When Medtronic’s Infuse Bone Graft was first approved by the FDA in 2002, the innovation was hailed as a major breakthrough that could stimulate the formation of new bone mass when used in spinal fusion procedures. Medtronic’s own website waxed poetic about the breakthrough, comparing it to The Anatomy Lecture... Read more »

Embattled healthcare products company Endo International has announced that it has shuttered its Astoria Women’s Health division. This move has come on the heels of the company’s failure to identify a buyer for that division. Astoria Women’s Health division was based on Eden Prairie, Minnesota before it permanently closed its... Read more »

IVC filters are designed to protect patients from life-threatening blood clots, but two recently filed class action lawsuits in Canada claim the opposite. In January, Wendy Kopeck filed a $200 million class action lawsuit against Cook Medical after doctors deemed her IVC filter removal surgery too risky to perform back in... Read more »

C.R. Bard has come under fire after recently revealed information indicates the company knew its G2 series blood clot filters had serious flaws, but the manufacturer opted to remain mum on the issue. The G2 IVC filters were designed to replace Bard’s Recovery filter — a device that was linked to... Read more »

Robot-assisted surgery has grown increasingly popular. The da Vinci surgical platforms, designed and manufactured by Intuitive Surgical, have been added to surgical suites around the country. But with the increasing prevalence of robotic surgery comes a rise in litigation that alleges serious risks associated with this medical technique. Despite the... Read more »

Last week, a California woman filed a Mirena IUD lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., its Finnish counterpart Bayer Oy, and their German parent company Bayer Pharma, AG. The November 18, 2015, complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California and alleges that... Read more »

For over a decade, the use of IVC filters to prevent deep vein thrombosis has been controversial. Now a new study backs up some of the critics, concluding that implanting an inferior vena cava filter does not improve a trauma patient’s chances of survival and may actually contribute to additional... Read more »

A plaintiff who was awarded a substantial jury award in her transvaginal mesh lawsuit recently had verdict reduced. Judge Mary Johnston of New Castle County in Delaware ruled that the original $100 million jury award was “grossly disproportionate to the injuries suffered and shock the court’s conscience and sense of justice.” However,... Read more »

A North Wales, PA man has filed an IVC filter lawsuit against C.R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc., claiming the faulty device caused him to suffer serious and permanent injuries. An IVC filter is a small, cage-like device that is inserted into the inferior vena cava — the... 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 »