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The Stryker Rejuvenate hip implant is a defective medical device that suffers from similar flaws as the DePuy hip replacement product. Elements of this implant contain metal-on-metal qualities that may lead to very serious complications. Many adverse reactions to the product have been reported, internal and external product testing has confirmed the potential dangers of…

Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) on the problematic drug Pradaxa has been moved up to begin in March of 2014, as opposed to previously scheduled August 2014. There are currently over 175 cases pending in this MDL in Southern Illinois. In preparation for the upcoming proceedings, both the plaintiffs and Boehringer Ingelheim, the manufacturer of the anticoagulant…

Bayer could have to pay up to or more than $1.2 billion in order to settle personal injury lawsuits over the company’s Yaz and Yasmin oral contraceptives. For Bayer’s second quarter stockholder update, Bayer told its investors that it is currently facing nearly 13,000 Yaz and Yasmin lawsuits. In July 2012, Bayer accepted a settlement…

The legal controversy surrounding transvaginal mesh procedures is nothing new. The complications with surgeries, warnings from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, abounding lawsuits, and unhappy patients seem to be ever-present in the media. However, something that may have been flying under consumers’ radars is that some drug manufacturers are under scrutiny for deliberately withholding…

In Texas, a medical malpractice case has limits on the amount of non economic damages that can be recovered, usually $250,000.00. So no matter how severe and devastating the damage, the limit on non economic damage may be $250,000.00. Even if a drunken or drug addicted doctor inflicts brain damage on a child, that is…

The birth control drugs Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella are facing increasing litigation citing some serious complications. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, a recent study listed Yaz and Yasmin as the second worst drugs on the market for adverse events. Between Yaz and Yasmin alone, over 8,000 adverse side effects were reported to the FDA…

Although the recall on Johnson & Johnson’s metal-on-metal DePuy hip replacement was in August of 2010, the problems are far from over. Johnson & Johnson created the Pinnacle hip replacement as a second generation of DePuy, and it has already begun suffering similar results to its predecessor. According to Fox News, it is estimated that…

The non-profit Texas Watch Organization has released the results of its Court Watch project, which reviewed the decisions of the Texas Supreme Court over the last decade. This study claims to have found major biases and flaws in the actions of the state’s highest court. Researchers noted that this trend seems to have begun when…

Pradaxa is a new blood thinning drug touted as an alternative to the traditional (and problematic) warfarin, a drug in use since the 1950’s. It is an oral treatment that has been approved in preventing strokes in patients who suffer from atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat. Pradaxa’s main goal is to avoid the complications associated…

It is becoming very clear that financial incentives may be more influential in the actions of physicians than most would like. Pharmaceutical companies actively persuade doctors to make certain decisions in order to sell their products; doctors often agree in order to gain some monetary benefit as well. Many physicians today are engaged in the…