After a proactive Superior Court Judge in Bergen County, New Jersey ordered opposing attorneys in the ongoing Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II modular hip systems product liability litigation to submit to a mediation program in an attempt to resolve some of the many Stryker hip lawsuits before going to trial, the... Read more »

New research on total knee arthroplasty with prosthetic implants indicates that up to a third of all patients may be having unnecessary surgery, putting recipients at greater risk for health problems and incapacitating complications. The study was conducted at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, where researchers examined the records of... Read more »

According to a pretrial order issued by the Honorable Judge Joseph Goodwin, plaintiffs and defense have continued progress in settlement negotiations that may resolve hundreds of transvaginal mesh lawsuits against Coloplast – a Danish manufacturer of bladder slings and mesh inserts. The company has been named defendant in product liability... Read more »

Bayer is opposing a request by plaintiffs in nine Mirena IIH lawsuits to establish a new federal multidistrict litigation (MDL), which would centralize all IIH complaints in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The plaintiffs, who filed the motion with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict... Read more »

With 2,000 Mirena IUD lawsuits pending across the country, plaintiffs are anxiously awaiting their day in court against Bayer Healthcare. Some sixteen cases have been given the green light for early trial dates. These so-called bellwether trials, chosen from 800 cases pending in New Jersey state court, will help gauge how juries... Read more »

Court records show that last month five new product liability complaints were filed in Bergen County Superior Court, alleging complications with the Stryker Accolade TMZF hip stem and LFIT anatomic V40 femoral head. The plaintiffs argue that the hip replacement components suffer design defects and are defectively manufactured, causing fretting... Read more »

The Mirena IUD, manufactured by Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, is already the topic of heated litigation throughout the United States. Women allege that the intrauterine system is prone to spontaneous migration, putting them at risk for uterine perforation, internal adhesions, infections and other debilitating injuries. Now, a new complication associated with... Read more »

Researchers have discovered that women who experience serious complications after transvaginal mesh surgery may not see an end to their issues once the mesh is removed. The study showed a significant number of women continue to experience pain, incontinence and painful intercourse even after vaginal mesh removal surgery, supporting claims... Read more »