A federal jury in Georgia has awarded $11 million to plaintiff Robyn Christiansen in the first of several scheduled trials in the Wright Medical CONSERVE hip implants multidistrict litigation (MDL). As a bellwether trial, the result will likely affect the strategy that the nearly 550 remaining... Read More
A judge has awarded a 3-year-old California girl $9.6 million in damages on her medical malpractice claim against the doctor who delivered her. Judge John Mendez, sitting on the federal court in Sacramento, found that the doctor on call at the hospital negligently delayed calling... Read More
As hundreds of plaintiffs await their day in court, the coordinated litigation involving Fresenius dialysis products Granuflo and Naturalyte continues to move forward. Last week, the judge overseeing the proceedings and parties involved in the litigation reviewed preparation of early trials that could provide insight... Read More
Last week,Washington parents filed a birth injury lawsuit naming the United States of America as the sole defendant. The lawsuit, filed on November 12, 2015, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, seeks to hold the federal government responsible for alleged... Read More
Ashley Fleming of Louisiana has filed a Mirena IUD lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, alleging that the company’s birth control device inflicted severe internal organ damage. Ms. Fleming filed her complaint on September 24, 2015 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. She... Read More
Texas parents, both individually and as next of friends of their minor child, have filed a medical malpractice lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The complaint involves medical service rendered at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center in Killeen, Texas, where the plaintiffs’... Read More
Large-scale resolution of lawsuits related to the popular birth control drugs Yaz and Yasmin continues to progress, with the achievement of settlements in hundreds of blood clot cases and the recent revelation that similar outcomes are likely in several hundred additional matters pending in the... Read More
