With at least 22 pending Neomedic sling lawsuits pending in eight different United States district courts, plaintiffs are calling for the creation of a new multidistrict litigation (MDL). Transvaginal mesh lawyers for the plaintiffs have moved to have the pending Neomedic lawsuits consolidated before U.S.... Read More
Federal agents placed a hidden recording device on Johnson & Johnson (J&J) sales representative Judy Doetterl in 2004, and directed her to tape marketing presentations at a national company sales meeting. U.S. prosecutors were trying to prove claims that J&J increased sales by encouraging physicians... Read More
A master complaint was drafted on behalf of all plaintiffs who have filed Byetta and Januvia lawsuits under MDL 2452 against all named defendants. The complaint combines general questions of fact and law common to the incretin mimetic lawsuits pending under multidistrict litigation. “This Master... Read More
An Order dated October 10, 2013, has rejected a motion filed by Zimmer, Inc., the defendants, to dismiss a Zimmer hip lawsuit without trial. U.S. District Court Judge Jay C. Zainey denied the request for summary judgment, ruling that the determination of whether an unreasonable... Read More
A Medtronic bone graft lawsuit filed over complications associated with an off-label spinal fusion procedure will be remanded back to state court, according to a ruling handed down by Senior Judge Ortrie D. Smith. The Missouri district judge found that a surgeon named as defendant... Read More
A da Vinci robot recall was announced on Tuesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, after the manufacturer, Intuitive Surgical, issued a “voluntary product correction” for da Vinci Patient Side Manipulators (PSMs). Intuitive Surgical warned the mechanical arms on some of its da Vinci robots could stall... Read More
Rare skin reactions that can result in permanent harm or death can be a side effect of using the anti-seizure drug Onfi (clobazam), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning. Changes to the Onfi drug label and the patient Medication Guide to describe the... Read More
