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 »

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 »

Several attorneys who are representing plaintiffs in the Bard IVC filter multidistrict litigation (MDL) have applied for leadership roles, which would give them various responsibilities during the coordinated pretrial proceedings. Plaintiffs with cases pending in the MDL against C.R. Bard claim that the implanted medical devices can cause serious damages... Read more »

A request by a number of plaintiffs in power morcellator lawsuits has been granted by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, thus creating a consolidated federal docket in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. Pretrial proceedings for cases alleging a connection between power morcellators and cancer will... Read more »

Plaintiff Wendy Huston has suffered debilitating injuries and financial losses that she claims are a direct and proximate result of being implanted with the Zimmer Durom Cup hip replacement. She is now suing the manufacturer on counts of intentional misrepresentation, negligence, constructive fraud, manufacturing defect, unjust enrichment and failure to... Read more »

IVC filters are designed to catch blood clots before they reach the heart or lungs, and are indicated for patients who cannot tolerate blood thinning medications. The main purpose of this medical device is to prevent pulmonary embolism, which can be fatal. Missouri resident Catherine Rowden claims that on September... Read more »

In a recent Pinnacle hip lawsuit filed against DePuy Orthopedics, plaintiff Ronald Aller is demanding compensation for permanent injuries, lost wages, and physical and mental pain allegedly caused by the defendant’s hip replacement device. His wife is seeking additional damages for loss of consortium. The complaint was directly filed into... Read more »

Unlike the criminal law realm, civil laws are generally not designed to punish a defendant. Rather, civil litigation is usually meant to make the plaintiff “whole” again, compensating him for the value of what he lost as a result of the defendant’s misconduct (e.g., actual financial expenses, mental anguish, lost... Read more »