Categories: COVID-19 Insurance Claims
Many small and large businesses have been severely impacted by the government mandated shutdowns and resulting losses due to COVID-19. Many of these businesses have or could have business interruption or other types of insurance policies that may be applicable and cover certain losses. Compensation may be available under these policies where the federal or...
Categories: Allergan Breast Implant Lawsuits
What You Should Know: On July 24, 2019, the FDA requested that Allergan recall its BIOCELL textured breast implants and tissue expanders to protect individuals from the increased risk of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), associated with Allergan BIOCELL textured breast implants. BIA-ALCL is not breast cancer – it is a type of...
Categories: Zantac Lawsuits
What you should know: On April 1, 2020, the FDA requested that all manufacturers immediately withdraw all prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) ranitidine drugs from the market. The generic name for the drug Zantac is ranitidine. The medication may contain a cancer-causing chemical. Some ranitidine medications had already been recalled prior to this announcement. Lawsuits have been...
Categories: Zantac Lawsuits
What you should know: The generic name for the drug Zantac is ranitidine. The medication may contain a cancer-causing chemical. Multiple ranitidine medications have been recalled. Lawsuits have been filed by individuals who have taken Zantac and developed cancer. The lawsuits accuse drug makers of manufacturing, marketing and selling a product they knew or should have...
Categories: E-Cigarette Addiction & Injury Lawsuit
Recently, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) created a new MDL for federal lawsuits for individuals, including minors, who suffered addiction or other injury as a result of JUUL nicotine delivery products. The lawsuits allege that Juul Labs, Inc (“JLI”) marketed its JUUL nicotine delivery products, including e-cigarettes, in a manner designed to attract minors, that...
Categories: Talc Cancer Lawsuits
On Friday, October 18, 2019, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. announced that it is recalling approximately 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the United States after U.S. health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in samples taken from a bottle purchased online. Asbestos is a known carcinogen that has been linked to mesothelioma. Johnson &...
Categories: Uloric (Gout Medication) Lawsuits
Uloric® (febuxostat) is a medication manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceuticals that is prescribed to treat a type of arthritis called gout in adults. Gout happens when a naturally occurring substance in the body called uric acid builds up and causes sudden attacks of redness, swelling, and pain in one or more joints. On 2/21/19, the U.S....
Categories: 3M Military Ear Plug Hearing Loss Lawsuits
Recently, on April 3, 2019, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) created a new MDL (“multidistrict litigation”) for the federal lawsuits brought by military veterans and service members with hearing loss against the earplug manufacturer, 3M Company. The MDL is in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida before Judge M. Casey...
Categories: IVC Lawsuits
On Friday, February 1, 2019, an Indiana federal jury awarded a plaintiff $3 million in compensatory damages in a bellwether Cook Medical IVC filter case after determining that the device was defectively designed. The verdict was handed down in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana with Judge Richard Young presiding. A...
Categories: 3M Military Ear Plug Hearing Loss Lawsuits
On January 25, 2019, a petition was filed with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) requesting that cases brought by military veterans with hearing loss against the earplug manufacturer, 3M Company, be transferred to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. In July, 2018, the Department of Justice announced that 3M Company “agreed to...
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