The number of plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits in the ongoing Yaz multidistrict litigation case is nearing 12,000 plaintiffs as another lawsuit has been filed against drug maker Bayer. Connie Highfill of Jackson County, Missouri, filed her Yaz lawsuit on the 14th of June, 2012,... Read More

Drug maker Pfizer has filed a motion which was dismissed in the pretrial processes for pending litigation against them dealing with the smoking cessation drug Chantix. Pfizer tried to bar testimony of expert witnesses for the plaintiffs, a move which was rejected on August 21,... Read More

On August 23, 2012, Chief Judge Joseph R. Goodwin scheduled a second set of bellwether cases for the vaginal mesh MDLs for June 24, 2013. Background on vaginal mesh MDLs The first vaginal mesh MDL was established in October 2010 to consolidate vaginal mesh lawsuits... Read More

GranuFlo and NaturaLyte are dialysis products that have been linked to serious complications related to heart health. One of the most serious risks is the possibility of a heart attack linked to NaturaLyte or Granuflo, which could potentially be fatal. Manufacturer Fresenius Medical Care, which... Read More

On September 10, 2012, a lawsuit filed by vaginal mesh lawyers was removed to the United States District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. In the filing, the plaintiff claims that she was caused injuries requiring surgery to correct. She seeks compensation from the manufacturer... Read More

Eight current and former executives of DePuy Orthopedics, the device manufacturing company and subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson responsible for the manufacture and marketing of the ASR hip replacement device, are scheduled to testify at the ongoing Ohio multidistrict litigation concerning the device. The y... Read More

A lawsuit claiming that Stryker Corporation was negligent and did not adequately warn patients about the risks associated with its Trident hip replacement system was filed in the Superior Court of the State of Indiana for the County of Marion by plaintiff Darlene A. Gray.... Read More

On August 8, 2011, all federal knee lawsuits against Zimmer knee were centralized in the Northern District of Illinois. The Zimmer knee multidistrict litigation (MDL) was established by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation for cases that involve the Zimmer NexGen knee device. Critics... Read More