A new vaginal mesh-related lawsuit was filed on the 14th of May, 2012, by a North Carolina woman who claims that she experienced side effects and complications as a result of her use of the device. The plaintiff filed her lawsuit in the United States'... Read More

The current multi district litigation case dealing with the type II diabetes drug Actos has recently grown by one lawsuit dealing with the case of an Indiana man who allegedly developed bladder cancer after taking the medication. Ralph Penrod of Hartford City filed his lawsuit... Read More

An Illinois woman has filed a lawsuit against vaginal mesh manufacturer Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, alleging complications from Ethicon's Gynecare TVT vaginal mesh device. The plaintiff, Denise Burkhart of Antioch, Ill., filed her lawsuit on May 21, 2012 in the U.S. District... Read More

A recent study conducted by the Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both located in the Boston area, found that patients being treated with antidepressant drugs such as Zoloft had a higher risk of finding themselves in the intensive care... Read More

A number of men have filed lawsuits against drug maker Merck after experiencing side effects related to the hair loss drug Propecia, and one former patient is taking it much further--Kevin Malley, who is a former public health researcher from Las Vegas, Nevada, has staged... Read More

The manufacturer of the once-popular fourth generation birth control pill Yaz has been forced to pay out about $142 million in settlements to patients who have filed lawsuits after experiencing serious side effects as a result of their use of the birth control. Plaintiffs who... Read More

Pradaxa is a blood thinning medication that was introduced relatively recently as an alternative to older blood thinning drugs. However, a number of patients have experienced complications and side effects as a result of their use of the drug, and a number of them have... Read More

A growing number of plaintiffs are filing lawsuits against drug company Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals charging that they suffered internal bleeding from Pradaxa, an anticoagulant medication. Pradaxa is used to prevent stroke in patients who suffer from non-valvular atrial fibrillation, a condition that allows blood clots... Read More