2013, in the United... Read More

Side effects of Pradaxa, including uncontrollable bleeding, heart attack, and death, have been a source of concern for some time. Now, another risk factor associated with the anticoagulant drug has been identified in a recent North Carolina study – an increased risk for some types... Read More

Yaz is a controversial birth control medication that became popular after it was introduced as a safe and effective oral contraceptive. Thousands of women, young women in particular, began to take the medication, which contains the synthetic hormone drospirenone as well as estrogen, hormones that... Read More