A group of attorneys representing plaintiffs with Janumet, Byetta, Victoza, and Januvia lawsuits filed under the incretin mimetics multidistrict litigation, currently pending in the Southern District of California, have been appointed to various leadership roles during coordinated pretrial proceedings. Federal Judge Anthony Battaglia held an... Read More

Plaintiffs involved in DePuy ASR hip litigation may soon be compensated for their pain, suffering and damages sustained from the flawed metal-on-metal Articular Surface Replacement, or A.S.R., implant. Two attorneys who were briefed on the accord told The New York Times that Johnson & Johnson... Read More

Medtronic InFuse Lawsuit Proceeds In Court, Despite Manufacturer Protests Medtronic moved to have an InFuse bone graft lawsuit dismissed in court, but the judge ruled that the plaintiff’s injuries constituted grounds to sue. infuse bone graft lawsuit, medtronic infuse lawsuit

As reported by Bloomberg News and the U.S. Department of Justice, Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries will pay $2 billion to resolve both civil and criminal charges over misbranding of its drugs Risperdal, Invega and Natrecor for uses that were not FDA approved. The... Read More

Approximately 50 da Vinci robot lawsuits have been filed against Intuitive Surgical, claiming that the company’s robotic device is responsible for significant complications. When plaintiffs sue a medical device company, part of that company’s losses due to settlements and/or jury awards is typically offset by... Read More

A Louisiana woman’s Mirena injury lawsuit has survived a motion to dismiss by Bayer Pharmaceuticals.  A federal judge ruled on September 23  that new information set forth in Latoya Thompson’s affidavit create an issue of fact over whether her Louisiana Product Liability claims were filed... Read More

On October 18, 2013, Judge Joseph R. Goodwin, a U.S. District Judge of the Southern District of West Virginia, upheld the jury verdict awarded to a woman who had filed a transvaginal mesh lawsuit against C.R. Bard. The transvaginal mesh lawsuit award included $250,000 in... Read More

Reports of serious metal-on-metal hip problems and early failure of these devices has led to a ban on most metal-on-metal hip implants in all U.K. hospitals funded by the National Health Service (NHS). The decision follows new guidelines issued by the National Institute for Health... Read More