Since December 2014, all federal product liability lawsuits filed against Bayer and Johnson & Johnson over the bleeding side effects of Xarelto have been centralized and consolidated before U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon in the Eastern District of Louisiana as part of an MDL, or…
According to Takeda Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of the popular type 2 diabetes drug, enough plaintiffs have accepted the settlement program to settle their Actos bladder cancer lawsuits. Actos $2.4 Billion Settlement On Track A global Actos settlement was announced by Takeda back in April, but
There are not many things that sicken me, since I consider myself of being of firm intestinal fortitude, armed with advanced medical knowledge and a sense of right and wrong, instilled at an early age by my immigrant parents. But, let’s throw that simple sentiment…
The 3M Bair Hugger forced air warming blanket is back in the news again. Tracy Crawford, from Mississippi, recently filed a personal injury and product liability lawsuit, over the 3M Bair Hugger forced air warming blanket. Crawford alleges that she developed a catastrophic knee surgery…
Recently in September, a wrong death lawsuit was filed against C.R. Bard by Catherine Rowden, over its allegedly defective Bard G2 inferior vena cava (IVC) filter. The lawsuit was filed on September 28, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, over…
It is truism, that if something is too good to be true then it is not. Volkswagen (VW) shocking admissions over the past 2 weeks, illustrates that point clearly. VW has pushed hard over the past 10 years to become the world’s largest automobile manufacturer…
Lawsuits filed against Cook Medical over their defective IVC filters are gaining traction and moving towards trial. U.S. District Judge Young is overseeing the federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) and has announced that settlement conferences will be held involving an initial group of claims in Fe
For folks who are concerned with the increasing rates of cancer, birth defects and childhood autism and brain development, may take pause on this recent spate of Roundup lawsuits. Monsanto is exposed to two new cancer lawsuits by farm workers who allege that they developed…
Many consumer class action lawsuits are being filed on behalf of Volkswagen (VW) and Audi diesel car owners, after bombshell revelations from the auto giant earlier this week. These aggrieved owners are seeking damages for diminution of diesel car value, and other deceptive consumer claims…
Personal injury and defective product liability lawsuits, are being filed on the behalf of patients who developed potentially life threatening injuries after treatment with the inferior vena cava (IVC) filter device. The latest lawsuit, alleges that the Bard G2 Express IVC filter migrated and punctu
Earlier this week, a two part news report aired on NBC Nightly News. This Inferior Vena Cava filter (IVC) investigation addresses the more than one million devices that have caused deaths and severe personal injuries. NBC News reports the IVC Filter was designed to help…
Every year, thousands of patients are implanted with a retrieval inferior vena cava filters (IVC) but they are not warned by doctors about the risk of injury from these temporary devices. And as time passes, patients tend to forget that they had this device implanted…