Medtronic faces an increasing number of product liability and personal injury lawsuit. Most recently, a Louisiana man, filed a lawsuit alleging that the company’s Infuse bone graft caused unwanted bone growth along his spinal cord, which worsened his back pain following a lumbar fusion. The plaintiff, Martin Gavin alleges that…
According to new medical research, metal-on-metal hip replacements may corrode faster than traditional types of artificial hip implants, such as those made from plastic or ceramic. Experts speculate that the corrosion may be linked to an increased risk of local tissue reactions that require revision or removal of the artificial…
The DePuy Pinnacle MDL that is consolidated in the Northern District of Texas, has had some new orders issued by the court. Judge James E. Kinkeade, who is overseeing In re: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. Pinnacle Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation (“MDL No. 2244”), has issued three new orders that will…
The litigants in the federal NuvaRing litigation are scheduled to meet with the Court to discuss a plan to settle the lawsuits filed by women who allege that they suffered serious blood clot injuries from side effects of NuvaRing birth control. All NuvaRing lawsuits filed in federal district courts are…
A Texas plaintiff has filed a toxic tort lawsuit against Chevron, DuPont, Exxon and other chemical companies, alleging that he developed leukemia from benzene exposure. The benzene lawsuit was filed by Norvel Dorsey in January, in Jefferson County District Court in Texas. Dorsey named DuPont De Nemours, Chevron U.S.A., Exxon…
The FDA is alarmed about the risk of complications with vaginal mesh used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. The Federal regulators are ordering manufacturers to conduct new medical studies on the surgical products’ safety. FDA Notice Letter Sent The FDA sent a letter to several medical…
A New Jersey state court jury was unable to render a verdict in the most recent Accutane product liability trial. The plaintiffs had alleged that the acne medication Accutane caused a teenager to suffer inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) as a result of Accutane side effects. The Accutane product liability claim,…
The Medtronic Infuse saga, is a case of the fox guarding the hen house. And guess who are the chickens? Prior to its entry into the market in 2002, orthopedic doctors were excited about how the back surgery product known as bone morphogenetic protein-2 would revolutionize orthopedic medicine. But instead…
Dillon Yeaman was awarded nearly $1 million in damages by a federal jury, which found baseball bat makers Hillerich & Bradsby liable for the design of the Exogrid Model CB71X, and for failing to warn of the bat’s dangers. More than five years after a Norman High School pitcher was…
The steady drum beat of adverse medical reports and deadly side effects about the popular Yaz birth control pill and its variations continue to surface. Again another medical study has found that side effects of Yaz and Yasmin birth control increase the risk of a pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis…