One of more than 1,200 Wright hip lawsuits alleging complications from the Profemur replacement system is being tried before a state jury in California Superior Court. The case, brought by Alan Warner, levels counts of failure to warn, design defects and breach of warranty against Wright Medical Group. On May... Read more »

The largest jury award to date against Boston Scientific for a transvaginal mesh lawsuit was handed down in late May 2015. The plaintiff, a Delaware woman, sued the medical device company regarding serious and potentially permanent complications. She claimed that her ongoing pain was the result of the allegedly defective... Read more »

When Essure hit the market 13 years ago, the contraceptive was considered a major innovation for women who didn’t want to have more children. However, thanks to serious side effects, similar to reported Mirena IUD complications, it is now under investigation by the FDA. Essure is manufactured by Bayer Healthcare... Read more »

A motion has been filed with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to centralize all federal product liability lawsuits brought by plaintiffs who experienced complications with Bard inferior venous cava (IVC) filters for coordinated pretrial proceedings. This is not the first MDL regarding C.R. Bard products, as hundreds of... Read more »

A plaintiff who filed a DePuy hip lawsuit in New Jersey alleges her Pinnacle hip system left her with severe injuries, permanent debility and concerns over additional revision surgeries in the future. The plaintiff’s husband is also listed on the complaint, claiming he has lost the “society, companionship and conjugal relationship”... Read more »

A 26-year-old Oakland, CA woman has filed a Mirena IUD lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Sandra O. Rangel had the product inserted on May 11, 2012 and was forced to have it surgically removed just over one year later. Following the initial insertion of the device, her physician checked... Read more »

The Da Vinci surgical robot is one of the most innovative designs to emerge in medical technology. However, this technology is not without complication, and several hundred injured plaintiffs have alleged severe injuries and unnecessary harm at the hands of this highly-touted surgical tool. Recently, a Georgia plaintiff alleging severe injuries... Read more »

A woman who has experienced catastrophic side effects after power morcellation was used during her 2013 hysterectomy has received support from some federal lawmakers. At the time of her surgery, Dr. Amy Reed unknowingly had uterine cancer that was spread throughout her body by the morcellator. Although Reed chose not to... Read more »

The Mirena inter-uterine device (IUD) is considered one of the best-selling birth control methods of its type. However, the device is not without complications, and thousands of women across the United States have raised claims against manufacturer Bayer Healthcare for failure to warn them of known, undisclosed risks. Accordingly, the... Read more »

Boston Scientific has announced its first transvaginal mesh settlement to resolve a large number of lawsuits filed over its allegedly defective devices designed to treat stress urinary incontinence and other conditions in women. The company, which has stated that it is contending with over 25,000 such cases, reports that approximately... Read more »