Angie Derry and Rachel Long are among the ranks of young women who’ve experienced debilitating complications with the Essure birth control device – a tiny spring coil placed inside the fallopian tubes. Both women were sold on the purported benefits of this miracle contraception –... Read More

In January 2014, a divided Louisiana Supreme Court reversed a decision awarding the state Attorney General $257 million in a Risperdal lawsuit against Janssen Pharmaceuticals and its parent corporation Johnson & Johnson, Inc. In a 4-3 decision, the Court ruled that the drug manufacturers had... Read More

Biomet has indicated it will settle lawsuits pending in multidistrict litigation regarding its embattled M2a Magnum hip replacements. The complaints, totaling more than 800, allege that the implants are defectively designed, causing premature device failure, metal contamination and other severe complications. Reuters reports that the... Read More

The diabetes drugs Byetta, Januvia, Janumet and Victoza – all types of incretin mimetics – have been tied to an increased risk of thyroid and pancreatic cancer. Last year, federal multidistrict litigation was established to better handle the escalating litigation involving alleged incretin mimetic side... Read More

Abingdon, Virginia resident Sandra F. Danna has initiated legal proceedings against Medtronic, Inc. and Medtronic Sofamor Danek, USA, Inc., in connection with the serious harm she allegedly sustained following surgical implantation of Infuse bone growth protein. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern... Read More

Cholesterol lowering drugs, known as statins, and their potential side effects have been the topic of concern among health care practitioners, the FDA and consumers, as emerging research finds more evidence of serious risks.  In 2012, the FDA announced updates on statin risks for Pfizer’s... Read More

A new Zimmer knee revision surgery lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles on January 6, 2014. The plaintiff, Justeen Widoff, contends that the defendant should be held liable for designing and manufacturing an allegedly defective product, the NexGen Complete Knee Solution... Read More

A negligent misrepresentation claim against CL Medical Inc., the maker of the I-STOP pelvic sling device, has been dismissed by a federal judge in Kentucky. In a decision dated December 13, Judge Danny C. Reeves of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of... Read More