A federal judge in Philadelphia says that a lawsuit filed against Bayer for its Essure permanent contraceptive device can proceed, despite dismissing all but two claims filed by five women who allege they were harmed by the device. U.S. District Judge John R. Padova said that the women’s claims that Bayer used misleading advertising and…
A year-long investigation by NBC News has revealed that medical device manufacturer C.R. Bard, Inc. allegedly knew of defects in its Recovery IVC Blood Clot filters but continued to market the products anyway despite a more than 50% failure rate. IVC filters are used to prevent blood clots from reaching a patient’s heart or lungs.…
Manufactured by 3M, the Bair Hugger is a forced hot air warming system that is used to help regulate a patient’s body temperature during surgery. The portable device pushes warm air through a hose into a surgical blanket draped over the patient and also releases air under the surgical table. Unfortunately, one side effect from…
A federal jury in Dallas has awarded $502 million to five patients who claim Johnson & Johnson hid flaws in its Pinnacle hip implant device that caused them to suffer pain and additional surgeries to repair the damage. The jury awarded $142 million in actual damages and $360 million in punitive damages after finding that…
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Inc. is moving to settle a number of lawsuits over its power morcellator devices that are alleged to spread cancer in women. The Wall Street Journal has reported that the company has settled nearly 70 cases over the past few months involving its laparoscopic power morcellator device, which plaintiffs say…
An $11.1 million jury award against Johnson & Johnson by a woman injured by vaginal mesh has been upheld by a state court of appeals in New Jersey. Linda Gross filed suit against Ethicon, a division of J&J in 2008 alleging injuries including severe pain which resulted in 18 surgeries, the loss of her career…
An Atlanta jury has awarded a woman $10 million in punitive damages and $1 million in compensatory damages for injuries she received following hip replacement surgery using the Wright Conserve Resurfacing Cup manufactured by Wright Medical Technology. The bellwether trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, where multiple cases against Wright…
In response to a surge of consumer complaints about the Essure permanent contraceptive device since October 2013, the FDA has now ordered its manufacturer, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, to perform a postmarket safety study. In addition, the FDA has proposed a box warning and a patient checklist highlighting the potential adverse events that could occur following implantation of…
According to Madris Tomes, chief executive officer of Device Events, the FDA may have significantly underestimated fetal deaths among women who used the Essure Contraceptive device. While the FDA has cited five fetal deaths, Tomes had indicated that there were in fact 303 fetal deaths linked to the product. Essure is a permanent contraceptive device…
Two Philadelphia juries have found in favor of women injured by pelvic mesh products and awarded in excess of $10 million in each case. On February 10, 2016 Sharon Carlino was awarded $13.5 million for injuries she sustained including constant pain and discomfort and the inability to have sex. In December 2015 Patricia Hammons was…