Two Washington plaintiffs have filed a Stryker Rejuvenate hip lawsuit in coordinated proceedings in Minnesota. The complaint includes allegations that the Rejuvenate hip implanted into one of the plaintiffs left him with painful injuries and the need for revision surgery just a few short years after his original procedure. Charles... Read more »

A plaintiff has recently filed a Mirena IUD lawsuit in Massachusetts court over serious complications allegedly connected to the implantation of the popular birth control device. Lawyers for Carolyn Ferrara filed the case (# 3:15-cv-30045) on March 19 against Bayer Healthcare in the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, Western... Read more »

In late February, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in conjunction with the Brookings Institution, released a report detailing a new $250 million, seven-year initiative designed to create a national system of medical device surveillance. The development of such a program is an acknowledgment of the fact that while the... Read more »

One of the lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon subsidiary with regard to its transvaginal mesh products has resulted in a settlement agreement. The news of the settlement came on the fifth day of the trial and just a few days following the decision by a state court jury to... Read more »

A jury in California has awarded a plaintiff $5.7 million after determining Ethicon and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson, did not adequately inform patients of the risks associated with the Gynecare TVT Abbrevo Sling System. The compensatory and punitive damages were awarded to Colleen Perry, who alleged during her... Read more »

UnitedHealth Group, the country’s largest health insurance provider recently issued new rules requiring doctors to obtain authorization prior to using a power morcellator to perform a hysterectomy, as morcellation has been linked to spreading cancer in some women. Starting in April, doctors will need to seek approval from the insurance... Read more »

Johnson & Johnson and their DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary recently announced that they would extend the terms of a previously agreed upon settlement deal pertaining to DePuy hip lawsuits. The settlement deal previously applied to approximately 8,000 DePuy ASR plaintiffs, who had alleged that their hip replacement devices failed prematurely and... 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 »

A Special Master has been appointed to encourage a transvaginal mesh settlement between manufacturer C.R. Bard and the more than 10,000 plaintiffs who have brought suit against the company over injuries allegedly caused by their mesh products. The lawsuits have been consolidated as part of a multidistrict litigation designed to... Read more »