On June 25, 2014, a Corpus Christi, Texas widow filed a federal Granuflo metabolic alkalosis lawsuit against the makers and distributors of Granuflo. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. On September 4, 2014, the case... Read More

A West Virginia jury has granted a $3.27 million bladder sling lawsuit award to a plaintiff alleging permanent injuries from a vaginal mesh device manufactured by Ethicon. This is one of the first cases to go to trial against Ethicon, while more than 21,000 are... Read More

Researchers have known about the celiac disease-mimicking Benicar side effects for some time now but a new report highlights an extreme case. Earlier this year, the medical journal Gastrointestinal Medicine reported a case study of a 52-year-old woman suffering from sprue-like enteropathy – a severe gastrointestinal... Read More

After the serious risks of testosterone replacement products came to light about nine months ago, testosterone drug lawsuits have been piling up against the manufacturers. About 200 of those cases have been centralized into a multidistrict litigation (MDL), which is proceeding in the U.S. District... Read More

Boston Scientific has now won two transvaginal mesh lawsuits in Massachusetts state court. On August 29, following two days of deliberation, a Massachusetts jury returned a Obtryx product liability verdict in favor of the defendant. The state court judge presiding over the proceedings previously excluded... Read More

The first DePuy Pinnacle hip trial is now underway in Texas, offering a sneak peek into how juries might respond to hundreds of other lawsuits involving the DePuy Pinnacle hip in the future. This bellwether is the first of more than 6,000 complaints currently pending... Read More

A recent decision by the Alabama Supreme Court may have far-reaching effects on litigation arising from prescription pharmaceuticals and their generic counterparts. In a 6-3 decision, the panel determined that manufacturers of the acid reflux drug Reglan could be held liable for failing to warn... Read More

The judge presiding over thousands of lawsuits related to transvaginal mesh products has issued a pretrial order striking down the defendant’s motion to separate five Boston Scientific mesh lawsuits that were consolidated for a single trial date in October. The defendants filed the motion to... Read More