A measure that could impact how drugs and medical devices are approved by the FDA is currently awaiting its future in the U.S. Senate. H.R.6., also known as the 21st Century Cures Act has been approved by both the House of Representatives and the House Energy and Commerce Committee. However, concern... Read more »

Litigation involving laparoscopic morcellators continues to grow in our nation’s federal courts. Plaintiffs allege that they were not sufficiently warned that the devices could spread undetected cancer cells during fibroid removal surgery and/or hysterectomy. The Wall Street Journal reports that the first power morcellator cancer settlement has been reached between... Read more »

A Delaware County, PA woman is suing Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals based on allegations that the Mirena contraceptive device is both defective and dangerous. According to her Mirena IUD lawsuit, the plaintiff sustained serious physical injuries and financial losses resulting from her use of the intrauterine device. She is suing on... Read more »

On July 1, 2015, Linda L. Thompson of Washington filed a lawsuit regarding her Stryker hip replacement device. The complaint names Howmedica Osteonics doing business as Stryker Orthopaedics as defendants. The lawsuit is a short form complaint filed directly in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) No. 2441, which is proceeding in... Read more »

A Covidien transvaginal mesh settlement will resolve some of the more than 11,000 claims currently pending against the company. Covidien agreed to the settlement on June 23rd, involving transvaginal mesh devices that allegedly caused patients to suffer severe and painful side effects. The West Virginia federal court filing did not disclose the... Read more »

A request has been submitted to centralize the growing number of power morcellator lawsuits that have been filed in federal courts across the country. The request was submitted by six of the 22 plaintiffs that have already filed lawsuits alleging use of the power morcellators during a hysterectomy or myomectomy... Read more »

A joint trial for 26 women who have filed Gynecare TVT mesh lawsuits has been scheduled for later this year. U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin issued a pretrial order on June 12, setting the consolidated trial date for November 2, 2015. At this time, the 26 lawsuits filed by women... Read more »

After a two-week trial in a California Superior Court, a jury awarded $4.5 million to Alan Warner, who had filed his Wright hip failure lawsuit alleging injuries and economic losses. Warner alleged that although the Wright Profemur R hip implant he received was supposed to have an average lifespan of 15 to... Read more »

On April 14, plaintiff Eileen Laferrera filed a product liability complaint against Medtronic, alleging off-label use of the company’s Infuse bone graft during her surgery was the direct and proximate cause of her injuries. Her Infuse bone graft lawsuit was brought in the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey,... Read more »

A California woman has filed a Mirena uterine perforation lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Chelsea Dawn McClune claims to have suffered serious injuries caused by implementation of the device. According to the Mirena website, the device is the most prescribed IUD in the U.S. and is more than 99%... Read more »