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 »

Litigation involving transvaginal mesh complications continues to escalate in court rooms across the U.S., with more than 60,000 product liability claims pending against several manufacturers of bladder slings, pelvic mesh patches and surgical devices. The mesh implants were designed to help women treat symptoms of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and... Read more »

Proceedings for the first DePuy Pinnacle hip trial began on September 2 in Dallas, under the direction of U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade. This is the first trial involving allegations that the metal-on-metal hip implant poisoned patients, due to its defective design causing metal debris to enter into patients’ bloodstreams.... Read more »

Mirena IUD litigation continues to gain momentum throughout the country, as more women seek compensation for life-altering injuries and complications they claim were not sufficiently warned about by manufacturer, Bayer Healthcare. The levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system is used by millions of American women, who have the T-shaped IUD inserted by their... Read more »

The presiding judge for the thousands of transvaginal mesh injury lawsuits consolidated as part of a multidistrict litigation (MDL) in the Southern District of West Virginia has taken steps to expedite upcoming trials in light of the lack of progress made toward settlements. Judge Joseph Goodwin has issued a pre-trial... Read more »

The U.S. District Judge overseeing federal Pinnacle hip litigation has denied DePuy’s motions to have two key lawsuits dismissed. The complaints, filed by Kathleen Herlihy-Paoli and Toni M. Lay, are slated to go before a jury on September 1, as the first in a series of bellwether trials. The honorable... Read more »

More than 18,500 Ethicon transvaginal mesh lawsuits have been centralized in multidistrict litigation No. 2327 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. The coordinated proceedings are being managed by Judge Joseph Goodwin, who is overseeing a series of test cases known as “bellwether trials.” ... Read more »

The presiding judge in the ongoing state-level litigation process involving allegedly defective hip replacement devices in New Jersey has issued a new case management order with several provisions dealing with Stryker hip settlements. The order concerns issues related to the mediation process for reaching settlements, the discovery phase of litigation,... Read more »

On August 4th, the judge presiding over a Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft lawsuit struck a blow to the manufacturer in a product liability lawsuit pending in St. Louis. Judge Carol E. Jackson, presiding over the personal injury lawsuit involving the Infuse Bone Graft device in the U.S. District Court for... Read more »

According to a second quarter filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), manufacturer C.R. Bard has agreed to settle some 500 product liability lawsuits alleging painful and serious Avaulta mesh injuries. The transvaginal mesh settlements may be a positive indicator of potential agreements to come, as federal Judge... Read more »