A recent study from The Journal of the American Medical Association revealed that the benefits of the IVC filter procedure are not always clear, when examined alongside the risks. The study stated that, “Although retrievable inferior vena cava filters are frequently used in addition to anticoagulation in patients with acute venous thromboembolism, their benefit-risk ratio is unclear…...
More recently, a significant number of women and theirs families have brought lawsuits against various manufacturers after doctors used laparoscopic power morcellators during their hysterectomies. These individuals allege that these devices were responsible for spreading undiagnosed cancers and that they were not adequately warned about the potentially deadly risk. Laparoscopic power morcellators have been used...
Two weeks ago, one of the first laparoscopic power morcellator lawsuits that was filed in federal court was finally settled. The plaintiff, widower Scott Burkhart, settled for an undisclosed amount right before it the lawsuit was scheduled to reach trial. He had originally filed the lawsuit in March 2014 against LiNA Medical after his wife,...
Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new version of a pelvic mesh produced by Caldera Medical, even as last week, Medtronic settled with more than 11,000 vaginal mesh patients. This new iteration of the Vertessa Lite mesh (pictured left) has been cleared to be used in surgery for pelvic organ prolapse. Caldera...
Today, June 2nd, U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin of the Southern District of West Virginia will hold a crucial conference status meeting where the major manufacturers of transvaginal mesh and sling products intend to ask for a moratorium on current or future claims. In this case, a moratorium would prevent other women harmed by transvaginal...
Judge Joseph Goodwin, the federal judge in charge of overseeing multidistrict litigation involving transvaginal mesh and sling products, has moved to consolidate more than a dozen such lawsuits for jury trial this November. The decision came on June 12th, when he consolidated 26 transvaginal mesh lawsuits into a single trial which is set to begin...
More than a thousand cases related to Zimmer NexGen knee implants have been filed and consolidated in federal court in Illinois. The federal judge overseeing these cases has recently issues a scheduling order setting opening statements for the first trail that is set to begin on October 13th of this year. A bellwether trail in...
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