A plaintiff who was awarded a substantial jury award in her transvaginal mesh lawsuit recently had verdict reduced. Judge Mary Johnston of New Castle County in Delaware ruled that the original $100 million jury award was “grossly disproportionate to the injuries suffered and shock the court’s conscience and sense of justice.” However,... Read more »

With their lawsuit, Charles Dowdy III and Erica Dowdy of New Mexico are demanding that Stryker Orthopaedics be held liable for damages arising from the allegedly defective hip implant, the Stryker Rejuvenate ABG II device. The plaintiffs are demanding punitive damages arguing that the defendants’ actions were “willful, wanton, reckless, fraudulent,... Read more »

When it first entered the medical marketplace, robotic surgery was widely hailed as being the next frontier in medical technology. Proponents argued that this innovative approach to performing laparoscopic procedures would reduce the risk of complications to the patient, speed up recovery time, and even reduce post-surgical pain (which would... Read more »

Thousands of women have reported bladder sling injuries to the FDA and to date more than 70,000 patients who have received the implants have filed transvaginal mesh lawsuits against a handful of manufacturers. Recently, Canadian researchers sought to establish the percentage of women who might expect to undergo revision surgery... Read more »

A woman who endured surgical Mirena removal has filed a lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., demanding compensatory damages for her medical expenses, physical injuries, and pain and suffering. Sonja Zimmerman filed her lawsuit against Bayer on September 3, 2015 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.... Read more »

The federal judge presiding over the transvaginal mesh litigation coordinated in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia has ordered that 200 of the mesh injury lawsuits filed against Ethicon be prepared for trial dates early in 2016. Ethicon, which is a subsidiary of Johnson &... Read more »

Questions have been raised recently about the safety of power morcellators used during gynecologic surgeries, with some healthcare advocates calling for a complete ban on the medical devices because of the risk of spreading cancer during morcellation. Adding fuel to the fire, Congressman Michael Burgess, a Tea Party Republican from... Read more »

A resident of Contra Costa County, California has filed a class action Depuy hip lawsuit against DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, John Muir Health, and the doctor who performed his Pinnacle hip implant surgery. John Muldoon claims that a class action lawsuit is called for because the class is believed to... Read more »

An amendment proposed by Representative Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA.) was added to the 21st Century Cures Act before it passed the House. The bill would implement many healthcare reforms and has been widely touted, given its bipartisan support. However, some experts, including leading consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, have been staunchly... Read more »

On July 1, 2015, Linda L. Thompson of Washington filed a lawsuit regarding her Stryker hip replacement device. The complaint names Howmedica Osteonics doing business as Stryker Orthopaedics as defendants. The lawsuit is a short form complaint filed directly in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) No. 2441, which is proceeding in... Read more »