The short answer is yes, if you believe the allegations in the over 300 lawsuits filed to date. Xarelto is one of the newer oral anticoagulant medications that has been approved by the FDA. The federal Xarelto personal injury and product liability claims are centralized…
As the transvaginal lawsuits enter its fifth year, the massive litigation over the defective transvaginal mesh and bladder sling plastic devices is coming into settlement phase. American Medical System (AMS), saw the light early, threw in the towel earlier last year, and announced a multibillion…
As a Dallas personal injury attorney and a Texas medical doctor, I have seen my fair share of birth defects. Recently, my attention was drawn to Zofran and the parents who blame the anti-nausea medication for a whole slew of Zofran birth defects in their…
According to Bloomberg News, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. has indicated that it will pay more than $2.2 billion to settle Actos lawsuits over bladder cancer claims. Asia’s largest drugmaker tentatively agrees to settle more than 8,000 Actos bladder cancer lawsuits in federal and state courts in…
Last year, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) granted consolidated pretrial proceedings for all federal Xarelto cases filed against Bayer and Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen subsidiary over the new-generation blood thinner or anticoagulant. Xarelto is one of the newer oral antico
According to sources, serious discussions are underway involving the remaining vaginal mesh manufacturers who have not yet settled. There are 4 big players when it comes to the controversial vaginal mesh and bladder sling devices. These include American Medical System (AMS). CR Bard, Boston Scientif
There are two major manufacturers of the Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters that have recently come under fire over their allegedly defective medical devices. The two big players in the device manufacturers include CR Bard and Cook Medical. Cook Medical is exposed to a personal…
According to sources, Diane Bellew’s federal Ethicon transvaginal mesh lawsuit settled on the fifth day of trial against Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon subsidiary. This settlement comes hot on the heels of a state court jury verdict which hit Ethicon squarely between the eyes, with a…
Johnson and Johnson (J&J) the world’s largest pharmaceutical and medical device maker is bearing the brunt of another loss in the on going transvaginal mesh wars. In the latest of a series of trials held in state and federal court, the jury has awarded $5.7…
According to sources, there is a big effort underway to try and resolve all of the Actos bladder cancer lawsuits. The U.S. District Judge presiding over all federal Actos bladder cancer lawsuits will require the parties to discuss settlements in advance of a bellwether trial…
Zofran, is an anti-nausea medication that is commonly prescribed for post surgical, chemotherapy and morning sickness patients over the past 20 years. According to experts, recent medical studies have found pregnancy side effects that may increase the risk of severe and debilitating birth defects in
In December 2014, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) granted consolidated pretrial proceedings for all federal Xarelto cases filed against Bayer and Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen subsidiary over the new-generation blood thinner. The Xarelto personal injury and product liability