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Oct-23-17 San Francisco, CA: With Monsanto Roundup lawsuits expected to go to trial next year, defendant Monsanto Co. has continued to push back at any suggestion or allegation that Monsanto Roundup causes cancer, and earlier this month attempted to have a block of Roundup lawsuits tossed on grounds that expert testimony proposed by the plaintiffs fails the Daub... - $417 Jury Verdict Tossed in California J&J Ovarian Cancer Lawsuit
Oct-23-17 Los Angeles, CA: Another multi-million dollar jury verdict awarded to a woman who alleged she developed ovarian cancer from using Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder has been tossed by a California Judge. The ruling, by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maren Nelson, reverses the $417 million verdict against J&J which was awarded to California resident... - Wells Fargo Now Favors Arbitration in Long-Running Overdraft Fees Lawsuit
Oct-16-17 Atlanta, GA: The defendant in an excessive bank overdraft fees lawsuit petitioned an appeals court back in August to compel more than a million Wells Fargo account holders allegedly hit with excessive bank fees to individually pursue a remedy through arbitration, rather than through the courts. The New York Post (08/25/17) reports that Wells Fargo... - Criticism for Both St. Jude Medical and FDA over Defective St. Jude ICD Batteries
Oct-20-17 Washington, DC: A troubling report that ran in The New York Times back in April shed a dark shadow on defective St. Jude cardiac defibrillators and the batteries that powered them. St Jude ICD and CRT-D device lawsuits have alleged further than the original manufacturer of the medical devices, St. Jude Medical, downplayed reports of device failure fo... - $3.2 Awarded to Family in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
East Norriton, PA: A $3.2 million verdict has been awarded to the family of a man who died after receiving a vein implant designed to stop blood clots. The lawsuit claimed medical malpractice against three doctors at Mercy Suburban Hospital in Montgomery County. The Montgomery County jury reached their verdict after finding the doctors and Mercy S... - Tragic Fire Accidents Can Often Be Prevented
Feb-11-12 New York, NY It may have happened 10 years ago, but a fire that broke out in a decrepit housing complex in New York state that took the life of an eight-year-old child still stings—so much so that a state assemblyman continues his quest to have state legislation passed with an aim toward improving current statutes regulating landlords and the bui... - Cook Celect IVC Filters Approved Through FDA Fast Track Approval Process
Oct-18-17 Indianapolis, IN: One of the manufacturers of inferior vena cava filters facing lawsuits is Cook Medical, the enterprise behind the Cook Celect line of IVC filters. The devices are placed into the inferior vena cava, the primary artery returning deoxygenated blood from the lower extremities up to the heart and lungs. The devices by Cook and other manuf... - Add Pancreatic Cancer to Your List of Saxagliptin Worries
Oct-9-17 Washington, DC: While patient lawsuits have focused on the danger of heart failure as a Saxagliptin side effect , the risk of pancreatic cancer may be flying under the radar. It can be just as deadly, and research suggests a link between Saxagliptin and the disease. Saxagliptin is the generic form of a number of brand- name drugs used to treat type... - Hyundai Appears to Have Escaped the Horror of Takata Air Bags, Others Not So Lucky
Oct-11-17 Washington, DC: Amongst the millions of vehicles, 19 deaths globally and scores of horrific airbag injuries attributed to the Takata defective airbags recall, there appears to be little evidence that one manufacturer in particular, Hyundai, had been ensnared by the grievous Takata airbag debacle. While Hyundai has been waging a quiet war, since last year o... - California ‘Bad Faith’ Claim in Disability Denial Lawsuit
Oct-15-17 Los Angeles, CA: Allegations of wrongly denied insurance claims hardly count as news, when it comes to the Standard Insurance Company . Even when disability claims are not denied outright, processing time may drag on, investigations may be delayed, requests for additional information may pile up, and claimants may even be advised not to consult a l... - As Eliquis Lawsuits Fall, New Study Heightens Bleeding Risk in Eliquis Class
