According to a new medical study, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to identify and measure inflammation of the joint lining in patients with metal-on-metal hip implants. Measuring this type of inflammation, called synovitis, can help doctors to diagnose unexplained pain in hip implant... Read More

William Lucy filed a Stryker hip recall lawsuit on April 21, 2013 in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama (Southern), claiming the defendants manufactured and sold a defective Rejuvenate modular hip system, causing him to suffer serious complications and injuries. The device in... Read More

Five women hailing from Nebraska, Texas, Florida, and Indiana have joined the ranks of thousands who claim that Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals failed to warn about Yaz blood clots risk. The plaintiffs each took Yasmin or Yaz as their primary form of birth control and later suffered... Read More

Illinois plaintiff Gary L. Wolford is seeking more than $1 million dollars in damages from Striker Orthopaedics, based on allegations of permanent injuries from the defendant’s Rejuvenate hip replacement system. His Stryker hip recall lawyer filed the claim in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois on May 10,... Read More

A woman in Halifax, Nova Scotia filed suit against Bayer on April 23, 2013 and requested certification of the suit as a class action.  If granted, the Mirena class action lawsuit will proceed on behalf of the plaintiff and of all of the women in Canada who... Read More

What do Robert James Atkin Jr., Harlan O. Erickson, Eugene Walter Gamble, Gerald Higgins, Philip L. Hughes, John Theodore Mitchell, Melvin P. Nicholas and Kenneth Trossman all have in common? The answer is that they are all suing Takeda Pharmaceuticals for manufacturing a diabetes drug... Read More

While DePuy lawsuit news has largely been directed at the company’s recalled ASR hip implant, another metal-on-metal device has been the subject of mounting litigation. According to a master case list from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, there are presently 4,087 DePuy Pinnacle hip... Read More

On April 26, an Illinois resident filed a vaginal mesh injury lawsuit alleging the Composix Kugel patch she received caused her severe complications. The case is proceeding in the U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota (DMN), where the plaintiff hopes to recover compensatory and statutory damages. The... Read More