On October 7, 2022, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) ordered all federally filed Exactech joint lawsuits to be centralized in the Eastern District of New York. The Honorable District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis was appointed to oversee the proceedings. Before that, over…
A Texas woman recently filed a new Exactech knee lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. She claims that after being implanted with the device, she suffered from serious injuries. Exactech initiated a recall of its knee and ankle joint…
A Louisiana man recently filed a new Exactech knee replacement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He claims that after he was implanted with the device, he suffered serious injuries. The plaintiff’s knee replacement device included an insert that…
On June 17, 2022, a Missouri woman filed a new Medtronic HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The device at issue is the same one that Medtronic recalled on November 19, 2020, due to…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced the recall of over 60,000 Abbott Assurity and Endurity Pacemakers. The FDA has identified this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type and indicates that the use of the products could cause…
A North Carolina woman has filed a new ParaGard IUD lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. She claims that after using the birth-control device, she suffered from significant injuries. ParaGard Breaks When Doctor Tries to Remove It The…
A Tennessee couple has filed a new Ethicon Physiomesh lawsuit against manufacturer Ethicon and parent company Johnson & Johnson. The couple claims that after the wife went through hernia repair surgery with the mesh, she suffered from serious injuries. They filed the case in the…
On October 5, 2017, a New Mexico woman filed a Covidien hernia mesh lawsuit in the District of New Mexico. She claims that after she was implanted with the mesh, she experienced serious injuries that required additional hospitalization. She seeks in excess of $75,000 in…
On August 10, 2017, the FDA released an update alerting health care providers to concerning developments with gastric balloons, which are used to help treat obesity. From 2016 to the date of the update, the FDA had received five reports of deaths linked to these…
An Ethicon Physiomesh lawsuit is pending in New Jersey state court. An Arkansas woman filed the case on August 3, 2017, in Middlesex County, claiming that after she was implanted with the mesh, she suffered from serious injuries. The manufacturer, a subsidiary of Johnson &…