Oct-17-17 Manhattan, NY: A new study released earlier this month suggests that blood thinners in the non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant class, or NOACs, could see heightened risk of bleeding when the blood thinners are taken in combination with certain drugs. Amongst the drugs in the so-called NOAC class is Eliquis, a new-age blood thinner that has been the subject of... - Airbag Attorney Urges Everyone to Check their Vehicles—You May Be in Danger
Oct-17-17 Orlando, FL: Chances are, you know about the airbag recall that has affected more than 100 million vehicles worldwide. But you may be unaware that the vehicle you are driving could have defective airbags, putting yourself and others at risk of serious injury. Attorney Frank Melton, whose firm represented Corey Burdick in 2014 and brought the recall to... - Ohio Firm Loses Petition to Have SEC Lawsuit Dismissed
Oct-21-17 Washington, DC: An Ohio-based chemicals and roofing company accused of gouging the federal government following an investigation resulted in an SEC whistleblower lawsuit that defendant RPM International attempted to have dismissed. On September 29, however a federal judge in Washington declined to dismiss, and the whistleblower lawsuit will move forwar... - Mesothelioma and Ovarian Cancer Talc Lawsuits Have in Common the Talc Supplier
Oct-14-17 Santa Clara, CA: Although some talcum powder lawsuits have linked J&J’s baby powder to ovarian cancer, one recent case had a different outcome. The Court of Appeals of California ruled the plaintiff was not exposed to asbestos from Cashmere Bouquet talc—a different product and a different company but they both used the same talc supplie... - Depuy Attune Knee Victim “Pissed off that there’s No Way to Fix this Defect Without Litigation”
Oct-16-17 San Jose, CA: Mike says he’s in worse shape now with his DePuy Synthes Attune knee replacement system than when he was injured after falling off a ladder. And he’s pissed off, to say the least. Since getting the Attune Synthes model in 2014, Mike has had nothing but problems. The replacement knee buckles and pops and he is in constant p... - $146M Settlement in Aggrenox Antitrust MDL Gets Preliminary Approval
Hartford, CT: A $146 million settlement has received preliminary approval potentially ending an antitrust class action lawsuit between direct purchasers of the stroke prevention drug Aggrenox and various pharmaceutical companies. The lawsuit claims that the defendants deliberately blocked generic alternatives to Aggrenox from reaching the market, in a... - Is Abdominal Mesh Overused?
Oct-14-17 New Orleans, LA: A recent hernia mesh lawsuit was filed at the end of September in Louisiana by a plaintiff who underwent surgical repair for a hernia a year ago this month, only to experience surgical mesh side effects that necessitated revision surgery just six months later. The Bard Ventralex ST Hernia Mesh, manufactured by C.R. Bard (Bard) and Davo... - $72M J&J Talc Cancer Verdict Reversed
Oct-18-17 Jefferson City, MO: A $72 million verdict in favor of the family of a woman whose death from ovarian cancer was allegedly linked to her long term use of Johnson and Johnson’s Baby Powder has been reversed by The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Eastern District. The court of appeals stated that given a recent US Supreme Court decision that... - Cook Celect IVC Filter Lawsuit Goes to Trial
Oct-9-17 Indianapolis, IN: On October 23, 2017, Hill v. Cook Medical, Inc., et al , 1:14-cv-6016 will go to trial in the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. This will be the first of three IVC filter lawsuits to be heard in the brewing multidistrict litigation (MDL) against Cook Medical, Inc. That MDL now includes approximate... - Court Order Means Potential Taxotere Plaintiffs Should Act ASAP
Oct-11-17 New Orleans, LA: On September 7, 2017, the judge overseeing the multidistrict Taxotere hair loss litigation (MDL) issued a pre-trial order that compels attorneys to submit information about all pending and anticipated Taxotere lawsuits. The goal is to bring as many plaintiffs as possible into any settlement reached. The deadline was ori...