On March 19, a new Propecia lawsuit joined other claims against Merck in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn). The plaintiff, a resident of Champagne, Illinois, was prescribed finasteride from 2005 to address his male pattern hair loss. Like other claimants... Read More

Bayer's annual revenue report reveals that in 2012, the company reached settlements in approximately 4,800 Yaz side effects lawsuits and paid out more than $1 billion in settlements (a total of more than $1.5 billion when all litigation expenses are included). Thousands more Yaz lawsuits... Read More

A new Zimmer NexGen knee lawsuit has been added to the growing multidistrict litigation (MDL No. 2272) in Illinois federal court. Susan Schwartz of Ohio, and her spouse David Schwartz, filed a complaint through their Zimmer knee lawyer on March 12, 2013. Schwartz is using... Read More

Georgia resident Richard Lynn Torbett filed a new Stryker Rejuvenate lawsuit on March 8, 2013. The case is proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Torbett claims that after being implanted with the Rejuvenate hip device, he suffered serious injuries.... Read More

Four separate class action lawsuits have been filed in Colorado against DaVita Healthcare, a national dialysis treatment provider that uses Granuflo and Naturalyte during hemodialysis. The dialysis injury lawyer representing plaintiffs in each of the complaints alleges the clinics should have known about the risks... Read More

Johnson & Johnson lost its first DePuy ASR hip lawsuit and was ordered to pay the Montana claimant $8.3 million in damages. The trial took place in Los Angeles, California Supreme Court before a 12-member jury. The jurors deliberated for five days before rendering their... Read More

The first Actos bladder cancer lawsuit to go to trial is now underway in the Superior Court of California for Los Angeles County. The key piece of evidence is a collection of emails dating back to 2005 that indicate defendent, Takeda Pharmaceuticals knew of the... Read More

On January 23, 2013, two Texas plaintiffs filed a Zimmer Durom Cup lawsuit against Zimmer and Zimmer Holdings. The case was transferred from the District of Eastern Texas to the U.S. District Court of the District of New Jersey. It is currently proceeding under Judge... Read More