Fidelma Fitzpatrick has been named lead counsel of the Bayer Essure California state court. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith appointed her to head a five-member plaintiffs executive...
A man who suffered an adverse reaction after his hernia was patched with a polypropylene mesh product files suit this week in federal court claiming the product's maker, Atrium...
Mirena is an intrauterine device (IUD) inserted to prevent pregnancy. The Mirena birth control implant releases the prescription medication levonorgestrel. In addition to previous lawsuits filed over other side...
Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiary, DePuy Orthopedics, were ordered to pay six plaintiffs over $1 billion last month due to injuries caused by the defective...
Atrium Medical Corporation recently came under fire over its hernia mesh products, and a number of lawsuits have been filed alleging its products are defective in design. In response...
Around this time last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a warning to doctors and patients that a popular device called a duodenoscope was linked to...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent out a warning letter to hospitals and healthcare providers warning them of a potentially dangerous device: medical carts. Battery-powered medical carts are...
When David Watring first underwent surgery to correct his parastomal hernia in April 2013, he had no idea what road the surgery would take him down. Several years and...
The litigation against Ethicon Inc. and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) over their defective pelvic mesh products has been ongoing for years now, but the first case finally came to...
The walls are quickly closing in on pharmaceutical giant Bayer A.G. The company has come under scrutiny for its controversial Essure contraceptive device and currently faces hundreds of lawsuits...
