Plaintiff Wendy Huston has suffered debilitating injuries and financial losses that she claims are a direct and proximate result of being implanted with the Zimmer Durom Cup hip replacement. She is now suing the manufacturer on counts of intentional misrepresentation, negligence, constructive fraud, manufacturing defect, unjust enrichment and failure to... Read more »

In a complaint filed on August 5, a Texas plaintiff alleges that the transvaginal mesh device used to treat her urinary incontinence problem caused serious injuries. Margaret McMahen v. Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon, Inc. was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, where the defendant is... Read more »

In yet another lawsuit filed in the Multi-District Litigation (MDL) against Zimmer – which is steadily expanding – an injured plaintiff is seeking redress for his injuries following the malfunction and eventual revision surgery of his Zimmer Durom Cup hip implant system. MDL No. 2158 was commenced in 2013 and... Read more »

Attorneys for both sides continue to engage in mediation to reach Stryker Rejuvenate hip settlements, so the thousands of pending cases don’t have to be tried individually in courts across the nation. More than 4,000 product liability cases are currently pending against the medical device manufacturer in state and federal... Read more »

The presiding judge in the ongoing state-level litigation process involving allegedly defective hip replacement devices in New Jersey has issued a new case management order with several provisions dealing with Stryker hip settlements. The order concerns issues related to the mediation process for reaching settlements, the discovery phase of litigation,... Read more »

After a proactive Superior Court Judge in Bergen County, New Jersey ordered opposing attorneys in the ongoing Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II modular hip systems product liability litigation to submit to a mediation program in an attempt to resolve some of the many Stryker hip lawsuits before going to trial, the... Read more »

With 2,000 Mirena IUD lawsuits pending across the country, plaintiffs are anxiously awaiting their day in court against Bayer Healthcare. Some sixteen cases have been given the green light for early trial dates. These so-called bellwether trials, chosen from 800 cases pending in New Jersey state court, will help gauge how juries... Read more »

Court records show that last month five new product liability complaints were filed in Bergen County Superior Court, alleging complications with the Stryker Accolade TMZF hip stem and LFIT anatomic V40 femoral head. The plaintiffs argue that the hip replacement components suffer design defects and are defectively manufactured, causing fretting... Read more »