As federal coordination of Zimmer NexGen knee lawsuits continues to grow, attorneys for the plaintiffs and defendants have requested coordination of state litigation as well. The joint update filed on March 10 requested that the federal MDL establish a “relationship of coordination” with state cases... Read More

A Canadian court has certified a hip replacement class action lawsuit against Wright Medical Technology, Inc., manufacturer of the Wright Profemur device. The case adds to the many lawsuits the company faces in the United States charging that failures of the artificial hip required surgery... Read More

Discovery proceedings in vaginal mesh lawsuits pending under MDL No. 2327 have illuminated some concerning ties between pelvic mesh manufacturers and physicians. As part of the pretrial discovery process in West Virginia District Court, where Johnson & Johnson is defending its products in thousands of... Read More

The latest AndroGel lawsuit was filed in Chicago on March 12, 2014 against AbbVie, Inc and its parent company, Abbot Laboratories, producers and marketers of AndroGel, a testosterone therapy popularly marketed to treat “Low T.” In Dula v. AbbVie, Inc. et al (1:14-CV-01726), the plaintiff,... Read More

As the wave of Mirena IUD lawsuits continues to make its way through the judicial system across the country, a recent case management order issued in the Mirena Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) promises to slow the progress of possible settlement of many such cases, at least... Read More

Jurors in New Jersey state court sided with the plaintiff in the Accutane lawsuit, Kamie Kendall Rees v. Hoffman-La Roche Inc. After hearing evidence and testimony from both sides, the eight-member panel of the Atlantic County Superior Court handed down a $1,587,928 judgment on March 11.... Read More

A new study by researchers in Finland may put to rest worries over metal-on-metal hip implants and a higher overall risk of cancer, at least in the short term. However, scientists warned that risk for other types of Zimmer hip complications is still a concern.... Read More

A generic Lipitor recall has been issued by India’s largest drugmaker, Ranbaxy Laboratories, Ltd. More than 64,000 bottles of the generic cholesterol-lowering drug have been recalled, following regulatory concerns on the manufacturing quality of the drug, after a dosage error was identified. According to the... Read More