C.R. Bard has reportedly agreed to pay more than $200 million in a transvaginal mesh settlement for at least 3,000 lawsuits brought against the company. The settlement will resolve approximately one-fifth of the outstanding lawsuits the manufacturer is currently facing related to its transvaginal mesh products. Plaintiffs claim they sustained... Read more »

IVC filter problems have been the subject of a growing number of lawsuits in recent months. Now, another study has identified potential complications associated with the Cook Celect IVC filter. Researchers discovered that this particular IVC filter had a high rate of strut perforations in comparison to a similar device... Read more »

Elevated metal levels in the bloodstream have left a hip replacement patient vulnerable to numerous health risks, a new Stryker hip lawsuit claims. The plaintiffs in the complaint state that they were unaware of the risks prior to hip replacement surgery but now are faced with concerns that elevated chromium... Read more »

In a complaint filed on August 5, a Texas plaintiff alleges that the transvaginal mesh device used to treat her urinary incontinence problem caused serious injuries. Margaret McMahen v. Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon, Inc. was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, where the defendant is... Read more »

Questions have been raised recently about the safety of power morcellators used during gynecologic surgeries, with some healthcare advocates calling for a complete ban on the medical devices because of the risk of spreading cancer during morcellation. Adding fuel to the fire, Congressman Michael Burgess, a Tea Party Republican from... Read more »

Zimmer Inc. has lost its first case involving the Durom Cup hip replacement. Last week, a Los Angeles County Superior Court ordered the device manufacturer to pay plaintiff Gary Kline $9.2 million. The jury found Zimmer liable on claims of failure to warn and defective design before handing down their... Read more »

A research team has discovered that da Vinci robot surgery complications caused 144 patient deaths, 1,391 patient injuries and 8,061 device malfunctions from January 2000 to December 2013. The number of injuries and deaths per procedure have remained relatively constant since 2007. Surgical specialties where robots are frequently used, including... Read more »

A resident of Contra Costa County, California has filed a class action Depuy hip lawsuit against DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, John Muir Health, and the doctor who performed his Pinnacle hip implant surgery. John Muldoon claims that a class action lawsuit is called for because the class is believed to... Read more »

Since April of 2013, Mirena IUD lawsuits filed in federal courts throughout the United States have been coordinated before Judge Cathy Seibel under multidistrict litigation (MDL). By centralizing product liability claims that have common issues of fact and allegations for pretrial proceedings, there is less chance of redundant discovery and... Read more »

An amendment proposed by Representative Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA.) was added to the 21st Century Cures Act before it passed the House. The bill would implement many healthcare reforms and has been widely touted, given its bipartisan support. However, some experts, including leading consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, have been staunchly... Read more »