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• Depo-Provera Shots Triple Meningioma Brain Tumor Risks After Just One Year: Study

  February 5, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  The findings of a new study suggest that receiving at least one year of Depo-Provera shots can cause a 3.5 times increased risk of a woman developing a brain tumor.

• MDL Panel To Consider Depo-Provera Brain Tumor Lawsuit Consolidation at Hearing Today

  January 30, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  The U.S. JPML will hear oral arguments today over the potential creation of a Depo-Provera brain tumor lawsuit multidistrict litigation, which would place all of the federal cases under one judge for coordinated pretrial proceedings.

• Lawsuit Alleges Brain Tumor From Depo-Provera Caused Tongue Muscle Control Problems

  January 14, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A Massachusetts woman has filed a Depo-Provera lawsuit, indicating the birth control injections caused a tumor to develop in her brain that is pressing against the nerve controlling her tongue, which may eventually cost her control of her tongue permanently.

• Woman Files Depo-Provera Meningioma Lawsuit After Needing Brain Surgery, Annual MRIs

  January 8, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A Depo-Provera meningioma lawsuit filed by a Virginia woman indicates she will have to undergo MRIs every year for the rest of her life after a 2.5 cm tumor was surgically removed from her brain.

• Generic Depo-Provera Manufacturers Call for Birth Control Shot MDL to Be Created in NY, Not California

  December 31, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A growing number of lawsuits against generic Depo-Provera manufacturers have been filed throughout the federal court system, each alleging that women were not adequately warned about the risk of meningioma brain tumors from the birth control shot.

• Pfizer Agrees Brain Tumor Lawsuits Over Depo-Provera Should Be Centralized in MDL

  December 27, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Birth control shot manufacturer supports the consolidation of Depo-Provera brain tumor lawsuits, but argues that the claims should be centralized in the Southern District of New York, where the company is headquartered.

• Depo-Provera Lawsuit MDL Application Will Be Considered by JPML at Hearing on Jan. 30, 2025

  December 18, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  With a growing number of women pursuing Depo-Provera brain tumor lawsuits throughout the federal court system, the U.S. JPML will decide whether to consolidate and centralize the claims before one judge for coordinated discovery and pretrial proceedings.

• Motion Filed To Centralize Depo-Provera Lawsuits in Federal MDL Over Brain Tumor Risks

  December 2, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A group of plaintiffs have petitioned the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to consolidate all Depo-Provera lawsuits before one federal judge for coordinated pretrial proceedings.

• Depo Shot Brain Tumor Resulted in Need for Bifrontal Craniotomy: Lawsuit

  November 5, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A California woman’s lawsuit alleges that Depo-Provera shots left her with life-long impairments, after she developed a meningioma that required brain tumor removal surgery.

• Medtronic StealthStation Recall Issued Over Risk Of Surgical Errors, Injuries And Deaths

  June 2, 2020

  Russell Maas

  Medtronic is recalling a brain imaging system which may provide inaccurate imaging data, which could result in surgical errors during brain surgery, causing serious or life-threatening injuries.