A federal judge has selected three cases to serve as early trials in the growing litigation involving IVC filters manufactured by Cook Medical. Approximately 500 cases are currently pending in multidistrict litigation that has been assigned to an Indiana federal court. The outcome of these early trials may provide insight... Read more »

Damages in a Pinnacle hip implant lawsuit have been reduced in accordance with state law but the verdict remains the same, a judge overseeing coordination of Pinnacle hip injury lawsuits has determined. The original jury award of $500 million was reduced to $151 million for the five plaintiffs that were... Read more »

A jury has awarded five plaintiffs $500 million after determining Pinnacle hip devices manufactured by Johnson & Johnson were defective and the company failed to warn about potential risks associated with their devices. This marks the second Pinnacle hip implant trial, and 8,000 other cases are still pending in federal court. Plaintiffs... Read more »

Measuring errors at a manufacturing plant in England have left thousands of hip implant recipients vulnerable to the possibility of injury and early implant failure. DePuy Orthopedics has admitted errors in the manufacturing of some of its metal-on-metal implants at a Yorkshire factory and now faces questions from patients and... Read more »

According to a recent Zimmer hip lawsuit, the device’s faulty design left the plaintiff with ongoing pain and severe injuries. The plaintiff cites a history of premature failure associated with this device, which the company allegedly knew about even as they continued to market their product to the medical community and general... Read more »

Permanent bone and tissue damage due to metal debris is the allegation made by a plaintiff who recently filed a lawsuit against Biomet. The plaintiff claims the faulty nature of her Biomet metal-on-metal hip led to injuries and the need for revision surgery just a few short years after her initial... Read more »

With a high rate of early failure and revision surgeries, now patients with Stryker Rejuvenate hip systems have another concern. A new study has found a high rate of complications after Stryker Rejuvenate revision surgery, indicating that simply replacing the device might not be an end to the patient’s difficulties.... Read more »

A jury awarded $11 million to the plaintiff in the first bellwether trial involving the Wright Conserve hip replacement system. The verdict comes as other trials are about to get underway, with more than 500 lawsuits pending against Wright in federal court in Georgia. These early trials provide valuable insight... Read more »

Bellwether selection has begun in the coordinated proceedings involving Cook vena cava filter lawsuits. Ten cases have been selected by representatives for the plaintiffs and the defendants, which will now go through case-specific discovery. Four of those cases will then be identified as bellwether trials, which are scheduled to begin... Read more »

Richard Pohly has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the da Vinci robot, claiming the device left him with permanent and disabling injuries. The plaintiff further states that the manufacturer was fully aware of the risks associated with their product, but failed to alert the medical community and general public. In... Read more »