Litigation involving laparoscopic morcellators continues to grow in our nation’s federal courts. Plaintiffs allege that they were not sufficiently warned that the devices could spread undetected cancer cells during fibroid removal surgery and/or hysterectomy. The Wall Street Journal reports that the first power morcellator cancer settlement has been reached between... Read more »

A Delaware County, PA woman is suing Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals based on allegations that the Mirena contraceptive device is both defective and dangerous. According to her Mirena IUD lawsuit, the plaintiff sustained serious physical injuries and financial losses resulting from her use of the intrauterine device. She is suing on... Read more »

On April 14, plaintiff Eileen Laferrera filed a product liability complaint against Medtronic, alleging off-label use of the company’s Infuse bone graft during her surgery was the direct and proximate cause of her injuries. Her Infuse bone graft lawsuit was brought in the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey,... Read more »

One of more than 1,200 Wright hip lawsuits alleging complications from the Profemur replacement system is being tried before a state jury in California Superior Court. The case, brought by Alan Warner, levels counts of failure to warn, design defects and breach of warranty against Wright Medical Group. On May... Read more »

Federal Judge Joseph Goodwin, who is presiding over vaginal mesh litigation in the Southern District of West Virginia, ruled that the claimant in a suit against Boston Scientific can proceed with her punitive damages claim. In his order, issued April 13, Judge Goodwin found that Sharon Kay Pelkey sufficiently alleged... Read more »

The power morcellator is a small surgical tool commonly employed in routine gynecological procedures such as fibroid tumor removal (myomectomy) and hysterectomies. Used in laparoscopic or key-hole surgeries, the instrument enables surgeons to break down tissue, allowing for easy extraction and a faster recovery. Recent studies on power morcellation during gynecological... Read more »

Emerging research indicates that the Mirena IUD and other hormone-based birth control implants such as Nexplanon and Implanon can prevent pregnancy longer than expected, when left in the body longer than the FDA-duration. The findings published February 4 in the medical journal Obstetrics & Gynecology suggest that women were unable... Read more »

Jurors in Oklahoma awarded plaintiff Andrea Smith $2.5 million in compensatory damages over injuries she sustained from two defective DePuy ASR XL Acetabular hip implants. The Tulsa County jurors found in favor of Smith, after evidence was presented that the ASR metal-on-metal hip replacement was defectively designed. Jurors found for... Read more »

Pelvic organ prolapse, or POP, affects many women who’ve had a hysterectomy, are post-menopausal or have had multiple children. The condition is said to affect one-third of all women at some point in their lifetime. Prolapse refers to the sagging or dropping of pelvic floor organs, including the uterus, bladder,... Read more »

More than 60,000 women of varying ages have sought legal recourse for serious injuries and financial hardships attributed to transvaginal mesh devices manufactured to help treat urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. Plaintiffs allege that defendants distributed defective products without sufficient trials or warnings about bladder sling problems such as... Read more »