Women who were implanted with a Paragard copper intrauterine device (IUD) whose arm broke off during removal may be at risk of serious and potentially life threatening injuries. In many cases, broken Paragard IUDs may require medical intervention or even surgery in order to remove the device or treat injuries caused by the broken pieces of the device.
(more…)The U.S. District judge in Georgia who is overseeing federal lawsuits involving the copper IUD Paragard has selected 10 lawsuits that will be the first to go to trial out of the hundreds that have been filed. Judge Leigh Martin May has ordered a trial date of March 2024 for the 10 “bellwether” Paragard lawsuits that were selected.
(more…)Teva Pharmaceuticals and CooperSurgical are facing more than 1,300 lawsuits filed by women who were injured by broken Paragard copper IUDs.
(more…)The Food and Drug Administration has received thousands of reports of complications linked to the Paragard copper IUD, including nearly 15,000 reports that were deemed “serious”. More than 100 additional reports involved women who were hospitalized or experienced life-threatening side effects from Paragard, and at least 15 cases that resulted in death. (more…)
Lawsuits filed against the manufacturers of the copper IUD ParaGard allege that design and manufacturing defects in this birth control device make it prone to break while it is being removed. When this occurs, women with ParaGard may experience serious, painful, and potentially deadly side effects. (more…)
The FDA has warned that the copper IUD Paragard is prone to break when it is being removed from a woman’s body. When this occurs, women implanted with the copper IUD may experience severe pain, infections, organ perforation, infertility, or other side effects. (more…)
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has ruled that more than four dozen lawsuits filed by women who experienced side effects from the copper IUD Paragard should be consolidated in a multidistrict litigation in Georgia. The manufacturers of Paragard are also facing dozens of additional lawsuits filed by women with complications from the birth control device. (more…)
