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Santa Clara, CA: A $61.5 million settlement has been reached in an antitrust class action lawsuit pending against Sanofi Pasteur Inc., alleging the pharmaceutical company violated antitrust laws with contracts for its pediatric vaccines. The lawsuit, which has been going on for five years, was filed by a group of health care providers who alleged... - Risperdal Litigation Second Largest
Jan-29-17 Philadelphia, PA : Litigation over the antipsychotic drug Risperdal was the second largest mass tort (just behind Reglan) in 2016 and believed to be mainly responsible for the pharmaceutical inventory in Philadelphia’s Complex Litigation Center to be “at its highest level in recent years.” The Legal Intelligencer (Jan 27, 2017) re... - Something Fishy Allegedly Going on with Atrium C-QUR Mesh
Jan-28-17 Concord, NH: A lesser-known hernia mesh that is beginning to attain some traction in legal circles is Atrium C-QUR Hernia Mesh , a product approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2006. Akin to other mesh products made by competing manufacturers for hernia repair, plaintiffs are filing lawsuits alleging complications. One such C-QUR s... - Problems with Implantable Birth Control Removal Known Since 1994
Jan-27-17 Washington, DC: It’s been 10 years since Implanon birth control , the implantable device that lasts up to four years (three years on-label), was given formal approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Twelve years before that, a research paper described the difficulty in extracting the six capsules inherent to a Norplant implantable bi... - More Warnings Sent Out About Stockert Heater-Coolers
Jan-27-17 Pittsburgh, PA: As additional Stockert heater-cooler lawsuits are filed, more warnings are being sent out about the devices, warning patients that they may have been exposed to contaminants thanks to the use of the Stockert 3T devices. Hospitals across the US are sending out letters concerning the potential risk of infection in patients who underwent o... - $25M Accutane Settlement Reinstated
Jan-26-17 Santa Clara, CA A $25.16 million award in favor of a man who alleges he developed Crohn’s disease as a result of taking Accutane has been reinstated by the New Jersey Supreme Court. The issue of alleged association between the acne drug and Crohn’s disease has been the subject of a decade long mass torte. Plaintiff Andrew McCarrell&rsqu... - After a Decade of Litigation, FedEx Drivers Settle for $15.45 Million
Jan-26-17 Portland, OR: An ongoing dispute on the books for some ten years was resolved late last year in federal court in Oregon by way of a $15.45 Million settlement laying to rest claims by defendant FedEx their drivers were working as independent contractors when, in the view of the plaintiffs, they were bone fide employees of the company. The class action Ore... - McDonald's resuelve la demanda laboral de California por $3.75 millones
Jan-25-17 San Francisco, CA - McDonald's ha acordado resolver una demanda laboral californiana presentada en su contra por empleados que alegaron que la compañía era responsable por no pagar adecuadamente las horas extras, a pesar de que trabajaban en una franquicia. McDonald's había argumentado anteriormente que no se podía someter a... - A Tale of Two Billion-Dollar Settlements
Jan-25-17 Houston, TX: The end of 2016 saw a flurry of activity on the litigation front just before the Christmas break, with the headlines of December 19 and 20 dealing with Hip Replacement Implant Failure and the billion-dollar settlements that emerged to close out the year. On December 19 Stryker Corp. and its subsidiary Howmedica Osteonics Corp. issued a... - Premature Insulation Failure in Recalled St. Jude Medical Riata Defibrillator (ICD) Leads
Washington, DC: In January, 2013, the FDA posted a statement concerning people with implanted St. Jude Riata or Riata ST Silicone Endocardial Defibrillation Leads. Riata and Riata ST leads connect an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) to the heart in order to monitor heart rhythms. ICD's can detect life-threatening heart rhythms and deli... - California Overtime: Changes with New Presidency?
Jan-24-17 Washington, DC: At least one labor law attorney predicts that no California overtime changes will occur anytime soon with the new presidency, although there is some speculation of abolishing the “final overtime rule”. Labor law experts indicate that significant changes to overtime law, if any, would happen at a federal level. But in all... - Testosterone Defendant Attempts to Limit Scope of Expert Witness
Jan-24-17 Chicago, IL: Plaintiffs in testosterone lawsuits against defendant AbbVie Inc. found themselves momentarily distracted from the allegations at hand earlier this month when the Illinois federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over testosterone side effects needed to rule on a motion submitted by the defendant to trim a report from an expert wi... - Johnson & Johnson Loses Bid to Delay Talcum Powder Cancer Trials
Jan-23-17 St. Louis, MI: Facing thousands of lawsuits alleging its talcum powder is linked to an increased risk of cancer, Johnson & Johnson filed a bid to delay the trials, arguing the talcum powder cancer lawsuits were filed out of jurisdiction. In early January, however, the Missouri Court of Appeals rejected Johnson & Johnson's motion, allowing the l... - The IVC Filter: Longer is not Always Better
Jan-23-17 Washington, DC: It remains a truism that for certain things in life, the longer you stick at something the better off you are, such as developing an exercise regimen or working to eradicate an unsavory habit, such as smoking. However with an IVC filter the opposite is true: longer is not always better. Early iterations of the IVC filter were primari... - Taxotere Docetaxel Side Effects Not Limited to Permanent Hair Loss
Jan-22-17 Washington, DC: The Taxotere hair loss lawsuit file continues to move forward, with various Pretrial Orders issued in the early part of the New Year with proposed Plaintiff and Defendant fact sheets due to be filed Monday (January 23). Meanwhile, Taxotere patients continue to deal with the frustration, disappointment and emotional turmoil that are the... - Adverse Events for Patients Using Alere INRatio System
Jan-21-17 Houston, TX: Patients taking blood thinning medications know they have to be careful to ensure their blood remains in therapeutic levels, to prevent major bleeding episodes. That’s why they use devices like the Alere INRatio2 system, to ensure that if they need it, their blood clots properly. But what happens if they can't be sure the systems tha... - Transvaginal Mesh Litigation: Positive Start to 2017
Jan-21-17 Pittsburgh, PA: If transvaginal mesh litigation at the beginning of 2017 is anything to go by, the coming year is hopeful for mesh victims. Last year a jury awarded Sharon Carlino $13.7 million who claimed that she had suffered irreversible damage from Ethicon (J&J subsidiary) transvaginal mesh. Ethicon challenged the outcome and filed post... - Johnson & Johnson Faces Another Hip Replacement Lawsuit
Jan-20-17 New Brunswick, NJ: Days after a Texas jury awarded $1 billion to six patients in a hip replacement lawsuit , another lawsuit has been filed against Johnson & Johnson. The pharmaceutical company is not the only to face allegations of problems with its hip replacement devices, however. In addition to J&J subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, Stryker and... - Healthcare Whistleblowers Protect Patients' Rights
Jan-20-17 Marion, NC: Patients rely on doctors, medical centers, and healthcare companies to ensure the treatment they receive is safe and lives up to strict regulations. But sometimes healthcare companies attempt to get around the rules, putting the health and lives of their patients at risk. In those cases, healthcare whistleblowers —the people who know o... - People Angry with Department of Motor Vehicles Violating their Privacy
Jan-19-17 Charlotte, NC: “It’s reassuring that attorneys are trying to stop the DMV from selling our private information ,” says Gary. “I wondered how these companies got my address and phone number—until I read on LawyersandSettlements about an attorney filing complaints about DPPA violations.” Gary is referring to attor...