Many of the plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits against Biomet with regard to allegedly defective hip implant devices are looking forward to the resolution of their cases. A Biomet hip settlement is reportedly in the works for plaintiffs who were forced to undergo revision surgery after suffering from complications following... Read more »

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. is facing another lawsuit alleging NexGen knee problems. The lawsuit filed by Richard and Lois Evans claims that Zimmer launched an aggressive marketing campaign that did not inform them of the risks associated with the artificial knee implant. The New York residents allege severe complications as a... Read more »

With the increased use of the da Vinci robot surgical system comes increased public concern over the potential for serious risks. The latest plaintiff to file a complaint with regard to the robotic surgery is Melissa Pearson, a resident of Tennessee. The da Vinci hysterectomy lawsuit, which was filed on July... Read more »

About 6,400 DePuy Pinnacle hip lawsuits have been consolidated into a multidistrict litigation (MDL), which is proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas before the Honorable Judge Ed Kinkeade. For months, the involved parties have been going through pretrial discovery and selecting the bellwether cases,... Read more »

The FDA recently issued a new warning with regard to electronic laparoscopic morcellators.  These surgical instruments typically consist of a hollow cylinder that can be inserted into the abdominal wall. A grasper pulls a mass of tissue into the cylinder to enable the precise cutting of extractable pieces of tissue, allowing... Read more »