Categories: 3M Military Ear Plug Hearing Loss Lawsuits
In July, 2018, the Department of Justice announced that 3M Company “agreed to pay $9.1 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly sold the dual-ended Combat Arms Earplugs Version 2 (CAEv2) to the U.S. military without disclosing defects that hampered the effectiveness of the hearing protection device.” Specifically, the U.S. had alleged that 3M and...
Categories: Zostavax Shingles Vaccine Lawsuits
Recently, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) created a new MDL for the federal lawsuits alleging injury caused by Zostavax, a live vaccine for the prevention of shingles. The lawsuits allege that the vaccine caused individuals to develop shingles or other injuries triggered from exposure to the live, attenuated varicella zoster virus contained in the vaccine,...
Categories: Hernia Mesh Lawsuits
On August 2, 2018, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) created a new MDL for the federal lawsuits alleging injury caused by polypropylene hernia mesh products manufactured by C.R. Bard Inc. and subsidiary Davol Inc. (The alleged injuries include adhesions, damage to organs, inflammatory and allergic responses, foreign body rejection, migration, infections and other injury.) In...
Categories: Medication Recall
On July 13, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an alert of a voluntary recall of several drug products containing the active ingredient valsartan, used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. This recall is due to an impurity, N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), which was found in the recalled products. NDMA is classified as...
Categories: Essure Litigation
On Friday, Bayer announced that it would discontinue sales of its controversial Essure birth control implant by the end of the year. The announcement comes amidst thousands of claims brought by injured women alleging that Bayer failed to adequately warn of Essure’s potential dangers and adverse side effects. The lawsuits also allege that Bayer breached...
Categories: Talc Cancer Lawsuits
On July 12, 2018, a St. Louis jury awarded $4.69 billion to 22 women finding that Johnson & Johnson knew or should have known that perineal use of its talcum powder products can cause ovarian cancer in women, but failed to provide adequate instructions and warnings. The verdict included $550 million in compensatory damages and...
Categories: Food Safety and Recalls
The CDC has advised that 23 more ill people from 10 states were added to its investigation of the multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 for a total of 121 cases in 25 states with 52 hospitalizations. It also reported one death of a California resident. Since the CDC’s last update, three more states have...
Categories: Food Safety and Recalls
The list of people infected with the multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 is quickly growing. Currently, the CDC is reporting that as of April 19, 2018, 53 people in 16 states have been infected, including 31 people who have been hospitalized and five people who have developed a type of kidney failure called hemolytic...
Categories: Employment Discrimination Law
Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held in a unanimous decision that discrimination on the basis of an employee’s transgender or transitioning status violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (Equal Emp’t Opportunity Comm’n v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc., 2018 WL 1177669 [6th Cir. Mar. 7, 2018]) The case...
Categories: IVC Lawsuits
Today, a federal jury awarded $3.6 million to Sherr-Una Booker who argued she was harmed by an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter manufactured by C.R. Bard Inc. that broke apart in her body. The verdict included $1.6 in compensatory damages and $2 million in punitive damages. This case was the first bellwether trial in the...
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