Category: Medical Devices
Wright Conserve Hip Class Action Lawsuit
What is the Wright Conserve Hip Replacement? Wright Medical Technology Inc. manufactures the Conserve, a metal-on-metal implant used in total hip replacement surgery. The Conserve is designed with an all-metal “ball-and-socket” design, in which a metal femoral head that pivots...
Transvaginal Mesh Class Action Lawsuit
Update: Judge Affirms $13.7 Million Transvaginal Mesh Award January 11, 2017 – The Philadelphia judge presiding over a transvaginal mesh lawsuit that resulted in a $13.7 million judgment affirmed the award on appeal. The lawsuit was filed by Plaintiff Sharon...
Stryker Hip Class Action Lawsuit
Update: New Jersey Supreme Court Establishes MCL for Stryker LFIT Lawsuits June 5, 2017 – The New Jersey Supreme Court has approved a request to consolidate state lawsuits filed by plaintiffs alleging complications from the Stryker LFIT Anatomic Cobalt Chromium...
IVC Filter Class Action Lawsuit
Update: Bard Ordered to Pay $3.6 Million in First IVC Filter Bellwether Trial April 4, 2018 – A federal jury in Arizona on Friday ordered C.R. Bard, Inc. to pay $3.6 million to a Georgia woman who suffered serious complications...
DePuy Hip Implant Class Action Lawsuit
Update: J&J Ordered to Pay $1 Billion in DePuy Hip Bellwether Trial December 2, 2016 – A Texas jury has found Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics unit liable for over $1.04 billion in a 6-plaintiff bellwether trial alleging injuries from...
Cold Therapy Class Action Lawsuit
$12.5 Million Award in Cold Therapy Lawsuit In August 2012, a jury in California awarded a woman $12.5 million for her cold therapy lawsuit, including $5 million in compensation and $7.5 million in punitive damages against Dr. David Chao and...