More than 135,000 women have filed lawsuits against manufacturers of pelvic mesh products and in public comments to the FDA scores of women have asked for a nationwide ban or recall of the devices. While the FDA decided not to impose an outright ban on the products, the manufacturers have been ordered to submit new…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has transferred all cases alleging injuries caused by Bair Hugger Forced Air Warming units or blankets to Minnesota federal court for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. In a Dec. 11 order, the panel explained that the actions involve common questions of fact and centralization will serve…
The claims of five plaintiffs have been consolidated for the first bellwether trial in the Pinnacle Hip Implant MDL. The trial is being held in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Jury selection is underway and opening statements are scheduled for Monday January 11, 2016. The trial is expected to last…
Stryker is one of several hip implant manufacturers facing legal action over their products. There are many hip implants on the market, and a number of manufacturers are under increasing legal pressure because of the effects that their products can have on recipients. Stryker hip implants have been voluntarily recalled after the devices were implicated…
Personal Injury Attorney Sarah Showard has just published a new youtube video on hip implant lawsuits.
Another bellwether lawsuit against manufacturer Bard is set to begin. Another transvaginal mesh lawsuit against manufacturer C. R. Bard is set to begin next week in a federal court in West Virginia. Court documents say the case is set to begin on December 3. This case is the last of four scheduled bellwether lawsuits against…
A second lawsuit against transvaginal mesh manufacturer Bard has been settled. The second of four bellwether lawsuits against transvaginal mesh manufacturer C.R. Bard has ended in a settlement. The case was part of federal litigation being heard in the Southern District of West Virginia. The case involved a North Carolina woman who says she suffered…
Transvaginal mesh lawsuit manufacturer Bard is facing more legal action after a $2 million judgement. A federal jury in Charleston, WV says that C.R. Bard is liable for flaws in some of the company’s transvaginal mesh implants, and they say the company needs to pay $2 million for its irresponsibility. Bloomberg.com is reporting on the…
While U.S. hip implant lawsuits are dominating headlines, more patients are suffering around the world. Thousands of patients are coming forward in the United States to fight for their rights against DePuy, the medical device manufacturer behind metal-on-metal hip implants. There has already been an $8.26 million verdict against the manufacturer in California, and the…
A new study takes a look at the link between hip implants and soft tissue damage. Recent research has shown a linkage between the Stryker Orthopedics Rejuvenate Modular Hip System and soft tissue damage around the implant. Initially, patients who were victims of this side effect from hip implants were forgotten as most legal action…