In April 2017, the Judicial Panel on Multi-district Litigation issued an order consolidating all Stryker LFIT V40 cases filed in federal court before a single judge in Massachusetts. The purpose of this consolidation is to provide oversight and assistance by the Court in conducting complex national discovery in a coordinated manner for all parties. This... Continue Reading →
DrugWatch – Hip Replacement Lawsuits
Thousands of people who received DePuy Orthopaedics’s ASR and Pinnacle hip implants accuse the company of failing to warn patients of the risks of metal-on-metal hip replacements. DePuy’s parent company, Johnson & Johnson, has lost multi-million-dollar jury verdicts and agreed to a multi-billion-dollar settlement to resolve a portion of the legal cases. DrugWatch - Hip... Continue Reading →
Physicians are worried about talcum powder and its relation to cancer. Johnson & Johnson has now settled one case for $72 million dollars. Click here to read more.