Categories: Opioid Lawsuits
On December 5, 2017, a wave of lawsuits filed by local governments across the United States stemming from the opioid addiction crisis were centralized by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) in the Northern District of Ohio before U.S. District Judge Dan A. Polster. The lawsuits have been filed against manufacturers and distributors of...
Categories: Automobile Safety
This week the Center for Auto Safety demanded a full recall for all Ford Explorers SUVs made between 2011 and 2017 for carbon monoxide safety concerns. The Center for Auto Safety is one of the nation’s leading independent non-profit organization providing consumers with a voice for auto safety, quality and fuel economy. The Center’s press...
Categories: Testosterone Heart Attack/Stroke Lawsuits
On October 5, 2017, a Chicago jury ordered AbbVie, Inc. to pay more than $140 million to a Tennessee man, Jeffrey Konrad, who alleged that the Company misrepresented the risks of his testosterone replacement drug, AndroGel prescribed for Low-T, causing him to suffer a heart attack. This case is one of many in the testosterone...
Categories: Diabetes Drug Lawsuits
Multiple lawsuits have been filed by individuals who have suffered heart failure after taking the diabetes drug saxagliptin (marketed as Onglyza and Kombiglyze XR). Saxagliptin is part of the class of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor drugs, which are used with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. (These medicines...
Categories: Talc Cancer Lawsuits
On Tuesday, California Judge, C. Edward Simpson, granted a mistrial in the first lawsuit to go to trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson’s popular talc-based hygiene products can cause mesothelioma, a deadly cancer generally linked to asbestos exposure. (Prior trials have concerned ovarian cancer.) The Judge declared a mistrial because witness testimony referenced ovarian...
Categories: Syngenta Corn Litigation
Recently, on September 26, 2017, during a trial in Minnesota state court, a potential settlement of the Syngenta MIR 162 Corn Litigation was announced. The litigation stems from Syngenta’s decision to commercialize a genetically modified strain of corn before China approved it. When Chinese officials began refusing U.S. corn shipments in approximately 2013, corn prices...
Categories: Hernia Mesh Lawsuits
Lawsuits continue to be filed against various hernia mesh manufacturers, including for example, cases resulting from injuries alleged to be caused by Physiomesh, sold by Ethicon, Inc./Johnson & Johnson, and C-Qur, sold by Atrium Medical Corporation. The lawsuits alleged that various hernia mesh products are defective and that manufacturers such as Ethicon and Atrium failed...
Categories: Talc Cancer Lawsuits
Yesterday, in the first California trial over Johnson & Johnson’s talc powder, a Los Angeles jury awarded $417 million (including $347 million in punitive damages meant to punish the company) to a 62 year old woman, Eva Echeverria who developed ovarian cancer after using its talc-based products for feminine hygiene. (Echeverria v. Johnson & Johnson,...
Categories: Children's Rights
Ohio’s opioid epidemic extends far beyond the user. Innocent children of those individuals struggling through addiction, including babies born addicted, suffer as well. Many of us feel helpless and powerless. We want to help, but we don’t know how. However, you CAN help. You CAN make a difference in your community. One way is to...
Categories: Vaginal Mesh Lawsuits
Trying to conclude its vaginal mesh legal woes, Endo International Plc recently announced that it has agreed to set aside $775 million to resolve the last batch of 22,000 remaining known lawsuits alleging the company’s vaginal-mesh implants eroded in some women. Tens of thousands of female patients who have been implanted with vaginal mesh products,...
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