Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals is being sued for permanent injuries, financial losses and emotional distress allegedly caused by the defective nature of its Mirena intrauterine device (IUD). Plaintiff Alicia Sloan claims that the manufacturer did not comply with federal standards relevant to the sale of prescription products in the U.S., by... Read more »

As lawsuits relating to inferior vena cava (IVC) filters continue to mount, a Missouri woman has recently filed a complaint arguing that a portion of the Bard G2 filter implanted in her body fractured, causing a fragment to lodge in her back. As a result of this device failure, the... Read more »

Rosena Lyons, a resident of Georgia, has filed a short form complaint directly into the Rejuvenate and ABG II Hip multidistrict litigation (MDL) that is pending against Howmedica Osteonics, doing business as Stryker Orthopaedics. Pursuant to a pretrial order, the plaintiff direct-filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court of... 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 »

Last week, a California woman filed a Mirena IUD lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., its Finnish counterpart Bayer Oy, and their German parent company Bayer Pharma, AG. The November 18, 2015, complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California and alleges that... Read more »

On October 7, 2015, a lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana alleging severe injuries caused by pelvic mesh products known as InteXen and the BioArc Trans Obsturator Subfacial Hammock, both of which are implanted to help curtail the effects of stress urinary incontinence... Read more »

For over a decade, the use of IVC filters to prevent deep vein thrombosis has been controversial. Now a new study backs up some of the critics, concluding that implanting an inferior vena cava filter does not improve a trauma patient’s chances of survival and may actually contribute to additional... Read more »

A Texas man is suing Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics based on allegations that the defendants designed, manufactured and promoted an inherently dangerous and defective prosthesis, without conducting rigorous pre-market tests. Plaintiff Steven Price was implanted with the Pinnacle hip replacement with an UltametTM liner – a... Read more »

A date has been set for the initial status conference for all Ethicon morcellator lawsuits that have been consolidated under multidistrict litigation in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. U.S. The Honorable Kathyryn H. Vratil issued an order on Oct. 16 stated that the meeting will take... Read more »

A Louisiana woman is seeking compensation for injuries that she alleges were caused by the Mirena intrauterine device (IUD) and its subsequent surgical removal. On September 24, 2015, Ashley Fleming, of Franklinton, Louisiana, filed a lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., alleging that Bayer was negligent in its design, manufacture,... Read more »